S: So now she needs a big papa’s shoulder to cry on, right?

G: Not at all. What she needs is independence. And that means first of all economic independence. If you want to look at it politically, it’s really feminist agenda brought down into practical world. Without economic independence a woman will always be dependent.

S: So even committed as she might be to such an a goal, why can’t she get that herself?

G: In unusual cases she might, but I think in typical case she’s going to need help.

S: Why do you believe that?

G: Think of kind of economic situation she’s likely to be in. A low-level job to match her low-level education, with children to take care of too. Then if she’s intelligent, her lack of education must be especially depressing. She knows that key to economic upgrading and independence is education. But she hasn’t time to go to night school with her other responsibilities and she probably couldn’t afford all expenses even with student loans. There’s another kind of problem of equal importance too. She probably has lost her study and learning habits by this time.

S: So some altruistic over-the-hill knight in shining armor is going to take her under his wing at this point?

G: I would put it in a much less cynical way. An older man will take her under his wing, but he’s not so altruistic. Remember, best contracts are those in which both sides benefit equally. He’s going to let her quit her job and study full-time for a specified period, during which he will cover all expenses and help take care of her children. Almost certainly she will move in with him.

He will mentor her in her studies on a daily basis and at end of specified period will not release her into marketplace until she has a new job that does offer her independence.

This will require a very intense and intimate connection for both of them, tantamount to a marriage, but only for that period. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t have a sexual aspect as well. So here we have it. The agenda on both sides is now all up front. They will live together just for a specified time period in order to provide educational upgrading for her; and during that time he will benefit from sexual stimulation provided by a younger woman.

S: Hmmm … Have you tried this yourself?

G: This isn’t a personal discussion. But my hero, Wilson, has indeed tried it, with surprising consequences that keep expanding and ramifying in novel.

S: What’s it called? A Temporary New Wife? Where can I read more about it?

G: That’s what it’s called, and more information can be found at our web site, http://www.authors-sell-book.com/a-temporary-new-wife.html

S: I think this might just be some new and insidious form of prostitution. Do you think that might be case?

G: I don’t think it is, because it’s fundamentally non-exploitative on either side. But that that issue is dealt with extensively in book.

S: Well … I’m not so sure. But as an older woman, why can’t I try same thing with a young man?

G: You can, and I encourage you to try it. It’s just that there are so few young men in this situation compared to young women. But just fact that you’re asking that question suggests that we may be coming at last to limits of your cynicism, which is an achievement in itself. But please do find a young man in need of educational upgrading if you can.

S: Well, I’ll consider it … but come to think of it, my husband might object somewhat…

---Malcolm Goodway is the author of A Temporary New Wife, a provocative new novel on senior sexuality, written by an active senior for active seniors.

The book is available at Amazon.com: ISBN 0975311255, or at http://www.authors-sell-book.com/a-temporary-new-wife.html

Rebelling against their plight, a few managed to escape, but for every Black male that escaped, there were thousands more to take their place. Defenseless, his dignity gone, and his pride abandoned; Black man struggled to free himself from his captors.

Staring through small cubicle he called home, he wondered how he reached this point-in-time. Maybe it began in December 1989 when conspiracy theory was first broached. Or maybe it began when Black men started judging themselves by White standards; and gave in to misconception that they were “lazy, sex-crazed, drug-addicted thugs prone to violence.” But it did begin somewhere—and it ended in imprisonment, and end of race as we once knew it!

Stop! Brothers, what I have written up until now, was my pessimistic side, expressing my inner most thoughts. Now it’s time to walk walk as well as talk talk. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of media and people in general underestimating African-American men. Similarly, I’ve grown leery of White females averting their eyes and clutching their purses in presence of these men. Moreover, I’m tired of media explaining in vivid details, Black man’s demise.

Stop putting all Black men in same category. Only a small percentage are using drugs and committing crimes. The rest are trying to do their absolute best, thus seeking pursuit of happiness just like everyone else. By way, there are thousands of educated and productive Black men climbing ladder of success. ISN’T THAT PROOF THAT THEY CAN DO MORE THAN SING, DANCE, PLAY SPORTS AND CREATE BABIES? Black men are not asking anyone for anything. All they’re saying is stop labeling, stop criticizing, stop analyzing. They are not objects to be probed, prodded and petted at will. They are in fact human. See them. Touch them. Feel them. Examine their motives. They are men subject to same mistakes and temptations as rest of us high polluting hybrids.

So stop speaking of them as if they were a piece of cheese or a morsel of dust. Stop having programs and panel discussions featuring Black men as main attraction, and stop saying what a contemptible specimen they are; we aren’t buying it.

Black men are not animals. They are men. And at this moment they are reclaiming their dignity. Hate it, dismiss it, whatever. The Black man’s motto in 21st century is “I’m going to keep on flickin until I’m through tickin." Forget that extinct mumbo jumbo. Peace!