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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.
PRIVATE DUTY NURSE — a frank story of one young woman’s approach to sexual honesty. A story with a lesson for us all.
“Chainsaw accidents depress me,” Cindy Winters brooded. Her wild blonde bangs bristled freely in the wind as she pounded her clenched fists into the hard concrete ledge atop Cresthaven Hospital. It was her first-year residence there as a nurse.
A voice from behind drew her attention.
“Don’t take it so hard.” Patsy Bell, pretty, dark-haired, experienced, set her coffee mug on the ledge and smoothed out her nurse’s uniform.
She leaned against the ledge, watching cars and trucks whiz by down below. “Looks like toys.”
“Like ants,” Cindy muttered.
People went in and out of the hospital, some relaxed, excited, on crutches, in wheelchairs, or gliding in jaunty strides.
Cindy smiled brightly. Her mood changed quickly. “You’re right, Patsy. You once said it’s all relative.”
“I’ve been here longer than you.” Patsy finished her coffee.
“I’ve got to take the bull by the horns,” Cindy said.
“In a manner of speaking.”
Fictional reading for entertainment purposes only.