My vagina was sliced when I was only a baby. I've never known real sexual pleasure, nothing alike what my girlfriends tell me of having with their boyfriends. I've barely ever fingered myself; never felt the urge. Had I been born fifty years ago, it wouldยดve been impossible to repair my broken body, but the technology of today is nothing less than amazing. Doctors and engineers on Earth have developed prosthetic implants that flawlessly integrate their circuitry into the human nervous system.
I don't blame the religion of my biological father for mangling my vagina. People say it's religion why they do it, but it's a lie. The customs of genital mutilation are regional, they're concentrated on specific geographical areas. Whatever religious basis people claim the cutting of girl babies has, it doesn't weigh nearly as much as the real reason: the idolization of virgins. Fathers want their girls to be sexually inactive through their puberty, so they'll remain virgins until marital age. Mothers want the same; they want their girls to be "good" and stay out of trouble. The removal of a girl's clitoris is the eradication of her desire. A desireless woman is like a doll, or pet, and it never bites the hand that feeds her - or hits her.
The economy and employment laws for women working on Mars have improved considerably in recent years. Thanks to the governance of mayor Sharla Shiva, Mars is truly turning into a utopia for women, a world of true equality, which Earth could never be. As a result of the economic boom, many cybernetics doctors have moved to Mars and established private practices in the colony of Exopolis-1. Sharla's taxation policies have made this planet especially attractive for companies specializing in the female prosthetics industry, so much so that many women now visit Mars to meet with the best of surgeons.
My biological father is no longer around. Like a gift from God, he was murdered by a local gang during my twelfth birthday. I don't mean to sound cruel, but much time has passed since his death. After his passing, my mother remarried and we took a rocket to Mars. Time, as well as living on this planet has provided me a better perspective on exactly what kind of man my father was. I no longer feel anything for him, I deny myself the pointless grief.
My mother's new husband is a mild-mannered man who speaks few words. He has wandering eyes and a coy, sincere smile - or so I thought. He immediately made friends with my two brothers, winning them over by buying them gifts. I didn't pay enough attention to realize what exactly he was bribing them with. It wasn't just electronics, entertainment and sportswear that he bought them. He works in mayor Shiva's security force, so naturally he's very connected and very, very wealthy. I failed to imagine just how much money he's stashed away, until my 18th birthday. I was surprised, but far too excited to think twice about his expensive gift. I assumed he had spent years saving that money for me, though thinking back on it now, I was stupid as well as narcissistic.