Give thanks for your cages all you faithful. Without them, master would have to beat and murder you to keep others in line. Examples I say. We must always make examples. Evil done in name of good is good. Good done in name of evil is evil. Appearance is all that matters. What you do not see does not exist. As good man said; "I'll believe it when I see it and only then, maybe". 1984 is twenty years late but it is here. Welcome to our brave new world.

You are old and collecting your benefits when it strikes you how college education that doubled your expectation of income and gave you self esteem and confidence; was a fence to keep you on animal farm with minimal complaint. You were told what to want, what really matters and how you could obtain it, all your life. You sacrificed wisdom, love, gratitude, reverence, healing, peace, joy, happiness, laughter, and prosperity for a pen and pasture on farm. Ah, sweet security - Social Security. Have we not all made this trade to stay free of cages?

You are old and confused. You sensed something was wrong from your earliest memories. Exposed to a lifetime of contradictions, frauds and lies, you could never quite put your finger on wrongness. You learned to fear truth that might land you in a cage. Avoiding cages became your purpose in life. Fear became your constant companion and informed your every decision --avoidance, your earthly mission.

You had no compassion for those who went to cages. You were sure they were to be feared when they came out. Those who went to cages most certainly deserved it, because they did not make it their life purpose to avoid them, as you did. You have been wise as they have been foolish. You did not care how people were treated in cages. If life in a cage was not enough, there were people nearby to provide additional daily punishments. You did not want to know details. All is as it should be. Endless punishment for social transgressions must be God's plan for man; otherwise there would be no cages to fear. In end you patted yourself on back. You lived in a cage of fear you made for yourself. Well done!

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