#so here's a link to Mr Fox And The Disheartened Girl

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I love your voice synth art! >▽<

Perhaps you could draw Vflower next? I really like them and I think they'd look great in your style (but no pressure :] !)

#24 Vflower also, thanks!!!!

[peaceful-politics]

The “Pro-Life” Party Does Not Have a Monopoly on Morality- Especially the Pro-Life Party of Trump

By: Kaylee Williams

7/20/2019

Donald Trump has secured a voting base among evangelical Christians, in spite of the fact that he is antithetical to basic Christian values such as humility and compassion. This, I presume, is a result of his manipulation of the pro-life movement to galvanize socially conservative Christians. People across the political spectrum share sadness and reservation concerning a difficult issue that many Trump Republicans claim a monopoly on morality for. The fact remains, however, that illegality does not bar behaviors from occurring, and victims of abuse must reserve the right to make peace with their creator however they see fit, not be coerced into taking desperate measures as a result of government mandates. This holds especially true when considering that abortion bans will disproportionately affect poor women who don't have the financial means, backdoor channels, and legal representation of women the likes of....let me think....Stormy Daniels?

I find it difficult to contain my exasperation with a man who I believe to be so utterly God-less using a sensitive and complex issue for political utility. Let’s be honest about the hypocrisy of Donald Trump, once outspokenly pro-choice, all of a sudden championing the unborn. I implore you to ask yourself: who would be more likely to encourage their sexual partner to have an abortion- Barrack Obama or Donald Trump? Trump is two years younger than his (third) wife’s father, leaving me to question if Mr. Trump courted Melania for her impressive conversational ability or for less holy desires.  Trump has been with numerous porn stars, has children with multiple women (all of whom he is alleged to have cheated on), and is on tape bragging about grabbing women by their genitals. Now I personally don’t care about any of this; frankly, if he were a champion of universal healthcare, putting an end to the private prison system, and abolishing the Electoral College, I would likely vote for him in spite of his personal indiscretions. I simply cannot, however, fathom the cognitive dissonance required of Christian conservatives to hail Trump as the chosen one - someone fit to represent Jesus’s teachings and mobilize his agenda. Conservative Christians the likes of Pat Robertson have sanctioned a hitman. Trump is not David; he is Goliath, and he’s been contracted by wealthy televangelists who have more in common with the Pharisees Jesus opposed than Christ himself. Obama has been married to only one woman with whom he shares both of his children. There is no indication that he has ever been unfaithful to his wife, and excluding those which Fox News or Trump himself engineered, has not been linked to any major scandal. I ask again: who would be more likely to encourage their sexual partner to have an abortion? Yet who between the men publicly denounces a women’s right to choose? Who between the men has sought to address the systemic reasons for abortion, such as limited access to contraception?

One can be personally (not politically) pro-life, as I surmise Obama was, yet grasp that the architects of these newly introduced abortion bans (most of them Trump’s allies) are hypocrites. Republicans are often, after all, accused of Christian hypocrisy.  They are criticized for their support of Trump’s immigration policies, for example, which encourage the blatant mistreatment of illegal aliens who, according to one doctor, are living in “torture facilities” (Marshall, Metz, Zac, 2019). Trump Republicans respond with assertions that their indifference is a result of their desire for sovereignty, rule of law, and economic stability. When pressed on why they habitually scapegoat welfare recipients and the poor to distract attention from corporate exploitation, they respond arguing that handouts dissuade hard work and promote complacent reliance on government at the expense of working people. When confronted with rates of uninsured Americans or the monetization of human health, Republicans persistently vilify universal health care, a feature of virtually all other developed nations, as “socialized medicine” and attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Trump’s cohort of socially conservative Republicans present the following counterargument: how can you accuse us of lacking morality when you allow for the slaughter of the unborn, or in more common vernacular, infanticide?

Excuse this public service announcement, but infanticide is not legal and those who claim that it is are modern-day propaganda ministers who hardly have the interests of women or children in mind; rather they are leveraging people’s sense of morality for political gain. Yes, the Reproductive Health Act passed in New York did permit late term abortion….in cases where the life of the mother is threatened OR fetal abnormalities would ultimately end the unborn child’s life within days of birth; the fetus would have to be deemed “non-viable”. Any baby who is in fact born alive is not euthanized, but rather given post-natal care immediately. If infanticide is happening in this country, it has not been sanctioned by law and certainly is not supported by Democrats. I encourage anyone who doubts me to read Senator Liz Krueger’s responses to frequently asked questions regarding the RHA. (https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2019/liz-krueger/faqs-about-reproductive-health-act).

