***** This story tended to get a little long before it came to its conclusion and frankly I grew tired of it. It was set to continue with more family members. I rewrote it a few times but decided just to stop it where it is. I may be tempted to finish it later. And ofcourse all the players in this little fantasy are over eighteen. Thanks for your indulgence. *****
The selling of women into sexual slavery is rampant in my country. But the elders dress it up by applying vague names to the practice and couching it with ancient traditions, as if stoning people would still be acceptable if we gave it a sporty name.
We are a poor nation, where the prevailing attitude among rural dwellers is that male children are over-valued because they can work on the farms and perform the manual labor that is required to provide shelter and what little income can be gained. So, their sometimes-perverted sexual peccadillos are overlooked or winked-at. Females are considered to be the caretakers and social providers, but are mostly looked down upon, as so many mouths to feed and are prized primarily for being subservient and for sexual gratification. And these two traits should be employed together, according to most men. To be concise, there are two rules in this society; rule #1 says that at all times, men are dominant. Rule #2 says that when in doubt, refer to rule #1.
The buying and selling of human beings is strictly forbidden in our country as it is in most other civilized societies and nobody would ever dare say otherwise. But the ancient tradition of child-brides, doweries and arranged marriages are legally sanctioned by both our government and our state religion. The law insists that a woman must be eighteen before engaging in sex or being offered in marriage, but the enforcement is a bit spotty. Even at the appropriate age, the situation can be disturbing. The real story is often a sad one. I know. I am one.
My name is Mary. I was the eldest of my family's three surviving children-all girls. And an exorbitant amount of menial labor and unrelenting scorn was heaped on my narrow shoulders, simply for want of a penis. From a young age, I was tasked with helping my father in the fields and was also responsible for sharing with my mother, who was only thirteen years older than me, household chores and the raising of my younger sisters.
Father saw us all as nearly useless for his purposes. My mother was a disappointment to him for not breeding sons. Me, for not being strong. And the little ones, or maybe all of us as redundant. He believed, like most of the men in our country, that a house needed only one woman to cook and clean. And at nights, (or practically anytime,) being of legal age, she should be willing and available for any form of sexual pleasure that her man desired. She should arrive at the marital bed or whichever room that the intended debauchery was to take place, energetic, clean and smelling nice, and prepared to allow whatever type of sexual indulgence that her man desired. Her obligation was his satisfaction, whether or not she was in the mood or if he had not shaved or showered. It was taken as a matter of course that too many women in a home could lead to discontentment or other forms of rebellion that upset the patriarchal harmony. Men found that situation to be inconvenient and intolerable.
Sons on the other hand; built things, hauled heavy objects, protected the land and eventually either inherited the property or drifted away to start their own households. They were indulged in most things. Though trouble could arise as sons reached puberty and felt that sexual itch. As they grew to the legitimate, adult age where they wished to experiment with more than their clenched hand, they wanted to begin feeling a warm, female body underneath of them. Their first thoughts were to find a woman of legal breeding age to practice with. The mother was first employed to teach them the gentle basics of the "birds and the bees," and how and when to control those urges. But there would always come a night when the grown boy returned home drunk and horny. If there were no women of appropriate age around, either in the home or nearby neighbors who may be willing, then often with the father's reluctant consent, the mother became a sexual surrogate. This was usually understood to be the best way to solve this problem without violence, and ideally it would never be spoken of, again. Regardless of the mother's consent. Or with the father alongside, they became an uncomfortable threesome. The mother was not always excited about this unusual coupling, but ofcourse her vote didn't count. But having had a sniff, the son was reluctant to give-up and the father hated to cede control.
This arrangement eventually became untenable. Either the father became a cuckold or the son was driven off. Both scenarios brought unwanted disharmony to the home. The house could only prosper if value was being added. Horny angry young men led to confusion and animosity. Women (of proper age) needed to be acquired to keep the family functioning. So, a man in need of a woman either for himself or his son, would approach a family with too many daughters of atleast eighteen years and not enough money. An arrangement was made and everyone concerned left happy. The woman's feelings on this transaction really didn't matter. I was one of those unfortunates.