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What’s Lust Got to Do With It?
Why would a woman go home with a man, decide she’s not attracted to him but have sex with him anyway?
- Maureen Dowd
- The New York Times
WASHINGTON — I’ve noticed a weird pattern, in fiction and life, about sexual encounters: Women decide they’re not attracted to a guy they’re nestling with. Limerence is not in the cards. But they go ahead and…
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