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Tough Problems—Sex: Fear of removing one's clothes, fear of making advances

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

In the first, someone who has gained weight is nervous about taking off her clothes in front of a new sex partner. In the second, in light of the "rape culture"/#metoo focus on many college campuses, a college student who is "very sexual" is afraid of making unwanted advances.