@Diest TKO,
Quote:what do "decent sexual partners" do when they enter a relationship with someone and find out they are a virgin? Indulge me.
One might indulge their mystical sense of the possession of a sacred object and work on their sensuality and curiosity until they beg, abjectly, to be relieved of the burden. Then you have no responsibility and can claim that the pitiful imprecations had touched your altruistic susceptibilities beyond the point at which you thought it impolite to resist. You could then relate the nature of the imprecations in regard to the tearful pleadings for compassion and sympathy, and their persistance, to the jury of the Court of Love and throw yourself on its mercy, understanding and professional expertise in the hope that the penance the refined Ladies finally come to an agreement on is not too severe and will be graciously set aside in the event of one agreeing to be joined together in Holy Matrimony with the lady in question who is sitting in the public gallery between her sobbing Mama and Papa and surrounded by her brothers and cousins brandishing shotguns, and thus embarking upon a journey through the wearinesses and tribulations of marital bliss until death relieves the agony.
It is understandable that some men would seek to find other outlets for their carnality I suppose. Although I'm inclined to think that the gallant Ladies of the Court of Love would be quite indifferent to the fate of such persons so long as those things didn't become popular enough to challenge their imperious prerogatives and render the source of their power null and void.
With Professor Germaine Greer in the chair I think you would be in trouble. Your romantic moves are considered insolent in that direction. And two offences would exasperate her patience.
Of course, as we all know, the Courts of Love were phased out by the Holy Fathers, and not without some difficulty, and Christian theology replaced them so you'll probably get away with it unscathed.
Whether the phasing out of Christian theology will result in a restoration of the Courts of Love is a matter for speculation. If it does, and I incline to the view that it will, a scenario Aldous Huxley either never thought of or wouldn't go near with a bargepole, your male descendents might have to perform some feat of daring and sacrifice in order to place a virgin into the position of begging abjectly enough to satisfy the Court of your respectable intentions rather than a cheap box of chocolates, a few drinks, a host of fanciful promises, claims of excellence and some smarmy talk gleaned from the movies, with which the modern man is empowered to storm the citadel and, if it is convenient to him, moves on without a backward glance. Your backward's glance, which was voluntary and deserving of credit, does hint at a sense of guilt serious enough to cancel out, many times over, the credit of honesty. Honesty is hardly considered a virtue in the Courts of Love.
The Open Road is a pure Christian symbol. Don't Look Back Bobby said.
Actually TK, I wrote that to amuse Gala.
