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Sometimes what turns us on is not just the person, but feeling desired by them

There is a big difference between thinking “I am an attractive person” and actually feeling another person’s desire directed at you.


It might be a look that lingers a little longer. A particular tone of voice. A touch. The way your partner looks at your body. The feeling that their attention is not simply nearby — it is focused specifically on you.

For some people, that feeling can almost become an erotic stimulus in its own right.

And that is interesting because sexuality is connected not only to another person’s body, but also to how we experience our own body through their eyes.


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