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    My Sexual Harassers Were Behind Bars. I Was Their Guard.

    “I’ve seen more men masturbate than I can count.”
    by Talisa J. Carter Feb 09, 2018 5 minutes

    I don’t watch porn. It’s not that I have anything against it; it’s just not my thing. Growing up, I was a late bloomer. A skinny, soft-spoken, mixed mocha girl with glasses and a (thankfully temporary) slouch from too much reading and too many word searches.

    Books over boys, my life mantra was. So watching two random people master the carnal act has never been my pastime of choice.

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    But I also don’t watch porn because I’ve seen more men masturbate than I can count.

    One of my first jobs out of college was working as a correctional officer at a county jail in the South. Even after getting an Ivy League degree at the University of Pennsylvania, I had to take

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