It used to be called courtly love. Now it’s a felony. As noted yesterday, courtly love arose during the Middle Ages at the time of the crusades. It was a ritualized seduction, conducted by married women in relation to underage males. In principle, according to the poetry that the young men, called troubadours, wrote, the relationships were never consummated.
At 13 I was seduced by a much older woman, who through a series of misunderstandings (and looking older than I was) thought I was of legal age. At the time I was, naturally, thrilled.
I still am. And so are the lovers I've had since then, for Jane taught me much about the art of pleasure and joy, which I shared with those who followed. She brought me out of my adolescent quirkiness and made me a man, at least in the realm of the sensual.
I could have stopped it if I had wanted. I was not a victim. The experience did not scar me or deprive me of my innocence. It was a tremendous gift. Thank you, Jane, wherever you are.
At 13 I was seduced by a much older woman, who through a series of misunderstandings (and looking older than I was) thought I was of legal age. At the time I was, naturally, thrilled.
I still am. And so are the lovers I've had since then, for Jane taught me much about the art of pleasure and joy, which I shared with those who followed. She brought me out of my adolescent quirkiness and made me a man, at least in the realm of the sensual.
I could have stopped it if I had wanted. I was not a victim. The experience did not scar me or deprive me of my innocence. It was a tremendous gift. Thank you, Jane, wherever you are.