Jon was hungry. He could scarcely believe that it had come to this. After years in the military he had entered college but through some loopholes he found himself without any financial aid. His income while in the military had been high enough that he did not qualify for much assistance. He had just been laid off from a high paying part-time job and the best he could do now was a convenience store clerk. He lived in a run-down trailer with two stray cats who were there when he came and would likely be there long after he left.
So there he stood, at 2 a.m. in an empty convenience store looking through the want ads. Hungry and broke surrounded by overpriced food. Looking through the jobs he saw a small one line ad: Medical Experiment, Male 21-35. There was a phone number provided so he decided to call it and see if the recording gave any specifics. He was shocked to here the phone answered and said so to the grad student who answered. "We work all the time" was her short reply. She began to ask him a series of qualifying questions and seemed particularly interested in his past medical experience as a lab tech.
She told him he met the pre-qualifications and invited him to an interview the next day that would take three hours for which he would be paid $20. If he was accepted the project would pay $1,000 per month. Jon was speechless, before he could begin to dream about the money she warned him that they were only selecting one applicant and he would only have about a one in fifty chance of making it. Jon thanked her for the information and hung up.
The next day Jon went to his appointment and filled out questionnaires for the first hour answered every question imaginable for the second and underwent a complete physical for the third hour. They seemed particularly impressed with his shot records. Having been assigned to an overseas readiness group he had every inoculation known and they were all current.
As he got ready to leave two doctors approached Jon and asked if he would be able to stay another hour. They offered to pay him an additional $20 and informed him he was in the top five candidates. Jon agreed to stay and was ushered into a small white room with a bench on one wall and a mirror on the other. The candidates were instructed to remove all of their clothing and sit on the bench.
One candidate refused to remove his clothes and walked out leaving four.
Soon a Doctor in a lab coat and wearing rubber gloves came in. He proceeded to carefully inspect the first candidate's genitals and asked him to bend over for a rectal exam. The candidate refused, grabbed his clothes and stomped out followed by a second man. Then there were two.
The Doctor began to ask the other candidate a series of questions. They became increasingly personal regarding sexual activity and masturbation etc. The candidate became increasingly uncomfortable with the questions. Soon the Doctor stopped the questions and thanked the candidate for his time.
Then the Doctor approached Jon and asked him similar questions. He seemed quite pleased with the answers and finished quickly. He then advised John that his colleagues would be conducting the final screening.
Two more Doctors came into the room, both of them were females. Jon became aware that he was still nude but having spent time in similar situations in the military, he was not all that concerned.
They began to explain how the study would work, should he agree to continue. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of micro injections directly into specific nerves and reproductive organs. The hoped outcome would be an implant that could provide on-demand erections for persons with erectile dysfunction. The requirements for him would be that he shave his pubic area daily, make sure he is very clean each day then come in disrobe and lie on a table. He would have headphones and a movie if he would like. He would need to report any pain or discomfort and may be subject to view by various laboratory workers or doctors. But if he wore the headphones and movies goggles he would not even know. He would also be required to refrain from any sexual activity for the entire study. They were very adamant that he could not even masturbate.
Jon thought about what they had said and decided that he would try for a little extra money. He said "I'm very interested but with the shaving and abstinence requirements it will take more of my effort. Could you increase the pay to, say $1500 per month?"