He felt a pride in being a male ? for the first time in his life. Yes, as a gender, they had made terrible mistakes ? but one thing had become abundan...tly clear. The rate of technological advance had slowed appreciably in the last few generations. On top of that? There had even been some wars! Though men had not been told of these, women had actually gone out and killed others ? just like men had done for centuries. Civilization was almost static, as versus dynamic. He sat back and thought after. ‭ I‬ loved them so much and they should know how I am.‭ ‬I mean Renee and I‭ ‬always joked about wanting a hundred kids each and Jessie would tell us five was enuogh for her and wed all laugh.‭ ‬I remember them,‭ ‬Mandy and Sierra being my role models and trying so hard to make them proud.‭ ‬I guess they hated me.‭ ‬I hear someone calling‭ ‬my name and I see its my sister Simone…well she was my cousin but we acted like sisters and Damon was my brother but we had followed Jessie, Mandy, Nicky,. “But most of the differences aren’t really important until you get to be a teenager.”“Oh, you mean puberty and stuff?” he asked.I nodded. “You don’t have to worry about that for a few years yet.”He scowled. “Good.”He was quiet for a moment.“Girls miss out on doing all the good stuff,” he blurted out.“I don’t know what you mean? What good stuff?”“Climbing trees...”“Girls can climb trees,” I said.George leaned forward over the newspaper. “I’ll have you know that when your mother was your age, she. "Innocence?" I asked. "Does such really exist?"She laughed, "You see, that is why I noticed you. You know the real question to ask. Perhaps I should have said the walls protecting virginity?" I have noticed that such seem to be guarded most jealously here in London, at least, among society," I said."Was it not so in America?" Lady Warren asked."More in the saying than the practice," I answered."Ah, an accomplished broacher of walls, I would guess," she said.I let that pass still uncertain of.