Furthermore, some-though not all- pro-life Republicans manipulate the issue of abortion to appear as though they are of higher moral standing. Democrats, through their reckless liberality and moral relativism masked as progressivism, are willing to slaughter the most vulnerable population among us. Leftist organizations, they charge, disseminate propaganda allowing women to believe that their choice is somehow morally permissible and establishments providing abortion, namely Planned Parenthood, are masking their nefarious agenda behind female reproductive rights. What about the rights of unborn girls they plea, or boys whose gender is no fault of their own?

To many political civilians (those not in public office or in elite roles) this appears to be the ultimate Trump card of argumentation, an atomic bomb of infallible reason dropped on liberals everywhere, causing those too stubborn to change their minds to desperately crawl into their safe spaces and mourn their defeat.

I will not pretend as though these emotionally charged arguments are of no import to me. I was raised by a religious family, attended catholic school until grade eight, and went to church weekly. At age twelve I wrote a scathing essay in defense of the pro-life movement, though in hindsight I find it rather peculiar that a class of mostly pre-pubescent kids would be prompted to not only contemplate such an issue, but have their opinions of it mechanically engineered. I am outnumbered in my family by Republicans, and while my grandmother has democratic leanings, her devotion to Catholicism and belief in protecting the unborn often preclude her from voting for liberal candidates she would otherwise support. Given my upbringing, the institutions within which I have been socialized, and my privately held feelings about having an abortion personally, one would expect me to be an ardent pro-choice advocate and a constituent of a reliable voting bloc, yet I am neither. To clarify, I personally oppose abortion, I wouldn’t encourage a loved one to have one (though I wouldn’t love them any less), and I earnestly desire for abortion to become a vestige of the past. How then does my moral compass, my decision making apparatus, permit me to hold such passionate, unwavering pro-choice sentiments?

I believe there are many ways a person can be effectively pro-life, but I remain unconvinced that legislatively interfering with a women’s right to choose is realistic or morally sound. People can call it moral relativism, but I don’t see how pragmatism and compassion should be-or can be- mutually exclusive, and I am equally unconvinced that a victim of rape or abuse should receive their reproductive directives from a legislature comprised disproportionately of white men (i.e. Alabama), the historical ruling class of America. I’m not advocating for “reverse discrimination” –if that even exists- but the optics here are hard to ignore. I don’t have a crystal ball that allows me to discern men in Alabama’s true motives, but to me the abortion bans sweeping the country reek of government intrusion, a diminishment of boundaries between church and state, and white male supremacy (I’ll elaborate on this later for all my conservative naysayers).

Like others, I remain politically pro-choice largely because I do not believe that anti-choice legislation will exponentially diminish rates of abortion. In the United States today, approximately one in four pregnancies will end in abortion according to the Guttmacher Institute (2019). While I’m sure this may dishearten even some pro-choice advocates, it is important to consider the nature and prevalence of abortion before Roe V. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure nationwide. While scholars can’t offer precise figures on abortion rates prior to 1973, given the fact that the procedure was not only illegal but often considered socially undesirable to admit, it is estimated that 20% to 25% of pregnancies ended in abortion before Roe V. Wade, as cited in a 2019 NPR interview with Karissa Haugeberg, assistant professor of history at Tulane University. According to the editors of History.com (2019), in the 1950s and 60s alone “the estimated number of illegal abortions in the United States ranged from 200,000 to 1.2 million per year, according to the Guttmacher Institute.”

So what were these illegal abortions like? Karissa Haugeberg explains that about 200 woman died “officially” each year from methods of “self-inflicted induction”. In other words, women physically injured themselves or consumed dangerous chemicals in attempts to end their pregnancies and in doing so inadvertently killed themselves. Other woman turned to the undercover market, seeking out doctors who risked their livelihood and even personal imprisonment. Today in countries where abortion remains illegal, such as Chile and El Salvador, Michelle Oberman (2018) writes that “abortifacient drugs have become so readily available…. that it has become impossible to enforce abortion bans”- which leads to me to my next point.

