As Annie takes her seat in the center right of the front row, her boss Norman is left the only one still standing all the way on the far right end as he greets a man making his entrance walking up to the podium. He takes the floor, standing at the podium and placing a sheet of paper down. Behind him is a large mirror that takes up the whole wall, save for a space on the right with a door labeled "Testing." Norman takes a seat.
"Hello! Welcome, everybody." The man says as he opens up the projection screen in front of the podium. A stock photo of two smiling women in a sunny meadow appears. The BioCon logo is prominently visible at the top right corner. "My name is Jonathan McLeod. Let's just get this started. We at BioCon are ready to present to you, The Department of Discipline, our latest project that will allow you to maximize your productivity. I am going to show you the technology that will define the future of clitoral neutralization. No, you heard that right. I didn't say removal. Neutralization."
Annie picks up her notebook off of her pencil skirt and places it on the desk and begins taking notes along with the others. The wooden seat is cold and rough against the backs of her thighs.
"Current methods of clitoral management involve the restriction of blood flow, usually by engorging the clitoris and then tightly tying a very thin wire around the base."
The projection changes to a slide with two anatomical diagrams. One depicting the clitoris being suctioned and enlarged in a transparent tube. The wire is being tied by a pair of gloved hands. The second diagram shows the gloved hands snipping the wire, leaving a tight ring left strangling the bulging clitoris.
Annie briefly imagines the throbbing pain and then closes her thighs together tight.
"This is a simple, low maintenance method that has been in our culture and used to improve women's health for decades. It leaves them plenty of time to live their normal lives between two short and simple procedures performed by any general practitioner. However, certain radical groups are trying to portray this in a negative light. They compare it to the treatment of livestock, and even to the barbaric genital mutilation of infant boys that used to be common in this country. We know that this is making it harder for you to practice clitoral management, and the current social trends show this movement is growing. Thankfully, we have created a device that will achieve the results you are looking for with a much lighter PR profile."
The slide changes to a picture of an up close image of a woman's vulva, a metal object partially concealed inside of the lips. The object features a bright green light emitting near the front. Both lips are grasped by three of what look like metal binding clips. The woman's hands gracefully frame the scene with her fingers splayed out gently across her abdomen and thighs.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the deep clitoral neutralizer."
Charles, a man on Annie's immediate right, raises his hand up on his desk.
"Yes, Charles," the Jonathan says.
"Deep clitoral neutralizer? What makes it deep?"
"That's an excellent question." Jonathan presses a button and brings the slide back to the diagram of the strangled clitoris. "We all know the wire method is effective, but it actually leaves much of the clitoris intact and unaffected. The glans and hood of the clitoris here," he points at the bulging mass with a laser pointer, "cease to function from loss of blood flow and easily come off. However..."
The slide changes again to a diagram of the inner anatomy of the vaginal area.
"Most of the clitoris is located inside of a woman's genital area." The laser pointer lands on two wings connecting to the clitoral glans spread out on either side of the vulva. "It simply isn't feasible to remove on a large scale. That's where the neutralizer comes in."
The slide switches to the inner side of the device. It looks like the underside of an insect, with three legs on each side. Each leg has a pincer on the end. In the center are three jaws of a clamp arranged in a triangle with a pointed electrode in the center.
"Each leg grabs hold of the woman's labia and holds on tight. It positions the jaws and electrode over the external clitoris." The laser pointer moves over the electrode sitting inside of the 3 jaws. "This electrode here is capable of emitting multiple types of electro pulses. The first type of pulse simply stimulates the nerve endings of the clitoris, bringing about arousal. The clitoris naturally engorges and fits the glans more snugly inside of these three jaws. We have the time to orgasm down to 9.4 seconds on average, but the neutralizer can feel exactly when it starts."
Charles raises his hand again. "Orgasm?"
"Yes, the process does involve some initial pleasure, but don't worry. It is very short lived. Immediately upon the beginning of climax, the three jaws immediately bite down onto the tip of the clitoris, hard. It then pulls it tightly into the central electrode."
Annie's hand goes down protectively over herself.
"The electrode causing the orgasm?"
"Yes, but it is precisely at this moment that it changes mode. The pulse changes to a much stronger, much higher frequency setting with much more direct contact this time. It is no longer pleasurable. Instead, this setting sends sustained pulses directly into the clitoral glans that permeate deep into the other parts of the clitoris, damaging the nerve endings. After long and sustained application, they effectively neutralize the clitoris as an instigator of orgasm for several months."
"How long does the application last?"
"We've had the most general success leaving it on them for a week. We pause it for 30 minutes for 2 meals a day, as well as 9 hours for sleep and breakfast."
Norman speaks up, "Well, wow. This all sounds really impressive. What is your research in practice showing? Are the results as promising as you make them seem?"
"Yes, we have around 200 tests running at any given time, and our results have shown to be 99.7% effective on average. That remaining percent also showed psychological effects from the device that were almost as effective as the complete desired results."
"Meaning?"
"Orgasm is no longer appealing to them."
The room is sold on the idea. All that is left are questions.
Charles asks, "All of this with no visible tissue damage?"
"That's correct. We think you will have a much easier time practicing without the negative spin that can come from the full removal of a body part."
"How does it fight necrosis from occuring with those jaws clamped down on the clitoris for that long?"
"That's an important clarification to make. Each orgasm leads to 45 minutes of such stimulation. After 45 minutes, it releases the clitoris and stimulates a lot of blood flow back into the area for 5 minutes. Then it ramps up to another start of an orgasm, the clitoris is secured again, and the whole cycle repeats."
Normas asks, "Do you mind showing us the application process?"
"I'm delighted you asked! That is the next part of this presentation. We will be demonstrating the neutralizer on a live subject!"
Charles turns to Annie and chortles, "Uh oh, better run!" The room laughs. Annie forces a laugh with them and closes her legs even tighter. A hot pit of shame opens up in her chest and stomach.
Jonathan holds a button down on the podium and says, "Janice, please send them in."
A door to the right opens, and two women walk in. In front is a pantsless blindfolded young woman with her hands bound behind her back. Her girlish face is obscured by leather ear and eye coverings. Printed onto the sheer white t-shirt she is wearing, over the outline of her left breast, is the label 5040R. The bare skin of her puffy vulva is bright red, looking as if shaved and waxed minutes ago.
The woman leading her from behind is wearing a long lab coat, her wavy black hair tied back into a pony tail. Her dark red lipstick hits a hard contrast with her fair skin. She briefly gives a half-effort smile at the panel before her face resumes a complete lack of expression.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dr. Kellen. She is one of our leading directors of technology here. With her is 5040R. She can't see or hear anything around her."
Dr. Kellen utters a quick "Hello," as she reaches into her pocket. She pulls out a small handful of metal in the shape of an almond and places it on her outstretched palm for the panel to see.
Jonathan says, "Ladies and gentlemen, here it is in person. The deep clitoral neutralizer."