A DEEP ACHE PERMEATES ALL THROUGHOUT MY CHEST

I could really do with a reward or incentive

“Wine, Roses, and Sweet Whispers” by David Patterson, 2003

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women want tinctures potions elixirs salves balms concoctions brews tonics essences and so on

men will literally encourage female hypersexuality until it stops benefiting them personally. then suddenly it becomes pathology, degradation, daddy issues, lack of self-respect, trauma, etc. they’ll consume sexualized women constantly, glorify them, fantasize about them, profit off them, even build entire cultures around them. but the second a woman embodies that sexuality too openly, too honestly, or outside of male control, she’s “damaged” now. like suddenly the thing they were rewarding becomes proof there’s something wrong with her like what?