This story illustrates a risk of sex under hypnosis. It could be called rape. This story builds on "Arlene Gets Hypnotized," my previous story.
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I was sitting in my office at the University when Arlene walked into my open office.
"Professor, are you busy?"
I probably was, but Arlene was a delight to look at and to have around. Especially to a 58 year old psychology professor who was pretty much reduced to dreaming about what had been and might have been. "Well, I was deep in thought, but I have time for you. What can I do for you?"
"Well you know that my fiancé and I were your subjects in your first class last year?"
I remembered very well. I had fantasied about that for a week. "Yes?"
"Can I talk to you about a personal, private, very p- private matter?"
She seemed to blush and she stuttered slightly. I was thrilled. I loved it when my students shared their private lives with me. I never violated their privacy. "Of course, it will help you understand your own psychology."
"I volunteered us because we had been dating for quite a while and our sex was lousy. In fact it wasn't happening. When we got home that night we practiced on each other and made love. It was glorious."
"What is the problem you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Well, as you might know, after that we got married the next week. It turned out I was pregnant.
I now have a lovely baby boy. The problem is the sex is back to where it was. I can't get Philip to hypnotize me and he won't let me hypnotize him. Without hypnosis he doesn't seem interested in sex. What can we do? I love him so much and this is so frustrating."
I was intrigued. I had not practiced hypnosis out of the classroom for thirty years. I decided to be bold. "Invite me to dinner when the two of you will be alone. I will think of something."
"What will you do?"
"I will hypnotize both of you and get Philip over his hangup."
"Can you do that?"
"I believe so."
Before I was a psychologist I was a lawyer. That night I went to the law library to research rape. It wasn't very helpful. Sex without permission was rape. Most of the cases dealt with consent acquired while the woman was drugged. Would consensual hypnosis be the same as consensual drugs? The case law didn't help me. Besides, I hadn't researched anything legal in a very long time. I certainly didn't want to talk to my family lawyer. I would just have to be careful. I didn't hear from Arlene for about a month. I had given up on my fantasy by that time. The telephone in my office rang. When I answered it, it was Arlene.
"Professor, this is Arlene. You probably thought that I gave up on you helping me?"
"That is true."
"We were having baby problems. Billy was sick. He's fine now. I told Philip that I was thinking of going on to get my PhD in psych and I was talking to you about it. I told him that you had agreed to come to the house to talk about it. I really would like to get my doctorate. Is that story okay?"
"Sure. When did you want me to come over?"
"Could you make it this Sunday evening? That is our best day to have company."
"That sounds fine. What time should I get there and where do you live?"
She gave me the address and told me dinner would be at 7:00 P.M. She explained that Billy would be in bed by that time.
I arrived at the house exactly at seven o'clock. I brought a small bag with some supplies. Arlene greeted me at the door. She is such an attractive women. She was wearing a conservative pant suit with low heel shoes. She was showing very little skin. She didn't have to. In my mind I was making love to that delectable body. Unfortunately, she didn't know that and I suspected wouldn't willingly participate in my fantasy.
When I walked in I quickly looked around. It was a small, well furnished, one bedroom apartment. There was a pullout couch in the loving room. That would do. I suspected the baby slept in the bedroom with them. "You have a lovely apartment."