The Ladies and Me
I am a man simply in love with the idea of a woman. You see, I have a natural proclivity for growing things. I am nuts about bringing up both plants and animals. A trip to the nursery, or even a stable, is a source of unbridled, spontaneous, and quaking joy to me. Hence, you can well imagine how envious I am of individuals of my own species who are naturally selected to give birth and nurture a human life! I grew up pretty much surrounded by girls and women, as fate would have it. Hence, I was always aware in lesser or better degree of the daily, monthly, and situational difficulties they faced. First it was aunts and cousins, then classmates at school and the university, then various colleagues, and then countless students. All through that, there were always my mom and sis at first, then wife and daughter. Being a man – a very straight one at that, in more ways than one – gives me a natural affinity for the opposite gender. So I am immediately, easily, and openly attracted to at...