An additional reason that I remain a reliable pro-choice voter is my belief that eliminating abortion would likely create prosecutorial loopholes which allow for poor and minorities to be disproportionately affected, as Oberman (2018) explains is the case in countries where it remains outlawed. Just weeks ago an Alabama woman, Marshae Jones, lost her unborn child as a result of being shot in the stomach. She was later indicted on charges of manslaughter for allegedly provoking her shooter, who received no charges at all (Brice-Saddler, Horton, 2019). Many perceived this to be indicative of what a post Roe V. Wade America might entail for women of lower socioeconomic standing. Unlike the poor, women of means will always have access to abortion. Sometimes, they will even receive encouragement from “pro-life” congressmen themselves. It is not my desire to smear any given member of congress, but a simple Google search will reveal the hypocrisy to which I refer

Equally concerning is the possibility that strict abortion laws could lead to patriarchal norms being reintroduced. Would rape victims now be forced to prove abuse? Would they face a statute of limitations for reporting rape? Would states even qualify rape as a legitimate reason for getting an abortion following the lead of Alabama, a state where rapists have paternal rights (Wax-Thibodeaux, 2019)? Would women whose lives are in danger be denied medical help because of zealotry permeating the medical system?  Would miscarriages be investigated? Would desperate women who pursue an illegal abortion die or be imprisoned for resorting to back ally-procedures? Would the states currently proposing these abortion bans, states with some of the highest rates of both infant and maternal mortality, namely among women of color (Panetta, 2019), revamp their healthcare standards?

As a quick interlude, I certainly don’t mean to imply that men are solely to blame here. Many woman contribute to systems of patriarchy, often under a religious pretense or because their rung on the social ladder isn’t necessarily worth risking. Heck, over half of white women voted for Donald Trump in 2016 (Ruiz, 2018). Conversely, there are numerous men who, excluding circumstances in which they are personally responsible for a pregnancy, mind their business, who are supportive of prospective mothers, and who themselves would make better caretakers than their female counterparts. It was ultimately a female governor, Kay Ivey of Alabama, who signed a bill for which twenty-two male senators voted against exemptions for rape or incest. My primary grievance, moreover, is not with men. My main concern is government involvement (government actors being both men and women) in what should be a private matter.

Finally, one must wonder if the states denying abortions will offer affordable birth control and comprehensive sexual education, or if they’ll maintain antiquated philosophies surrounding sexuality thus causing teen pregnancies to rise and/or medically unsafe abortions to skyrocket? This may sound like a false dichotomy between prudence and pragmatism, but it should be noted that Abbey Johnson, creator of the documentary “Unplanned”, opposes birth control methods which do not consist of “natural family planning” (as cited in her 2018 interview with Mary Rose Somarriba).

Trump himself attempted to: “restrict the ability of some women to get birth control at no charge because their employers object on religious or moral grounds” (Goldstein, 2019).  As Pam Belluck (2018) explains in her article titled “Science Does Not Support Claims That Contraceptives Are ‘Abortion-Inducing’”, there is not credible evidence of abortifacient effects from contraception upon which spiritual groups should be asserting their religious liberty at the expense of others’. Furthermore, the sexual revolution has long passed and the vast majority of adults will have pre-marital sex, as will adolescents regardless of their state legislature’s willingness to educate them or their parent’s willingness to guide them appropriately (on using condoms to prevent against STDS, healthy relationships, methods of contraception, etc.). It is imperative that those who wish to end abortion on both sides of the political spectrum approach sexuality through the lenses of modernity.

If pro-lifers sought to convince me against abortion (as sensible people define it) they succeeded, but I’ve also lived a privileged life and I refuse to thrust my personal views on the world at large. That is dangerous, ineffective, and belittling of women whose burden I have never carried and whose pain I have never known. Like many of the voters Trump secures through his professed stance on abortion, I’d truly love to see its end. However, I do not believe that barring safe and legal access to the procedure is an appropriate way to get there. It’s not practical and it’s not compassionate (as I see it). How about we destigmatize sex between consenting adults/adolescents, offer first rate sexual education nationwide, make medical advancements so no woman would ever again face a health crises related to pregnancy, offer birth control 100% affordable and accessible to all people post-pubescent, and make advancements in science so as to ensure that this birth control is not 99% but 100% effective in order that every young woman might reach her full economic potential? Making abortion illegal won’t make it cease to exist outright; it will only cease to exist as a medically safe procedure that can be discussed openly without fear of legal prosecution. People of good faith mustn’t be swayed at the hands of God-less man using their religiosity for political expedience.

