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My experience with sex (of any kind) with partners has been that:

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Submitted by Heather Corinna on Wed, 2011-04-06 12:54
It's been totally awesome for me, every single time.
11% (140 votes)
It's been pretty good.
18% (222 votes)
It's been just okay or kind of whatever.
6% (71 votes)
It's been pretty underwhelming or not-so-great.
4% (48 votes)
It's been totally awful for me, every single time.
2% (19 votes)
It's been a mixed bag: awesome sometimes, good others, and blah or even bad sometimes.
35% (429 votes)
I haven't ever engaged in any kind of sexual activity with a partner.
24% (289 votes)
Total votes: 1218

Completely one-sided

Fri, 2011-10-28 00:32
Anonymous

It's been great for my partner pretty much every time, but I just don't get much enjoyment out of it.

It was before I worked on the abuse

Mon, 2011-10-03 02:56
Bri

The consentual intimacy was good, every time. But this was before I finally admitted that I had been sexually abused and still had all those memories repressed. Now, I can't see sex ever being enjoyable, let alone not painful.

I didn't feel like any one of the options fit my experience.

Tue, 2011-04-12 21:04
Anonymous

It would be a lie to say that it was awesome every time, but my overall experience has been quite positive. I can't think of a time when it was *bad*.

We're asking about consensual sex!

Wed, 2011-04-06 13:26
Heather Corinna

Just an FYI: not asking about assault or abuse here.

We're talking about partnered sex (not rape, not abuse), meaning sex when everyone involved is consenting and willingly engaging in sex together.

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