My first response to The Vegetational Fatherhood was a resounding "wtf." It was like my eyes had been raped by this crazy tale of plant/human love. This story firstly made me think of every single "Extra Special Episode" of any show I watched between ages 9 - 13. Or those Health Class videos in which the girl goes to the frat party, and wakes up next to some guy she doesn't remember meeting. Only in this case a girl was drugged by the plant (hypnotized really). But the reaction was about the same. Denial, then the surprise pregnancy. She never knows who the father is, even when her daughter draws the picture of him and labels it "daddy." Like in the health class movies, when the girl just does not ever believe so'and'so would do that to her. Even to the bitter end, she does not want the professor to find out about his new wife's parentage, which is what causes the girl's doom. Definitely the craziest story I have ever read.
(also, on a different note, I find it interesting that the author just goes ahead and says the woman has a sex dream, even giving a small bit of detail saying how she gave herself over wholly to him... I mean, this was written in the beginning of the 1900's, not like, 1997... not one for the kiddies).
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Like the health class movies, LOL. Or better yet, the sex ed video in church. Those lusty roses!
ReplyDeleteThis story is pretty much a warning to girls to not go out by themselves because they will get drugged and raped and then give birth to an unusual child who will die. I agree, this tale is not for children.
ReplyDeleteI too had the "wtf" moment, except my "moment" lasted through the whole story. I agree with Laurie though, that this serves as some sort of warning to girls about the big, scary world that they should be wary of.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely NOT a tale for the children. i really wonder what was going through the author's mind when this was written- a rose raping a woman?!
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