It is my sincere hope that well-meaning Christians follow the example of Jimmy Carter. One of our most outspokenly devout presidents, Carter sold his peanut farm after winning the presidency so as not to risk perceptions of impropriety. He can be traced to no major scandal and has always responded to criticism with tact and decency. He remains a proponent of internal church reform, namely the ordainment of women as priests, yet as president staunchly supported the separation of church and state. He has never invoked what many people insidiously refer to as “religious liberty” to discriminate against gay people, even stating: “Jesus would approve of gay marriage. Carter elaborated: “I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else” (as cited by Birnbaum, 2018).

As it pertains to abortion, Jimmy Carter’s stance reveals not only his deep intelligence (as evidenced by his capability to discern nuance) but his steady moral barometer. He does not conceal his personal reservations in an effort to conform to party expectations, but rather differentiates what his spiritual predilections are concerning abortion from what he believes the government’s role is in legislating reproduction. He plainly states: “I have a hard time believing that Jesus would approve abortions unless it was because of rape or incest or if the mother’s life was in danger. So I’ve had that struggle….. but my oath of office was to obey the Constitution and the laws of this country as interpreted as the Supreme Court, so I went along with that” (as cited by Birnbaum, 2018). Carter, while vocal about his apprehension to condone abortion during his presidency, rejected the creation of a constitutional amendment which would ban it. Instead, he sought to minimize the prevalence of abortion as much as possible. Carter stated during his third presidential debate with Gerald Ford: “I think abortion is wrong. I don't think the Government ought to do anything to encourage abortion, but I don't favor a constitutional amendment on the subject. But short of a constitutional amendment, and within the confines of a Supreme Court ruling, I will do everything I can to minimize the need for abortions with better sex education, family planning, with better adoptive procedures. I personally don't believe that the Federal Government ought to finance abortions, but I draw the line and don't support a constitutional amendment. I honor the right of people to seek a constitutional amendment on abortion, but I won't actively work for its passage” (as cited on ontheissues.org)

Moreover, Jimmy Carter does not seek to make people feel warm and fuzzy as a way of gaining political constituents. He does not conflate the issue of abortion with women’s rights alone (although that is certainly one dimension of the debate) and is himself an ardent feminist who has used his position of power to enhance the rights of women both domestically and abroad. He expresses personal reservation, as is his right, but demonstrates respect for rule of law and when given the opportunity refused to support a constitutional ban on abortions, instead working vigorously to minimize the perceived need of women to seek them out. Jimmy Carter is a real disciple of Christ, not an imposter who claims to revere him for political support.

I’d like to conclude by sharing a Facebook post I recently came across.  A now adult woman reminisces on the abortion she had as a teenager, and the painful circumstances which led her to terminate her pregnancy. I implore all self-proclaimed Christians to read the post, which I attached below, but to first consider this. During his life, Jesus showed mercy to prostitutes, thieves, and murderers (even his very own); he did not condone or encourage recidivism but empathized with people in desperate circumstances and forgave those who demonstrated humility before God. Christ loved the down-trodden and wayward souls of society. He encouraged his disciples to provide aid for the poor, to welcome foreigners, and to tend to the sick. Furthermore, I ask my fellow followers of Christ to ask themselves this. Would Jesus, who shared with us the beautiful parable of the Good Samaritan, condone Donald Trump’s treatment of Ilhan Omar? Would Jesus permit the mistreatment of migrants at the border? As I see it, how we are treating these immigrants is disgraceful, antithetical to Christ's teachings, and cannot be displaced through making flaccid arguments about sovereignty, safety, and economics. A policy of family separating does not enhance national security. Demonizing people fleeing desperate circumstances on the world stage is not pragmatic or economically advantageous. Making it virtually impossible to claim asylum status and reducing aid to countries from which these migrants are originating is not shrewd, but rather completely counterintuitive to U.S interests.

Who is better at emulating Jesus’s teachings? The publicly pro-life Donald Trump and his ardent supporters on the religious right the likes Franklin Graham? Graham, a prominent Christian evangelist, responded to Jimmy Carter’s acceptance of gay people by stating: “He is absolutely wrong when he said Jesus would approve of gay marriage. Jesus didn't come to promote sin, He came to save us from sin” (as cited by Warren, 2018). Graham even described the Equality Act as catastrophic (Badash, 2019).

