To improve my position in the male hierarchy
To add the experience
To start the process of developing
Farther down the line
To me all of these seems rationalizazions.
I feel there's nothing wrong in wanting to satisfy your impulse, sex is a need and should not be disregarded. No need to label it Dark Side, there's nothing dark in it.
Plus
My current inexperience and discomfort with women mean that I give off weird “tells,”
I don't think is inexperience that gives off uncomfortable vibes, I would bet that it's rather anxiety and repressed desire.
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