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Jack Morin · 1995
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What this book knows
Peak erotic experiences reveal a hidden architecture: desire amplified by fear, forbidden longing, and the irreducible logic of the aroused self.
self-and-identity
It dawned on me that in virtually every case I'm being aggressively pursued. I've never stopped to question what I'm…
TEM-007I enjoyed being the aggressor, since I had always been the passive one—seeing her submit clarified something unexamined in himself.
TEM-014desire
Maggie had stumbled into the gray zone—amazed by a 'dual response': the kind of man who always attracted her still did, yet differently.
TEM-012Alice enjoyed seducing Hugh, who believed in abstaining until marriage. Once married, the naughtiness factor vanished and desire drained away.
TEM-015erotic-as-power
She seduced to reassure herself that she was in control and to reaffirm the conviction that her value was as a sexual object.
TEM-002Each time they broke their vow their passion grew more reckless—guilt arriving in torrents, yet intensifying rather than extinguishing desire.
TEM-00815 published passages · book excerpt · lived experience
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