Equality!?! Protection from discrimination on the basis of what one does with their own body or who their sleep with in the privacy of their own home! Yikes! Say it isn’t so, Franklin!

....or could it be that pro-choice politicians the likes of Barrack Obama are actually better representatives of Christ than the hypocrites on the religious right? I, for one, do not fear for Barrack Obama, or Jimmy Carter, or even Tara Dove (whose post is provided below) on Judgement Day. Donald Trump, a man of immense privilege who leverages his power over the vulnerable…well, I am not so confident.

This picture was taken a month or two after my abortion. I was 16 and in an incredibly abusive marriage. You see that wrap on my hand? My wrist was sprained because he threw me out of our bed and onto the floor, to "sleep like the dog you are." When I had my abortion, I still had braces on.

When we found out I was pregnant, no one was happy and I felt like dying. There was no question. The pregnancy would be terminated. His parents paid.

We had to cross state lines and he was speeding (he got pulled over and you can bet I was punished for that). At the clinic, he got angry because he wasn't allowed in the back with me. I was punished for that too.

Because I terminated my pregnancy, I was able to leave him and cut all ties later. I was able to get a restraining order. I was able to move, go to college, have a career, and start a family on my own time. Because I terminated my pregnancy, no child was raised with an abusive father.

Also, as I found out with my planned pregnancy some ten years later, I have a clotting disorder that, without medical intervention, has a high chance of killing any child I carry (I've miscarried twice and my daughter's placenta was clotting at 39 weeks) and throwing a clot in me (I've had one DVT already). This would not have been known when I was 16.

Having an abortion saved my life, in more ways than one. I have not and will never regret it.

#YouKnowMe #IAmNotAshamed #1in4

 Works Cited

Abortion. (2019, July 01). Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/united-states/abortion

Badash, D. (2019, July 17). In Insane Diatribe Franklin Graham Calls Equality Act 'Catastrophic' and Warns if Passed US 'May Never Recover'. Retrieved from https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/07/in-insane-diatribe-franklin-graham-calls-equality-act-catastrophic-and-warns-if-passed-us-may-never-recover/

Belluck, P. (2018, September 07). Science Does Not Support Claims That Contraceptives Are 'Abortion-Inducing'. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/health/kavanaugh-abortion-inducing-contraceptives.html

Birnbaum, E. (2018, July 09). Jimmy Carter: 'I believe that Jesus would approve of gay marriage'. Retrieved from https://thehill.com/homenews/news/396058-jimmy-carter-i-believe-that-jesus-would-approve-of-gay-marriage

Brice-Saddler, M., & Horton, A. (2019, June 28). A pregnant woman was shot in the stomach. She was charged in the death of the fetus. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/27/pregnant-woman-was-shot-stomach-she-was-indicted-her-babys-death/?utm_term=.393e088b1a94

FAQs about the Reproductive Health Act. (2019, February 19). Retrieved from https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2019/liz-krueger/faqs-about-reproductive-health-act

Goldstein, A. (2019, January 14). Judge blocks Trump effort to roll back birth control mandate nationwide. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-roll-back-birth-control-mandate-nationwide/2019/01/14/abba97e4-181f-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.4d14463f720f

History.com Editors. (2019, March 27). Roe v. Wade. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade

Jimmy Carter on Abortion. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Jimmy_Carter_Abortion.htm

Marshall, S., Zak, L., & Metz, J. (2019, June 23). Doctor compares conditions for unaccompanied children at immigrant holding centers to 'torture facilities'. Retrieved July 19, 2019, from https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doctor-compares-conditions-immigrant-holding-centers-torture-facilities/story?id=63879031

Oberman, M. (2018, May 31). What Happens When Abortion Is Banned? Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/opinion/sunday/abortion-banned-latin-america.html

Panetta, G. (2019, June 01). The states passing strict abortion bans have some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the country. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/states-passing-abortion-bans-have-highest-infant-mortality-rates-2019-5

Ruiz, M. (2018, November 08). Will White Women Voters Ever Be Who We Want Them to Be? Retrieved from https://www.vogue.com/article/white-women-voters-conservative-trump-gop-problem

