Peter Simmons felt terrible: his life had literally fallen apart, what he dreaded had happened, and now he must take the consequences. He had been caught and arrested for stealing a pair of panties from a neighbour's washing line. He had been exposed as a pervert and lost his job, and shamed himself in front of all who knew him. What's more his mother had to bear the shame as well, and he loved her dearly.
Peter lived with his widowed mother in a three bedroom, semi detached house. They had lived together now for 5 yrs, since his sister left to get married. He was 35, and a confirmed bachelor, in fact he was often embarrassed when teased about the fact that he had never been seen out with a lady friend. Not that Peter had many friends; he was somewhat of a recluse occasionally going out for a quiet drink at the local pub.
What of his sexuality? Well he was a fetish, and had been for many years secretly harboring his desires, quite ashamed of his inclinations, yet unable to control them; a common problem to fetish types, who knowing they are abnormal, try to fit into society as best they can. Eventually he broke the bounds of the sensible pursuit of his pleasure and was caught in the act of stealing panties due to his overpowering lust. His sister refused to speak to him and his mother cried dreadfully and would not let him comfort her, but instead pushed him farther away as if she could not trust him.
He was referred for treatment and received a heavy fine being bound over to keep the peace. As a result of the case he was required to attend therapy sessions, the results of which would be reported back to the court in three months. This was his first visit to the therapist and he was very nervous, the whole thing was a traumatic experience which he would rather forget about. "Sit there Mr. Simmons," said the receptionist, "I will tell Ms. Landower you are here." Hearing the 'Ms.' frightened poor Peter even more. He had expected to see a man not a woman; he just did not relate with women they made him shy and nervous.
He was shown into a spacious office with several armchairs and a small desk with a telephone and numerous files and papers. Behind the desk sat a middle aged lady who looked at him over her glasses and smiled, "Do sit down Mr. Simmons thank you for coming," she smiled again and he could see a perfect set of white teeth behind her thin lips. "Let me make it clear that what is said in this room is in perfect confidence between us, and that my final report will be read and signed by you before it goes to the court. We need to be very frank with each other, remember I am a woman of the world and a therapist and am not here to judge you; my main purpose is to see what threat you pose to the general public, and to help you in anyway I can with your problem. I've read all the details the case but I need to know more about you, how you feel, what drove you to steal and how, if possible, we can prevent it happening again."
"I must be frank with you, at your age there is no cure for this fetish; I will not be able to cure you, but perhaps help you to understand and come to terms with your condition. You have never had a girlfriend I take it?" She stared at Peter who merely nodded his head and flushed from the roots of his hair. "Come, come, don't look so worried we need to be open with each other you suffer from a common fetish, you're not the only one. Have you stolen panties before?"
"Yes."
"What do you do with them? Smell them?" He was so embarrassed he could not look at her and merely nodded his assent. "You do realize that you can't go around stealing ladies underwear? Have you ever been tempted to assault a female?"