The experiment, which was controversial to say the least, required a 'randomly paired' heterosexual couple to engage in instant, spontaneous sex. It was an enhancement to an earlier experiment, in which the pair was required only to undress each other. The researchers responsible for the experiment had advertised it, though with guarded detail, at college campuses, OB/GYN offices, and other venues.
The protocol of the experiment was still fairly simple. The pair would be ushered into a minimally furnished room equipped with a bed, nightstand, and small lavatory. There were to be no introductions. The 'instant couple' was discouraged from using verbal communication.
The experiment was to begin once both of them were in the room. The instant couple was allowed two hours to complete their mating. Following completion of the experiment, they were to signal a waiting researcher. The researcher would then debrief each about their experience. Both would be compensated for their participation. The two volunteers of the instant couple were then free to go their separate ways.
Interviews were conducted at the sight where the experiment was to take place. For each subject, there was a stack of papers to read and sign, no doubt fomented by anal-retentive lawyers. One of the forms contained a line item for them to specify the race and age range of their prospective partner. Another line item asked the subject for their most preferred sexual act, even going so far as to supply a list of those currently 'in vogue,' with illustrative sketches.
Once the two subjects began to shed their clothes, there would be no turning back. When they were both naked, they were to climb into bed together and begin to perform the act they specified on their application forms. There was to be no foreplay. How could there be? The two were strangers. Just the act itself. A jar of lubricant was visible on the nightstand.
The boy arrived at the clinic promptly, freshly shaved, showered, groomed. He was young, nineteen, near the lower end of the clinic researchers' acceptable age range. clean cut, collegiate in appearance., He wore a pocketed tee shirt and chino slacks.
Once he identified himself at the front desk he was ushered to one of the rooms inside the facility by a researcher.
The researcher knocked, then opened the door. "Go on in," she said, immediately shutting the door once the boy had stepped inside. He was shocked when he first saw his partner-to-be. 'Oh, wow! An older woman. She must be what? Thirty-five? Forty? Nice! I wonder if she's blond down there, too.' Then, a split second after, the boy was double-shocked when he recognized the lady: his next door neighbor. "Mrs. Robinson!" he blurted out. "What are you doing here?"
The lady was also startled for a few seconds. Then, "Ben Braddock! What are you doing here?"
"I... uh... volunteered," he replied. "To earn a little cash."
"Me, too," Mrs. Robinson said. "Well isn't this a coincidence. If you really want to know, my husband died while we were still young. After a while, I began to feel I needed more excitement in my life." She drew an uneasy breath, shrugging. "So here I am."
"Yeah," Ben replied. "But the instructions say we have to be strangers. I guess we're gonna have to tell the researchers we're not." He appeared disappointed.
Mrs. Robinson remained silent for a moment. "I have an idea," she said, her face brightening, sounding a bit naughty, putting a finger to her lips. "Let's not tell them," she said, lowering her voice in case the room was bugged. "Let's do it anyway."
Ben was shocked yet again. Was he about to realize his most intense, recurring fantasy?
"Beside," Mrs. Robinson added, as though to reinforce her previous remark, "I'd feel more comfortable doing this with someone I know."
The boy stood there, dumbfounded. After a few seconds he issued a nod.
"Well, shall we begin," she said. I seem to be wearing more clothes than you. Why don't I start to undress first."
The boy remained in shock while watching his next door neighbor strip right in front of him. Once she was down to just her undergarments, he joined in. He was particularly attentive as Mrs. Robinson reached up under her black slip and took down her panties, then raised the slip over her head, setting it down on a chair. He was in even more awe of her, seeing her slender body for the first time.
Once they were both naked together, Mrs. Robinson glimpsed the boy. 'Oh my,' she mused, appearing a bit surprised. 'I wonder if he's aware of how generous his proportions are.' Then, out loud, "Ben, was Sixty-Nine really your first choice?"
"Yeah," Ben replied, in a matter-of-fact tone. "I guess that's why they matched us up."
Mrs. Robinson pondered a moment. "I wouldn't have thought that's something a boy your age would pick."