Somarriba, M. R. (Ed.). (2019, March 18). Abby Johnson on the Benefits of Natural Family Planning. Retrieved from https://naturalwomanhood.org/abby-johnson-interview-former-planned-parenthood-director-nfp/

Warren, S. (2018, July 12). Franklin Graham: President Carter 'Absolutely Wrong' on Jesus Approving of Gay Marriage. Retrieved from https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/july/franklin-graham-says-former-president-carter-is-absolutely-wrong-nbsp-on-jesus-approving-of-gay-marriage

What Abortion Was Like In The U.S. Before Roe V. Wade. (2019, May 20). Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2019/05/20/725139713/what-abortion-was-like-in-the-u-s-before-roe-v-wade

[showdepremiosclub]

Just Say No To Sex

( Extended satire, presented In 10 installations of 4 pages each. This is the second installation; previous ones are included on this site, in instance you miss one.).

" They all seem remarkably real in their purposes," Dr. Coburn responded. "As youths are vulnerable to do, they really intend to do their component to conserve the world-- and now they see a practical method to continue.".

" We shall see. Yet, also if you have the ability to instill your linguistic nonsense, how much time do you expect they'll abstain prior to their fulminating libidos bewilder your flimsy barricades?".

" Until they are easily as well as securely married. I also presume that one of the most thorough students will remain to keep an extensive degree of procreative small amounts in wedlock.".

" Please, they would certainly all be much safer merely making use of prophylactics.".

" Prophylactics? Oh, don't also point out the word. How abnormal, just how risky, just how--".

"-- Concerning waiting on time to expose the solution?" she disrupted, and then, sighing, claimed, "Precious me, the greatest responsibility a bright person can have today is the lack of a strong scientific history. Your well-intentioned mind just does not have actually the expertise called for to innovate credibly in the field you have actually chosen. It is plagued with many webs you simply can't separate yourself from them.".

" Webs to you, Prissy. Caring preservation to me!".

" Yes, out with the brand-new, in with the old! Let us promote old suggestions, run out as developments. Luddites of the world, unify!".

" I confess happily! Antiquated suggestions are my favored kind. They have withstood the test of time as well as, as a result, their merit is self-evident." After that he leaned ahead as well as issued, what was to her, an especially disheartening reproach. "Prepare yourself, Priscilla. The around the world adoption of my technique will in fact make the need for your misguided educational programs and medical research superfluous.".

" Physician Coburn, you are-- in the field in which you are dabbling-- a most oblivious, insensitive, and dangerous man.".

" Oblivious! Aloof! And hazardous? Ah, currently I understand well the taunting trendsetters have actually needed to manage from time long past. I can, at this time, also offer consolation with the early plight of my arch-nemesis, Freud. What nerve he had to persist against the Victorian tide. I will obtain a page from him, however, not in regards to his incorrect unearthing of the sex drive, however in remarkable doggedness.".

" Please, don't dumbfound yourself with Freud. Your method is not only impractical; it's one of the most cockamamie-- ".

"-- Dr. Ernst, if you please. One of my all-time the very least preferred words is 'cockamamie.' What a regrettable morass of mortifying associations.".

" Excuse me, Richard. Often your prudery is revelatory. I shall just call it runaway lack of knowledge." "I think I have currently endured enough of the slings of specialist jealousy. Do you think I do not know the clinical school is close to itself due to the fact that this historic advancement in sexual behavior-modification has come from the sociology division?".

" Not, Medical professional. The reality, like it or otherwise, is that at the clinical school we need to be entirely practical every minute. Lives rely on the practical orderliness of our treatments. Most importantly, we know we have to deal with humanity as we locate it-- delicate and restless humanity. We likewise recognize that at this specific time in background, because of the huge selection of undesirable pregnancies, expanding overpopulation, as well as prevalent Sexually transmitted diseases, Nature has us, like it or not, by the spheres!".

" Pity on you, Priscilla! What language-- and also for a lady of your distinction.".

" Oh, fiddlesticks! Would certainly you be better if I stated it has us by the ovaries?".

" Do not minimize the alarming circumstance we find ourselves in. You have failed to remember one very crucial element of my approach. It is a new reality, not a technique of birth control that has shown poor to our overheated needs or the gleam in a frenzied scientist's eye. No, no, mine is a pragmatic method that is available for immediate implementation.".

