Hayley told me that if I had been in her literature class, she would have given me a "solid A" for my essay on her journey to the Freyja Club. I know you want to know what I wrote. Well here it is; the words are her's, and only modified by my faulty memory...
I remember the summer I discovered Victorian underground erotic fiction ... It was a wet one!
I was nearly seventeen and had lost my virginity, but had not yet found a lover who touched me, awaking my flesh and desires, as effectively as I could do it for myself. I suspect I wasn't alone in this. Many girls have boyfriends who're so eager to get off that they shoot their load so quickly, that their partner has barely got into second gear by the time they're finished.
On the upside, I was anxious to try again soon, still tingling from what their earlier, clumsy caresses and thrusts had awakened, but not yet satisfied.
I'd been reading books with dirty bits in them since I was fourteen, seeking spicy interludes within the body of the story. Yet I found the approach to sex in historical novels more appealing than contemporary books. My fantasies were fueled by images of powerful men using my body for our mutual pleasure, even though my 'pleasure' was hidden, a secret, not to be shared, lest I be thought a slut. Of course, I was, but in the 1960s, women's lib had not yet evolved to the point where I could openly admit that fact.
I was living with my father in Amsterdam when I discovered a copy of 'The Pearl,' hidden under his bed. My eye was drawn to the plain white cover, depicting a woman wearing black stockings and a bright corset like a showgirl in a Western. Her look was coquettish, gently entreating, her neck was swan-like beneath piled-up hair. I was intrigued: the stories within were taken from an underground magazine, forbidden in their time, for their racy content.
I shut myself in my bedroom and began to devour the stories. Their language was old-fashioned but quaint. I liked to read quim for pussy and spend for cum. Many of the girls were portrayed as very innocent, referring to a man's cock as his 'affair', being filled with wonder at the priapic firmness of it, and how it swelled. Often, these women were described as "fallen," meaning that they were from the lower classes of society and worked as maids, seamstresses, or prostitutes. But when I compared their rich experiences to the lives of their proper "betters," I was struck by the real freedom they had to savor their 'femaleness,' which was denied to their higher-class sisters.
As I read I became aroused, reading erotica has always been my gateway to pleasure. I knew how to touch myself, and the stories I was devouring got me wet. I spent many afternoons alone with my book in one hand and the other between my legs. I stroked and played with my sweet cunny lips until I spent copiously.
When I finished reading Volume One, I found Volume Two. Sometimes the stories were too coy, and I had to restrain myself from laughing at the formality of the gentlemen before they fucked these women senseless. But even the silly ones made my flesh tingle, making my pussy silky with juices, whereon I stroked myself to a thrilling climax.
I was addicted to the erotica I'd discovered, which made my boyfriend's overtures seem crass and clumsy in comparison. It's easy to see how romantic novels cause damage, raising the bar too high for an average guy to hurdle. The boys in my life had no idea how my desires had been shaped by the flowery overtures gentlemen made in the period of erotica I was consuming.
I didn't have the tools to communicate the mismatch to them, apart from buying myself a black and red corset and stockings, which nearly knocked one guy's socks off when I wore them.
However, the fantasies I was entertaining also added sparkle to my sex life, and the masturbation in which I was indulging was healthy too. The more I did it, the more I wanted to do it. What was going on in my head while I was shagging myself would fan the flames. I'd get little visuals of a maid creeping into another maid's bed to sigh and frig her friend to sleep, these enhanced my pleasure.
Today, I still have those books, stored in a special cabinet, alongside many others I've collected as I discovered other niches that float my boat. I'm still grateful for the pleasure they've given me, inspiring my sex life and my writing content.
I was maybe about ten when I first learned about sex... oh, not that there were two, but the physical act. Boys had penises that were inserted into girls' bodies to make babies. I used my finger and... (laugh) crayons to try to understand, then I began to have the dreams...