In Part 07, Sharlene feels some excitement that the proposal she and her friends submitted was accepted and will enable them to move forward to form and operate their planned company. At the same time, she’s very concerned about the upcoming decisions she’ll need to make as the president. In contrast, there is nothing to diminish the excitement she receives when he provides her with her M-DROP.
A peek inside:
George thinks for a little while before he answers, “One of the major components of a good student is their curiosity. Being curious about intellectual pursuits isn’t going to eliminate their curiosity about their bodies. The most I’ve heard schools, parents, or religious organizations explain about a young person’s maturing physical body are the biological functions, diseases, and how to make a baby.
“Young people soon find there’s another element, pleasure, and in many cases the pleasure element overwhelms any learning about diseases or babies. If they have no safe environment within which to satisfy their curiosity about intimate pleasure, otherwise intelligent young people fall prey to predators, diseases, or pregnancy and suddenly their lives are damaged, if not outright destroyed.
“A young woman like Rebeka is going to have a very hard time getting back on her feet and moving forward. Abused, rejected by her father, it will probably be a long time before she can learn to trust anyone or to even let anyone close enough to see if they might be trustworthy.
“Or in the case of Angelisa who is looking for some affection, it wouldn’t be hard for some young man to sweet talk his way into her pants. Not because she’s weak willed or overly gullible, but because she’s interested in affection and the longer she goes without affection, the more vulnerable she becomes. Even if the young man isn’t abusive, if she ends up becoming pregnant, there goes all of her hopes for an education and a better future for herself simply for a few minutes of pleasure. If she gets an abortion in order to continue her education, well, many women find themselves haunted by what they did and wonder what their child would have been like. . . .”
“I know there’s more to life than intimate pleasure. A good education, friendship, a rewarding occupation, a home to live in, etcetera, etcetera, but none of those have the potential to destroy a life as quickly and as thoroughly as a few minutes of intimate pleasure with the wrong person, or even with the right person without a few basic precautions.
“Some young men end up being victims, most often from homosexual predators, but the vast majority of victims are young women. There are a lot of organizations which encourage a good education and its many benefits, or try to guide a person to a rewarding occupation. But are there really any organizations which encourage a way to prevent the devastation which can result from inappropriate intimate pleasure? No. The closest are those which advocate abstinence.
“I strongly support abstinence in young people. Give them a chance to grow up, to learn more about life, to make an informed decision rather than a hormone driven decision about what they want to do with their sexuality and their body. The problem is that not all young people have the internal courage, guts, will power, or whatever you want to call it, to suppress their bodily desires.
“Even many of those organizations which advocate abstinence also encourage early marriage, which often doesn’t have positive results other than to put the sexual activity under the marital moral and legal umbrella. There’s still abuse, lack of fulfillment, unwanted pregnancy, and on top of that, the trauma and social stigma of divorce. The only possible way I know of to give young people an opportunity to experience intimate pleasure in a disease free, abuse free, and pregnancy free environment is to let them enjoy emotional recordings by themselves wherever they can be alone. . . .”
