5 Scary Sex Mistakes to Avoid

Surefire ways to ruin your sex life

Kiki Wellington
Sex…With a Side of Quirk

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With Halloween just around the corner, we have all things scary on our minds — and in some cases, like when we watch horror movies, those scary thoughts can actually get us hot and bothered so we can heat things up in the bedroom. However, some of the scary thoughts we have can really put a damper on our sex lives and lead to big mistakes in the bedroom. To find out some of the scariest mistakes we can make, I spoke to sex and relationship experts who gave the following warnings.

“Allow yourself and your partner to daydream together.” — Kiara Luna

Making Assumptions

Our culture tends toward a belief in absolutes when it comes to sex — that certain things, and only certain things, are “normal” and acceptable; that if you’re with the right person, you won’t have to negotiate because you’ll want the same things; that “men are this way and women are that way.” These things aren’t true for all people, and they set us up for simplistic beliefs, unsatisfying sex, stultifying roles and worse, all the way to terrible breaches like partner rape.

Do everything you can to recognize and unlearn these lazy and often toxic messages. Look for them in romantic comedies, pornography, action…

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