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Although Americans appear to the rest of the world as frank and open people, the truth is often the opposite when it comes to relating on a personal basis. This is particularly true regarding sexual matters.
The fact is, Americans are only now beginning to learn to discuss sex and sexuality with candor and usually that is within the limits of marital sex.
While no one is advocating sex as the main topic of conversation, and while sexual privacy is very important to most people, many adults harbor fears about themselves and their sexual behavior that could be erased if they were more aware of other people’s behavior. Most of us have been brought up to be at least slightly ashamed of anything sexual, and it is frequently reassuring to discover that we are not different, naughty, or even perverted in our sex practices. In discussing sex with others, people find out how truly normal they are.
HER LESSONS AFTER SCHOOL—a frank story of one young woman’s approach to sexual honesty. A story with a lesson for us all.
“I think you know why I wanted to see you after class, Stewart,” Susan said to the boy standing in front of her desk.
“No, I don’t.”
“Well, you should,” Susan said. “You’re not stupid at all. And that’s why it bothers me so much that you’re doing so poorly. You can do so much better. All this term, though, you’ve done no work at all.”
“Ah, Miss Lancaster, I ain’t interested in math. I don’t need to know that shit!”
“I’ll thank you to keep your rude language out of my classroom, Stewart,” Susan said sharply to her young student. “And if you think that what you study here in school has no value, you’re greatly mistaken. There’s a whole world you haven’t seen yet, and if you want to function in that world, there are certain things you have to learn, whether you want to learn them or not. That’s the whole point of school.”
“But I got better things to do,” Stewart said.
“Oh? Well, I think it’s high time you rearranged your priorities.”
Fictional reading for entertainment purposes only.