Foreword
What is normal and what is abnormal in relation to sex? Sexologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and related professions usually agree that basically anything is normal. Provided, of course, that it doesn't affect the individual physically or mentally in a detrimental manner.
In the narrative of Paula Simmons, we find a situation where a woman's sex life is unfulfilled until she resorts to fantasies.
We all have sexual fantasies at one time or another. Some individuals are more preoccupied with them than others. That was Paula's problem.
She had sexual needs that were repressed. Good sexual relations require satisfactory responses. A natural function! However, a woman's role in society or in bed has always been restrained by social mores. A society that insidiously and hypocritically fosters this restriction through education and morality creates an unbalanced situation.
This does not mean that every woman is desirous of engaging in sexual relations at the slightest provocation. Or that she is fair game to be molested by any man with an uncontrollable lust.
It does mean that individuals should be more enlightened about sex. Fortunately, we seem to be leaving the dark tunnel of sexual ignorance. The open light of enlightenment is close by.
This story is not a clinical study of a sexually tormented woman. Not in the real sense. There is no history of what experiences she may have encountered to affect her in this manner. There is no analysis of each subtle influence that made her the way she was.
The reader will discern the psychological manifestation of a physiological necessity. Also, evident in Paula's problem, one will see a form of repression in which the conscious traits and patterns of behavior are developed in the ego that are in direct opposition to the strong trends within the unconscious.
As stated earlier, this story is not a clinical study nor is it intended as an academic treatise.
It is the story of a woman who wanted to fulfill natural sexual inclinations. A woman inhibited by taboos, social mores, and other restrictions.
The reader may find the answer to a personal problem or a better understanding of someone else's dilemma by reading this novel. That is purpose enough for this-or any book-to be written.
-The Publisher