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MMSA Discussion / Re: Story “Entrepreneurship”
« on: February 25, 2026, 05:24:58 pm »
I had not read the story (not my icons), but curious, I took a look. The story might not work today - might not work - but the “incident” takes place in the 1960s. I don’t know when society started worrying about boys’ virtue, but back then, the idea of a teenage boy being bedded by an older woman was a novel and movie trope, not ra-pe. Even today, SNL can do sketches about lusty female teachers on trial for seducing one of their high school students and they get played for laughs, with the judge high-fiving the boy on the witness stand.
Fun fact: I don’t know the exact year in which the story is set, but in 1969, the $20 paid by each of the women had $176.63 in buying power. In 1965, it was $205.79.
Fun fact: I don’t know the exact year in which the story is set, but in 1969, the $20 paid by each of the women had $176.63 in buying power. In 1965, it was $205.79.
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) This would consign the boy to an extremely boring, daylong prep period. So he forges a parent's signature on the consent form. All would have been well except that the boy broke his arm at some point (tumbling off the quidditch broom at the green screen demonstration?).