" Oh, Dickie-- ".

"-- Priscilla, please. You understand exactly how I feel regarding that alternating appellation.".

" Yes, dear," she replied with a trace of sympathy. "Sorry.".

" Concerning what?".

" Calling you 'dear.'".

" Oh. I really did not discover.".

" Of course," she claimed, surrendering herself to his hurtful indifference as well as progressing with her debate. "However someplace underneath your fearless surface area, certainly you suspect the eternal inclinations of males and female. Just how can you potentially believe that your so-called method can moderate the tidal bore of sexual desire that sweeps through the globe at every minute? Exactly how can it restrain the young, whose whole physical being throbs with sex-related eagerness? Or the poor, who have priceless couple of other enjoyments? Or the affluent, who perpetually court indulgence?".

" My dear Dr. Ernst, what you clearly fail to recognize is that I do not simply ask people simply to say no to sex. I give, in a collection of one hundred engaging and self-evidently real axioms the resources the human will needs to be victorious-- axioms that will eventually no doubt be viewed as the Euclidean geometry of sex-related resistance.".

" Sorry, I continue to be not impressed.".

" Why? Due to the fact that you have actually been dethroned. While you and also your realistic associates have trusted to sexual propriety in the warmth of wish and also the far perspective of medical study, I have had the insight to see the gold at my feet.".

" Fool's gold, I'm afraid!".

" On the contrary, a strong gold chain every link of which contains irrefutable logic-- a detailed technique in which every declaration follows the other as relentlessly as one moment follows its antecedent! Take, as an example, Coburn's First Axiom of Abstaining. I risk you to discover an imperfection in it," he tested, and also took guide from the coffee table. He opened it and held it towards her, as he recited, 'Sex leads to pregnancy. Maternity leads to overpopulation. For that reason, sex needs to be prevented.' Argue with that, if you risk!".

" Richard, the debate is not with your self-evident rubbish yet with your expect compliance. How in the world do you expect such a lightweight train of facilities as well as verdicts to urge the world's billions to abide by sexual abstinence?".

" Buffoon me if you must, Priscilla! Nonetheless, my hopes are being validated as increasingly more diligent students sign up for my genuinely enlightened method.".

" To discover what? To state no to sex, regardless of every natural proclivity and also lure, state no despite drunkenness or medications? Sorry, Richard. I much prefer prophylactics to Coburn.".

" Oh, Dr. Ernst, the effrontery also to state my name in apposition to that sine qua non of imperfect treatment.".

Then, the doorbell called. Physician Coburn checked out his watch. "Ah, ha," he introduced, "that should be my new star candidate, Dan Fox.".

" Fox? He wants to subscribe?" "Correct. He phoned call to apply right prior to you arrived. Normally, I invited him ahead over right away, lest the legendary stud have second thoughts.".

" I can not believe his interest is at all genuine.".

" After that it's a great fortuity that he has arrived while you're still here.".

" If by some opportunity you are able to apply also moderate restraints on him, how many young girls' hopes you'll ruin. It's outrageous to think you can regulate him, provided the variety of ladies who had actually tear their own garments off to jump into the sack with him.".

Simply then Melanie entered the space, as well as claimed, "Really did not I listen to the buzzer ring?".

" Yes, dear. I think it's Dan Fox.".

Melanie appeared abnormally upset. "Dan Fox? What's he doing right here?".

" He intends to enroll in my program.".

" Father, begun. He's the last man on the planet--".

"-- Now, now, Mel, do not prejudge him." He observed her doubt. "Please, simply obtain the door.".

" Sure," she consented, with a little bit of teeth grinding.

He stood proudly while Melanie walked there.

She took a deep breath and also pulled it open. "What are you doing below?" she asked the good-looking athlete.

" Hi, Melanie," he replied. "I want to sign up for you dad's course.".

" Certain, you do," she stated, showing she suspected him of nurturing an overlooked intention.

" Allow him in, Mel," Doctor Coburn called.

" All right," she concurred, as well as stood aside.

" Thanks," he informed her.

" Dan, my child, come right in," Coburn called.

" Thanks!" he responded, with as much clear enthusiasm as he might muster up.

Melanie shut the door and observed as her papa put out his hand.

" Welcome, Fox.".

