Prude

Sister Martha

S i s t e r M a r t h a
(Sis-ter Mar-tha)

Martha stood in front of the classroom of young and impressionable wide-eyed middle school girls.

"Welcome ladies," she began as she took a seat behind the large, withered oak desk that she had called her own for the past fifteen years.

"I am Sister Martha Merrigood, but you may all call me Sister Martha if you'd like."

"Hello Sister Martha." The young girls said together.

"This will be your yearly sexual education class. All girls here at St. Mary's Catholic School must take at least one sexual education class in elementary, middle, and high school."

She paused and waited for the class's reaction. Some girls looked terrified, others bored, many even looked embarrassed to be there.

"Now girls, some of you have had the opportunity to be in the elementary sexual education class that informs you of your body and how it functions, but this class will go into much more details and conversations. We will have the opportunity to have discussions, but I must ask you to do one thing."

She paused before continuing. "You must throw away all the preconceived notions about this class and about sex out the window. Whatever your other middle school friends have told you about sex, I assure you, needs to be properly explained by an adult. I am here for that. Can you ladies do that for me?"

A chorus of agreement went up around the room, and Martha let out a kind smile.

"Alright, thank you. Now, I want to go ahead and get this class started. So, we are going to dive right into our first lesson. This is be one of the most important lessons you will learn in here, so listen well."

"Many people do not think nuns are qualified to teach sexual education; do you know why?"

A girl in the back of the class raised her hand. "Yes, Katherine?" Martha asked expectantly.

"Well, because most nuns have remained pure all their lives. They haven't experienced any..." she faltered and her voiced dropped an octave as her face grew red, "Sexual intercourse."

A few girls tittered at the word; Martha looked toward them disapprovingly.

"What Katherine says is true, ladies," Martha began. "However, I am very qualified for this position as I have not practiced abstinence my entire life. In this class, you ladies will learn the nitty-gritty to a life lived in sexual sin, and the beauty of living a life free from that."

Whenever Martha have this speech, she always got on specific response- shock. What kind of nun was she if she'd had sex before?

"Let me tell you why I didn't always practice abstinence. When I was younger, in my early teens, I came across a word many considered shameful. That word was 'Prude'. I figured out quickly what that word meant. I also figured out that boys didn't like you too much if you were one. Now, because I was young and gullible, I allowed myself to believe that being called a prude was a bad thing."

She paused, remembering the hurt she felt at being called a prude. However, she realized that the hurt from that word hurt a lot less than the hurt she felt when she gave everything to boys who didn't care.

"Being a Prude is not a bad thing. If you choose that you want to remain pure, then that is a beautiful thing. Do not ever let someone shame you out of that decision as I did. Boys will come and go as quick as the seasons change, but don't ever change yourself for them."

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Hey, it's Charlotte here back with one of her own stories for this book. Hope you enjoyed this one! It was a bit different than the others. I have another original chapter for this book, it will have an asexual character in it, so I hope you enjoy that! It should be up next week (hopefully), maybe sooner if I'm feeling nice. I recently got a job, and I've got some sports practices, but I'll write when I can!
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