well in the book Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin states like basically consent in heterosexual relationships doesnt exist. Because the always existing power dynamics, including all this socialization, our people pleasing and doubting our own feelings and body sensations and how normalized it is in relationships in general and specially in marriage. I mean one of the points of the selling points in the institution of marriage was for men to have a woman available for sex whenever they want it and that hasnt changed a lot for now.
2026-06-12 22:35:27
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Nina Lang :
The numbers of times and ways I comforted and reassured people about how they mistreated me in the past, is one thing that still really bothers me.
2026-06-11 13:53:56
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Kal 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 :
I'm so sorry we all experienced the same thing
2026-06-27 22:01:19
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Candace Frisbie :
I am asexual and I have been dating a burlesque dancer for three years. you can absolutely have a romantic relationship without sex
2026-06-11 19:28:18
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jennyb114 :
20 years of this.
2026-06-13 15:19:53
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Mark Jacob :
This.
2026-06-11 18:00:15
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SarahnDolly :
Yeah same
2026-06-11 21:57:27
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Will Grubb :
I'm so sorry 💔 💔😢
2026-06-11 17:11:57
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librarygirlmagic :
Same.
2026-06-13 16:22:15
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Dee :
I relate to this hard 🥺
2026-06-11 23:18:03
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Willow_is_Wolf :
this happened to me financially
2026-06-14 19:10:35
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Joseph Konzelman :
That's horrible. Seriously.
2026-06-14 20:34:18
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Erin🇨🇦 :
Same girl…
2026-06-13 20:10:09
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✨KellyBelievesSurvivors✨🏳️🌈 :
same
2026-06-12 23:36:55
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Ashley🧜♀️ :
Same
2026-06-16 16:11:06
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charlottesometimekc💙 :
Same.
2026-06-27 02:26:33
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Brooke Megan🏳️🌈💙🇵🇸📚🧶🎸 :
good men didn't coerce. I had an ex who tried to coerce me and when I wouldn't budge, he cheated on me with his coworker. my husband doesn't coerce and I don't think men understand the connection between manipulation and coercion in the bedroom to a dead bedroom/their partner being repulsed by shmex.
2026-06-11 17:16:21
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pinktinkerbel748 :
This is why I’m separating from my husband. 18 years of this. I’m 41 and it took a year of therapy to get to the point where I stopped apologizing for his abuse to me.
2026-06-12 00:24:13
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✨Chelle✨ :
My ex used to do this shit to me and it mentally fucked me up to unpack that shit after we broke up.
2026-06-11 17:41:24
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FullMoonCake :
this was my s*x life with my ex for years. so glad to be out of that
2026-06-12 01:23:06
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dragonsateme :
I've started teaching my kids that when they do this (for like McDonald's or popcles or whatever) that this is not okay & no means no. that way once we go through this about half a billion times they'll be able to protect themselves from what I've been through.
2026-06-11 23:04:30
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Dar :
Coercive control…I didn’t have a name for it during my marriage, although there were so many instances in my marriage.
2026-06-12 10:23:53
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JadedPollyanna 🇺🇸 🆘 :
We all have more times of coercion than we want to admit. Sadly
2026-06-12 22:36:23
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E. Cornelia :
literally the entirety of my dating era & my first marriage.
to the point that it was weird for me that my current husband didn't use those tactics. it took *years* for me to process coersion & that it's wrong
2026-06-12 01:28:11
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Captain Eleanor :
I'm so sorry he did that to you, and sorry you're getting comments implying blame on you. It's not your fault. I wanted to add to anyone reading, it's also coercion if he repeatedly asks or begs to not use a condom.
2026-06-12 00:38:47
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