Women become emotionally mature faster than men, as the saying goes in the free city of Demola. Men-the old patriarchs and matriarchs had decided, needed more time to be fully emancipated. It was for this reason the age of maturity for boys was 35 while for women it was just 18.
This extended to all facets of life. A man needed to be 35 to marry and have children. The period between 18 and 35 was called 'the second childhood' years where they were under the strict control of their parents. They stayed in their parent's house and if the parents couldn't afford to have the boy stay, Demola had protocols which allowed other free citizens, women over 18 and men over 35 to adopt them. Usually, these were employed by girlfriends who adopted their boyfriends as their child. Corporal punishments were liberally given and the second mothers took charge of the sexual health of their boys.
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Jeremy Barrios ate his dinner quietly as he watched his father, lord Alexander Barrios read from his note prepared in his absence about the twenty-year-old lad's various misdeeds. Next to Alexander on either side of the long dinner table sat his mother Stephanie and his beautiful twenty-two-year-old stepmother Mia who watched the scene with interest.
Demola was a deeply patriarchal society where polygamy was permitted. When a boy becomes a man, he becomes the head of the household and all the women and boys under 35 submit to his authority. Both his mother and stepmom were dressed revealingly with gowns having deep cleavage. Jeremy's eyes often flickered to Mia's breasts as they wobbled with each chew of her steak. Large and full D cups unencumbered by a bra.
"This is shameful behaviour young man, your lecherous acts," Alexander growled at his progeny and heir. Jeremy had been caught watching a lot of porn and masturbating without the approval or supervision of either his mother or stepmom. He had also been caught making out with the maid, something his mother had taken care of with the maid taken out to the trestle and flogged mercilessly.
"I'm sorry Papa," Jeremy replied in his small voice.
"Oh, you're going to be sorry indeed!" His father growled before turning to Mia. "Darling, make sure he remembers this lesson for a long time."
His stepmother smiled warmly. "Of course dear," she nodded and turned to Stephanie. "Do you want to be involved, my lady?"