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The subject of this week’s What She Said is a 32-year-old Nigerian woman who grew up resenting her mother for marrying and divorcing three times. Now that she’s older, a feminist and has been divorced once, she says she understands.
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These might seem like basic statements, but they are not. If your girlfriend says any of these, you need to search yourself and find out what you’ve done.
Can we just agree now to respect ourselves and stop saying these things to Nigerian women?
The subject of this week’s Sex Life is a 30-year-old bisexual woman who didn’t start having sex until her late 20s. She talks about getting pregnant after her first sexual experience and how being a single mother has impacted her sex life.
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The subject of this week’s sex life is a 23-year-old man who refused to accept his sexuality for years after discovering he’s bisexual. Now that he’s accepted it, he’s sleeping with older men and getting paid for it. When did you have your first sexual experience? When I was 16, I went to a strip […]
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The subject of this week’s Sex Life is a 27-year-old lesbian who is exploring her sexuality in ways she’s never done before during a pandemic.
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