Pornography has set up unrealistic expectations by young men concerning their wife and women in general. In some cases, the addiction has become so bad that they can't perform sexually without pornographic stimulus.
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When our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure the... CHIEF SEATTLE Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going... PEPPER SCHWARTZ I dont know who it is to blame. Men for treating women like nothing till they were the most revealin... ANUJ SOMANY I dont know who it is to blame. Men for treating women like nothing till they were the most revealin... AL STADLER It's clear that the target the White House has set of halving the deficit (as a percentage of gross ... STEPHEN SLIVINSKI A large part of the problem, is that young people are being born into the world and growing up witho... ARTHUR HERTZBERG Many set unrealistic goals that they can't stick with and do not change their lifestyle and diet. BRIAN ECK You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predat... ANDREA DWORKIN The time comes when each one of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth,... SIGMUND FREUD I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both ... MINDY KALING I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become in... CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on ... ANDREA DWORKIN The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has ma... EDMUND WALLER Nothing matters more to the future of this Nation than insuring that our young men and women learn t... RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON This dark diction has become America's addiction. KANYE WEST I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-su... BETH BROOKE Character defects are habits rooted in unrealistic expectations. 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PHILIP ROSENFELD Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish THEODOR REIK There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example ... BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ... LYDIA MARIA CHILD The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ... LYDIA M. CHILD The idea that positive illusions are in the service of sef-esteem virtually requires that they stay ... SHELLEY E. TAYLOR I think boomers have very high expectations of what they will inherit and perhaps unrealistic expect... DANIEL FITZPATRICK Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. ANDRE MAUROIS Young women should realize that young men they date will not honor and respect them if they have bee... JAMES E. 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