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Originally Posted by djulian
Not to put anyone on the spot, but if any of you read a lot of erotica, do you think it affects how you view other people--perhaps it causes you to think a lot more about whether or not people are sexually appealing, perhaps it causes you to objectify people more often, perhaps you find yourself more often thinking about how people could sexually satisfy you, etc? If so, do you like the way it affects you? If it doesn't affect the way you view other people, what does affect your viewpoint? Or is there some other way to think about this altogether?
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An interesting question! Though I don't exactly "scarf down" erotica like Big Macs, I've read it and watched it over the years. And over the years, I've developed a way to compartmentalize erotica separately from "real life." Erotica is something that applies solely to itself: It is a fiction, acted out by characters that don't exist, or actors/actresses playing a role for money. It does not apply to "real life."
I've used this method to train myself to specifically
not look at or think of people I know or are acquainted with in terms of eros; I only think erotic thoughts directed at fictional characters or people who intentionally present themselves as erotic objects.