The Feminine Mistake

The Feminine Mistake

This is a society divided based upon gender. The males live on the South side of the great wall. The females live on the North side of the great wall. All children under the age of eighteen live on the North side with their mothers.

This has always been so. Ever since the beginning of time, the two populations have been living separately. It works better that way.

No love. No fighting. No rape. No violence. No distractions. No relationships.

You see this society is based on efficiency. And relationships lead to distractions, which lead to mistakes, which lead to a waste of time and resources. So relationships are banned.

Avoid the cause of the problem and you won’t have a problem.

Once a year, the single gate separating the two populations opens for a twenty four hour period. This is the only time the two populations get to interact with each other. If you are over the age of eighteen you have a responsibility to find a partner to mate with. After all, the population must continue to reproduce.

From a young age, the females are taught to stay away from the males. They are told that men are dangerous, that they are violent, that they are liars, and that they cause problems. The girls are taught that men are to be avoided at all costs until the mating day arrives. The girls are taught that this is the only day when men are able to be controlled. This is the only time when it is safe to approach a male and to come into physical contact with a male.

Mary is the head curriculum designer at the Academy of Feminism. She believes that the greatest mistake a woman can commit is to love a man. There is no worse crime possible. Loving a man goes against her moral code. It goes against the social code. It goes against the rules of the world.

The world only works because there is no love. Once love enters the picture, people become unpredictable. They make irrational decisions. They are incapable of reasonable and intellectual thought. People become uncontrollable and once they become uncontrollable, efficiency goes out the window.

Efficiency is the only reason Mary is here today. She can make sure that this world continues on its path of productivity, innovation and amelioration. The punishment for love is death.

Today is the mating day. Mary stands in front of the gate and looks beyond as the gate is slowly opened. On the other side stands a handsome, tall, dark haired man. He has green eyes. Mary is a sucker for green eyes. This was Mary’s first mate. Every year the two spend the entire day together.

Mary knows she has committed the Feminine mistake. Mary knows she is in love.