Excerpt from "The Absurd Myths Porn Teaches Us About Sex"

The Absurd Myths Porn Teaches Us About Sex

AlterNet / By Noah Brand and Ozy Frantz

“Porn also hid from me the existence of sexual moods beyond ‘passionate’ or ‘dominating,’” Holly Pervocracy said. “It wasn’t until I got out into the sexual real world that I understood the idea you could have sleepy sex, that you could have silly giggling sex, that you could have quick morning sex or slow evening sex, that you could have romping goofy sex with your shirts or socks still on, that you could have cuddly sex, that you could have comfort-sex when one of you is sad, that you could have ‘hm, let’s see if this works’ experimental sex, that you could have sweetly awkward nerd-sex, that you could have gleefully competitive athletic sex."

And she adds, “It wasn’t until I got out in the sexual real world that I knew you could smile during sex."