DOORS: men and goddess

Jeff Wilson · 01 Feb 2003, 03:35 · from urth-v0302.mbox · original

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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) DOORS: men and goddess
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:35:10 -0600
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> From:
> "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net>

> mantis wrote:
>=20
>>So in Otherworld most men die between the age of 14 and 21, let's say.  A=
ny
>>man who survives beyond these years is either asexual or possesses an iron
>>will or is simply too frightened.  And the breeding population isn't a
>>minority, it is just that the men are winnowed out so early that adult men
>>are a numerical minority.
>=20
>=20
> You would think so, but if you look back at the total of Otherworld
> individuals noted by Green you'll find that the majority are males.
> (Red-faced man on street, clerk in doll hospital, mounted policeman, men =
in
> mental ward, Sheng, Pille, conspirators, W.F., boxers, cop and firemen af=
ter
> explosion, hotel clerk and bellboy, Mama's sons, Klamm's bodyguards, prop
> man at theater, both taxi drivers, etc. And most of the females Green not=
ed
> were in traditional female jobs--nurses, waitresses, clerks, hairdresser.=
 I
> don't know what this means for Otherworld society, but there it is.

There may be more reproductional derrangements in the Otherworld than is=20
spelled out.
It's possible that many men and women are infertile or lacking in=20
libido, some or
all of the time, or perhaps all of either sex could be "ready" only for=20
a small
period of time, or go through a period of unreadiness and then are ready=20
from then on.
This would explain there being numerous men and women present in=20
non-reproductive roles,
the parade as a means of hooking up newly ready women with newly ready=20
men, and the dolls as kind of coaxer for boys who are slow in showing=20
signs of getting ready, or as a secondary service; if they can't serve=20
as a father, they can serve the Goddess. It's also possible that a=20
single man can fertilize multiple women; either by artificial=20
insemination, dividng the single sample, or, since according to the=20
play, the man doesn't die immediately, by multiple ejaculations before=20
death. The dying state doesn't seem erotically conducive, but=20
electroejaculation is a possibility....

--=20
Jeff Wilson
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