There are obvious downsides to only being able to have relations with one
partner for your entire life. That person has to be something special, or
you might end up just being miserable, and resentful. As mentioned before,
your partner may die, leaving you alone, or only with however many children
they were able to conceive with you. There are some really bad consequences
that evolution couldn’t take into account, and which medical science had to
pick up where it left off. There are many atrocious cases, but I will talk
about the first one that was corrected, at least on a chemical level, that
is. From a biological standpoint, in this universe, rape and sex can end the
same. Two people come together, and release chemicals that will prevent
either one of them from copulating with someone else. The fact that it’s not
a consensual encounter is not something that the body knows, or would be
able to do anything about. One young woman was just trying to live her damn
life as a coworker kept pestering her about a date. He felt entitled to the
exploration of a relationship, and ultimately, did not take no for an
answer. Unlike in other universes, no one has intercourse while they’re
dating. You have to be certain that this is the right person for you, or you
could be stuck with the wrong partner forever. Still, people have sexual
urges, which they usually take care of in other ways. The coworker was not
willing to do that. The more he begged her for a date, and the more she
rejected him, the most frustrated and erratic he became. He was both not
thinking about the rules, and didn’t care about them. He wanted sex, and he
was going to get it, whether she was willing or not. It was wrong in any
world.
Once the attack was over, they were now supposedly bonded for life. She no
longer had any hope of finding a true life partner, and he didn’t either,
for as much as that mattered. The rape itself could not be undone, nor the
psychological trauma that the act inflicted upon the survivor. It would
always be there, no matter how much therapy she received, and no matter what
punishment her attacker faced. As for the biological soulmate problem, there
actually was hope now. Medical science was advancing at a decent rate, and a
particular research team believed they had the answer to what had already
been deemed Erroneous Soulmate Syndrome. Using a new surgical procedure,
they thought they could reverse a soulmate bond, and return people to their
original, pre-sex active state. This woman was the first to undergo the
experimental procedure, and discover that it worked. It was flawed, however.
She was still unable to bond with anyone else. It didn’t hurt, but the
soulmate connection could still not take place. Her chosen partner would
have technically been free to choose another while still having relations
with her—though, he did not do that. Neither of them would end up with a
biological soulmate, but at least she was no longer linked to her rapist.
Over time, the researchers continued to perfect their techniques until they
could successfully reverse a bond, while allowing a patient to find another
afterwards. That first patient’s limitations were never fixed, but it was an
important first step in making the world a little more fair by giving people
a choice. As the years went by, new laws were passed, allowing more
exceptions to a bonding, including not only rape, but childhood tomfoolery,
and drunken mistakes. Decades later, the elective procedure was standard for
anyone over the age of eleven, but of course, it was only ever performed
after receiving consent.
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