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The Eroticism Shortage - The Atlantic

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The therapist Esther Perel has a theory about America’s eroticism shortage.

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 12:06 This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. A little more than 20 years ago, Esther Perel was not yet an author or a podcast host. She was definitely not a household name. She was simply a psychotherapist with an observation: Many of her clients were in loving, supportive romantic relationships—and they weren’t having good sex, or any at all. At the time, the prevailing wisdom among psychologists was that a couple’s sex life was a reflection of their bond. Cultivate closeness, the thinking went, and you will feel sa

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