POV You’re a Woman, Waiting for Sex to be Over

We are taught to put up with stuff, and see it as a sign of strength.

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My friend Nicky had just had her first time and was telling me all about it in whispered bursts across the desk in high school math class. She was a year older than me and so much more experienced. I was deadly curious to hear every detail. “It was alright,” she said…