...while she was being branded with the scarlet letter? Still playing sports? Still walking in the graduation ceremony? Inviting someone else to the prom? Packing his bags for Bob Jones U?
Back in the Bad Old Days of 1960-1965, contraception was scarcely available (or even legal) for teenage girls. Abortion was dangerous, expensive, and against the law. A pregnant girl really had two choices: get married in a real hurry to a reluctant boy, or go into hiding ("visit an aunt in another town"
until giving up her firstborn child to adoption.
But while these options scared me and gods know how many others into being "good," I never, ever, would have imagined a scene at my public high school like what she endured: public confession in front of everyone, public humiliation and scorn in front of everyone.
Those fcking hypocrites.
Pissed-off Grandma, aka Hekate
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