" Thankful to be below," he claimed, eying the hesitant observer beside his new-found mentor. "You know Dr. Ernst?" Coburn asked.

" Yes, I do," Dan said. "Hi, Dr. Ernst.".

" Hi, Mr. Fox," she responded distantly.

" I'm happy you made the big choice to research with me, Dan," Dr. Coburn claimed.

" Thanks," he responded. "I'm persuaded it's the responsible point to do-- I mean, with all the issues sex can cause.".

" Good, Dan!" Dr. Coburn exclaimed. "I see that, besides brawn, you've got minds.".

" Thanks, sir. My ideal is, like the ancient Greeks claimed, 'a sound mind in a sound body.'".

" In an extremely audio body," Dr. Ernst commented. "The women inform me you're rather alluring.".

" Many thanks. But it's not my mistake. I was born by doing this.".

" But you can rise over it, I assure you," Dr. Coburn suggested him.

" That's my goal," Dan said. "I need to save my energy for football.".

" Tell me, Dan," Dr. Ernst made inquiries, "what makes you think Physician Coburn's technique can work for you? Have you review his new book?".

" Not yet," Dan confessed, "however I have actually heard a great deal regarding it. From what I can tell, it interest the mind-- and I like that. Mind over body-- the very same point you need in the 4th quarter when you lag and also you have to do a whole lot greater than you believe you can.".

Dr. Coburn counted on Dr. Ernst, and also informed her, "I have wonderful confidence in this boy." Then he eyed Dan seriously. "My hope is that you'll turn into one of my celebrity students.".

In some way, this remark cut Melanie to the quick, as well as she stated, "Dad, I need to speak to you.".

" Later on, dear. In the meanwhile, please, companion Mr. Fox to my research study as well as get him registered.".

She checked out Dan with condescension. "I can not think this! Begin.".

" Many thanks, Melanie," he claimed, and also followed her.

" What do you assume?" Dr. Coburn asked.

" Me? Oh, I also have fantastic confidence in him," she replied wryly. "Did you notice the way he looked at your daughter?".

" No, I really did not. It all appeared rather common to me.".

" Really?" she asked. "And why do you believe Melanie appeared so anxious? Could she possibly be captivated with him?".

" Mel? Oh, please, she's much also well trained for such an indiscretion.".

" Richard, occasionally you are a blind butt. Fox certainly has something on his mind other than learning exactly how to say no to sex.".

" You think he's just here due to the fact that he's interested in Melanie? Little Melanie, with all the sexy women that go to his beck and call?".

" I have a suggestion.".

" You indicate, a proposition?".

" Whatever. You teach him your method as best you can. Then you arrange for him as well as Melanie to be alone for an evening.".

" Alone?".

" Yes, and also Melanie has to be provided directions that she is to try every wile she can manage to break down his willpower. If he preserves his indifference to her advancements, I will leave you to proselytize as thoroughly as you can. On the other hand, if by some chance he can not withstand her beauties as well as succumbs, you will certainly confess defeat and also cease to promote your technique.".

" But poor Melanie-- to subject her to such a severe experience.".

" Do not inform me you presume she might be in any kind of sort of threat? Richard, if your method is half just as good as you claim it is, she'll be faced with an overwhelming, and also as a result an entirely safe, job.".

" However to ask her to do something so as opposed to her lifelong training--".

" Yes, but consider the feasible benefits if you do well with Dan. Your victory will certainly reverberate throughout the school. I'll withdraw all my arguments as well as suggest that the clinical school withdraw its. After that you'll have a freedom on campus as well as on the welcoming arms of a desperate globe!".

" Do you I have your word on that?".

" Definitely. Currently, how much time do you require to indoctrinate Mr. Fox?".

" That relies on just how much time he wants to give me. But in no occasion will I require greater than one month.".

" Then you have actually obtained a bargain," she stated, and produced her hand.

" Offer, Priscilla!" he verified, as well as offered her hand a hearty shake. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do.".

" My enjoyment, Richard.".

" Don't neglect your gift," he told her, and grabbed the autographed duplicate of his book from the coffee table.

She accepted it.

As he strolled her to the door, she claimed, "Best of luck. You'll require it.".

" Thanks, Priscilla," he replied, "but not nearly as much luck as you'll require.".

She offered him a peck on the cheek, and also his face purged somewhat that somewhat humiliated him. "Till then," she claimed, and also went out the door.