Pornography By Mr. Martinez

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Mr. Martinez reports, “pornography was really not my thing, I would look at it when it was available, when I was in the Army with the other guys, but I didn’t go out of my way to seek it out. Taking videos of having sex was something I liked when I got married”.

Mr. Martinez states that he began videotaping his sexual activity with women when he was thirty-seven years old with his second wife Julie. Mr. Martinez reports that he suggested it to Julie and “it stuck”. He reports that the two made four or five videos of the two engaged in sex over the time they were married. He reports that Julie, “once sent a video of herself masturbating and using a dildo”. Something he enjoyed, according to Mr. Martinez. Mr. Martinez reports that the
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Sexual Partners
Mr. Martinez states that he has had multiple sexual partners in his life, between 50 to 70 sexual partners. Of these sexual partners at least half he considered as casual non-emotional sexual partners that he was not in a relationship with. The following are the most notable in Mr. Martinez’s sexual history.

Mr. Martinez states that the first time he had penile to vaginal sexual intercourse was when he was sixteen years old. “Sherry and I were friends, we were both sixteen years old. She was in to me, but I wasn’t in to her. I treated her shabbly, I would make out with her but I wouldn’t take her out. I would be with her behind closed
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Martinez states that the punishment his father directed toward him impacted his formative years by keeping him from getting involved in delinquent behaviors, “The punishment was so severe that I didn’t even think about getting into trouble, it kept me on the straight and narrow”.

Mr. Martinez went on to say, “I hated my dad growing up and I would try and avoid having contact with him”. Mr. Martinez states that his feelings of resentment continued until he was twenty-two or twenty-three years old. “He didn’t really express interest in my life growing up. I think his work schedule and being an immigrant had a lot to do with how he raised me as a kid. When he went to day shift he got more involved with my younger brothers life and attended his sporting events, pretty much more involved in general”.

Mr. Martinez states that in the last ten years his relationship with his father has changed and he described it as “great”. He states that his father has become more emotive and expressive about his feelings and love for him. He believes that getting older and being diagnosed with prostate cancer ten years ago has contributed to his overall tone and demeanor, and he relishes his new relationship with his

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