It's Not Fair

It's Not Fair 45

By Cassie and several contributors
puericil@hotmail.com

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This story is intended for ADULTS ONLY. It contains explicit depictions of sexual activity involving minors. If you are not of a legal age in your locality to view such material or if such material does not appeal to you, do not read further, and do not save this story.

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This story is set in the Puericil Universe.

See chapter 1 for an explanation about this series. This is another selection of letters from the "It’s Not Fair!" letter column, in "Boy Stuff" magazine. In them, boys complain about how little privacy they are allowed, and about the double standard that makes it OK for people to see them naked but protects girls’ modesty. The magazine response is signed as INF, but it's actually written by Dr. Cassandra Miller, a feminist psychologist specializing in the upbringing of boys. The intention of this article is illustrating the attitude changes that the Conservative Resurgence has brought about: children, particularly male children, are firmly controlled by adult authority figures, who often make a point of emphasizing that control, in order to keep boys in their place and out of trouble.

Please feel free to contribute any similar letters if you wish to, and I’ll be happy to write the magazine’s response and the psychologist's comments. Thanks to the contributors for this issue!

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Letter published in the It’s Not Fair section of the magazine called Boy Stuff:
(the letter has been written by Running Bare. The response is by Cassie)

Kenny (11)

My name is Kenny Stevenson. I’m an eleven year old boy in middle school. For the first seven years of my life my mother used to strip me naked and she’d send me out to play. She used to say something about me needing the sunshine vitamin D that came from sunlight on my skin. Apparently, my sisters, one a year older the other two years younger than me, didn’t need the vitamin D. They were never sent outside naked. Neither were most of the other kids in our neighborhood that I know of.

What bothered me most during those early years was the other mothers in the neighborhood would compliment my body particularly my overall tan, cute peepee, and muscular legs. When I was little, I tended to ignore those comments. Mom was always proud to hear them.

As I entered my eighth year, the comments began to bother me, especially those about my “long” penis and tight ball sack. Not to mention what they called my “tight dimpled ass”, whatever dimpled means. It tended to become embarrassing. I complained about it and begged Mom to let me at least wear some underpants. She didn’t like the idea, but she relented and began letting me cover up those “sensitive parts” a bit more often, especially when my sisters had friends over. That limited my sisters’ and their friends’ access to play with my penis. Oh yeah, it didn’t bother Mom at all when they did. She said they were just curious. That they didn’t have one and just wanted to explore mine. At the same time, I complained about my own friends doing it too. Correct me if I’m wrong, but they had one.

At about ten, I was able to negotiate for less naked time even around adults. Things were looking up. I wasn’t exposed as much but almost every adult I know has the photos they’d taken for years to jog their memories, if they needed a Kenny fix.

Here’s the problem. Now that I’m eleven, Mom wants to go back to making me stay naked almost all the time I’m home or at relative’s houses. She says it will help ward off teen skin conditions like acne and stuff. I don’t have skin problems. When I argue about it, Dad says I’m to do what Mom says or I’ll get the belt. My sisters still are fully clothed. They won’t get “skin conditions”?

There’s a new twist since she’s started back on making me stay naked. At least once every day she or my older sister Becky (and sometimes her friends) are expected to massage me. I have to lie spread eagle on the floor in the living room or lawn, if we’re outside, and let them rub my skin. Look I don’t mind the attention to those parts above my waist, but my legs and boy parts are a cause for embarrassment. Mom says it’s important for my health to make sure boys my age can get a stiffy and keep it hard for at least an hour. So, I’m manhandled for at least an hour. Mom also says it’s also important to make sure my balls are smooth without any bumps so she, Becky or some of Becky’s friends feel my balls to make sure there aren’t any lumps. Mom says it’s like girls Becky’s age and older have “breast buddies” who help them check for lumps in their breasts. That I shouldn’t be so “sensitive”.

My question is why is just me who has to do all this? Can you give some advice to my mother in your column? If you agree with my mom, why should the neighbor ladies, my sisters and their friends be allowed to play with my equipment? I mean shouldn’t that be for just Mom to do? That’d be bad enough. I don’t think any of my friends has this going on.

It’s not fair!

The magazine published response:

Dear Kenny,

You probably cannot appreciate it right now, but actually you are lucky to be a boy. You get to be carefree, without grownup responsibilities and worries. One of those responsibilities you do not have is protecting your modesty. Have you ever heard the expression “little boys shouldn’t be so modest”? It means that you don’t need to worry about stuff like that, because that’s for grownups and for girls. They are the ones who need to worry about modesty. You don’t really need to. It doesn’t matter if your sisters and her friends see you naked, because for a boy that’s not important.

You should not be bitter about your sisters having different rules than you. For girls, it’s different. Girls mature faster, and that’s why they can’t be as carefree as boys. They need to worry about modesty and things like that.

Your mom is right about there being health benefits about running around naked. Sunbaths help your body make vitamin D. People who can’t get proper sunbaths because of modesty, can still get vitamin D, because parts of their bodies are uncovered, like the head, hands… But it takes longer and it’s not as convenient. Since you are just a boy, it does not really matter if everybody sees you naked, so there’s no reason for you not to get proper sunbaths,

Don’t get upset if the other mothers compliment your body. That’s just because you, like most little boys, are cute. It’s nothing to be ashamed about. And if your sister and their friends play with your peenie, that’s fine too. It’s not like you really need any modesty. Why should you? There’s nothing wrong with your body. It’s perfectly natural, nothing to be embarrassed about. If you didn’t give it so much importance, I bet your friends wouldn’t either, and they wouldn’t be so curious about it.

So, to answer your question, yes, as you have observed, people can survive without being naked. However, nudity has some health benefits, and also the psychological benefit of letting you grow up without hangups. In any case, it’s for your mom and dad to decide. They can know better what’s best for you, because they have the experience you lack.

So enjoy the freedom to be without clothes, now that you are still young enough for it, and enjoy your massages and having people who care about you check your health.

Your mom probably thinks that you are becoming too modest, and that it would be healthier for you to accept your body as it is, and accept that you are still a little boy. That’s probably why the neighbor ladies, your sisters and their friends are allowed to play with your boy parts, so that you won’t get too modest.

So, do not be so modest!
INF

(The End)