“It was always a struggle to me. How could I be this state champions wrestler and all state football player (high school) who needed to lead men yet privately write poetry about romance and love? This story has touched upon my own struggle with masculinity and being that sexual conqueror. I even let the pressures of society make me act like I wanted to be that guy around my friends, my teammates, and even my Father. I always felt like I would be less of a man if I admitted that I didn’t desire to “hit it and quit it”. That’s not the person I am, not the person I was, and not the person I desire to be. “

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