“I swore off sex for an entire year – and I’ve never felt so sexually fulfilled” 

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“I swore off sex for an entire year – and I’ve never felt so sexually fulfilled” 

By Annie Lord

8 months ago

6 min read

With voluntary celibacy on the rise, we talk to one woman, Maria Hassan, 25, from Belfast, who made the decision to abstain from sex for a whole year to work on herself. This is what she learned.


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