Another one I had spit out long ago laying around, absurd and fun. Pretty soft overall. Hope you enjoy.
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Tribal Sex
"The Nukabé tribe is a strange, indigenous people of West Columbia. We are very excited to be given this opportunity to study them."
Professor Thomas Wiggins was my Anthropology professor at UC. I interned under him and was well into the second year where I had worked on various grants for him, mostly just sorting data. I was still a year away from completing my thesis, but eventually I would have my doctorate.
"This would be your first assignment with us where you actually get to work in the field, is that right, Angie?"
"Yes, professor," I said.
"Well, Angie, I want you to know, this trip is not mandatory. South America can be a very dangerous place, though the Nukabé tribe is renowned for being perhaps the most peaceful tribe on the continent. There should be no threat of violence there, but still, fair warning and all."
"That's good to know," I said. "All the better to make me feel about coming on this one."
"Well, I do need to fill you in with a few more details before you make up your mind."
"OK," I said.
"Even though these indigenous tribes of South America are small and confined, acts of criminality do occur. Missionaries murdered, in-tribe violence, the occasional rape. The Nukabé tribe is unique in that there has never been one reported act of violence in their known history. And they were first discovered in 1891!"
"How often have they had foreigners visit?" I asked.
"Five recorded expeditions to date. Various missionaries have been there, of course. The tribe has always allowed people to stay or come and go as they pleased, so long as they contributed to the community in some way."
"Then why is this study so special?"
"Because it's been almost two decades since anyone last recorded their activities. All the studies we've seen to date show an indigenous people that, no matter how much they are exposed to the advancing world, refuse to move into it. It will be interesting to see that hold true today."
"How many weeks will be gone again?"
"Six. And we leave in two. But here's the thing, Angie..."
"Spit it out already," I said.
"They may be a peaceful tribe, but they do have a rather unusual hierarchy to their tribe. For outsiders, it may appear as if women are considered second-class citizens."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the women there, especially young ones such as yourself, are often subjected to rather humiliating ordeals. Many go naked, not as a matter of practicality, but rather to please the men's attention. Some even perform sexual acts on them at random, out of duty as it were."
"I thought you said they were a peaceful people. It sounds to me like they oppress their women, even treat them like slaves!"
"That's just it. None of these women claim do these things unwillingly."
"Of course, that's what they say!" I exclaimed. "They're abused women!"
"It's not that simple," he said.
"Of course it is!" I scoffed. "No one, man or woman, would want to play slave to another. They may be culturally ingrained to this, perhaps unaware of how exploitive this practice is, but it doesn't make it any less exploitive."
"No, Angie. Listen to me carefully. The first expedition that discovered this tribe in 1891 actually wanted to educate the tribe on just the thing you addressed: that even though the tribe was friendly and peaceful, the humiliation of their women was a cruel and unjust thing. However, as the team assimilated with the tribe, they recorded that the women were all quite happy and content. Genuinely happy! The next expedition, in 1921, recorded the same phenomena."
"OK," I said, hesitating. I felt as if there were more to this coming.
"So two years later, in 1923, another team was assembled, this time with four women among the group. It was a first time any women were to go. The team wanted to discover if the female tribe members would perhaps bond with these female researchers, even though those on the research team would not subjugate themselves to such acts of public depravity like the tribeswomen did. The thinking was, considering how peaceful a people they are, the tibes-people could be educated out of this abusive culture they'd been born into."
"Makes sense," I said.
"The thing is, when the team arrived, three of the girls were recorded as to having gotten unnaturally sexually aroused. Within minutes of arriving, they were as naked as the tribeswomen were and behaving just as audaciously at times."
"What?"
"The girls reported that they just couldn't help themselves. That they wanted to perform the actions in which they engaged. Angie, they were subjected to some very shameful things!"
