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Aella
@Aella_Girl
punished. You can't be honest if someone asks you what you did, otherwise they might shun you or yell at you. "Maybe you should have thought of that before you masturbated", they say if you try to explain this. So you try not to masturbate, so you can be honest. But-
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
it's extremely hard, and eventually you fuck up and masturbate. This is tragic. This puts you into a horrible position with your community, where your basic needs that harm nobody are at odds with other things you value, like honesty and communication and being accepted. (cont)
Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
How do we tell if something is a "difficult cultural standard" by this definition? To qualify, it must: 1. Not hurt anybody 2. Be difficult to avoid doing So: Do you have any examples of actions that are violations of social morality, but don't hurt anybody (beyond the cultural-
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
impact, e.g., "you hurt me so much by breaking my trust to go masturbate like that"), and are difficult to avoid doing (such that a significant percentage of the population does this despite harsh social stigma)?
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