Orientation day

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Orientation Day

Author's note: this is not a resolution story, just a bit of nonsense that came to me this morning

A group of twenty boys, all about fourteen years of age, shuffle their way into an auditorium in a school, a school they will be attending for the next four years of their lives.

A woman enters onto the stage, and comes to a podium, and begins to speak.

“Good morning. My name is Clara, and I am the headmistress of this school. After a few unfortunate incidents, it has become policy for us to have this orientation, because it seems that some parents have either gotten the wrong idea about us, or they have given the wrong impression to you, our prospective students.

So let me point out the school policy book that was given to you as you entered today, and make very clear the first portion, so there will be no confusion going forward.

What we do here is NOT ‘forced feminization’. The very idea of using dressing in women’s clothes as a punishment is abhorrent to us, as is the idea of trying to make boys dress up against their will.

To us, such a thing would be just as bad as forcing a boy who wishes to dress up or even become a girl to deny that desire and ‘man up’.

What we do here is give boys the freedom to explore their feminine side in a place of safety, with no judgement.

It may be that some of you discover you were always a girl inside, and in that case we have licensed psychologists on staff to walk you through the positives and negatives of a transition.

But most of you will not wish to go so far, and there will be NO pressure on you to do so.

Regardless of your eventual status, we hope you will find dressing up a joy and a pleasure you can try without pressure, but with encouragement.

If you have any questions or concerns, please bring them to me or any of the teachers. We take very seriously the mental health of our students, and will do our very best to help you however you may need it

Lastly, if you find the idea of being feminine completely against your nature, please tell us. As I have said, we are not here to cause harm to your well being, and will help you make other arrangements if needed.

Thank you for listening to me, and you are dismissed to go to your first classes.

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thanks, Bru !

High praise, coming from you!

huggles!

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Oh my goodness

Patricia Marie Allen's picture

I see a novella in that story. Something told in first person of a student who finds himself in that orientation.

If you're not going to write it, may I have a shot at it?

Great set up, I like it a lot.

Hugs
Patricia

Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt

go ahead, hon

I have a half dozen or more unfinished stories I should be working on, so have fun with the idea!

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Thanks

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I'll copy and paste it into my word processor so I'll have it for reference. Don't hold your breath for it to show up. You're not the only one to have things you should be working on. At any given time, I have 6 to 12 pieces of unfinished stories. The one my muse is interested in is the one that gets work one.

Since this idea is fresh, it'll at least get a couple of K words. At any rate, I'll want to quote the speech verbatim. But that's all I'll need beyond the idea.

When I get it done, I'll PM you the finished product. I'll give you the right to disallow this permission if I'm not faithful to the spirit of your work.

All I need to work out now is the name of the school and a title that works.

Hugs
Patricia

Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt

tutum spatium scholae

that's Latin for "safe space school"

just a suggestion.

have fun, and have a huggle!

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Orientation, bumped up please.

I like that this story takes a positive approach to feminization. Not only for those wanting to transition but those who might not understand how strong their desire is. Having been subjected to male orientation, I spent over a decade or two, with on-again, off-again struggles with my identity. Even in writing, I have trouble explaining this part of identity and their struggles.
Hugs, Jessie C

Jessica E. Connors

Jessica Connors

An interesting concept……

D. Eden's picture

But one that would require either parents who are totally understanding and supportive of their child’s desire to cross-dress, or possible feelings of gender dysphoria, or parents that are in fact trying to use the school as punishment through petticoating or forced feminization.

In a way, this reminds me of The Scholarship by Julie O.

D. Eden

Dum Vivimus, Vivamus

thanks for the link, Dallas!

Julie is an amazing author, though, me, I'm just a duffer.

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I Imagine

Daphne Xu's picture

... some students being caught by surprise, looking around, and thinking, "What the hay?"

-- Daphne Xu

I used to joke

That I missed orientation at my new job, and have been disoriented ever since. Liked the story

aww, huggles, hon

glad you liked the story!

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Orientation Day

Columbine's picture

A fragment, but a promising one.

thanks very much!

If my muse agrees, I wouldn't mind expanding this

huggles!

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hey, me either!

huggles, and thanks for the comment, Mona!

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Yeah . . . What a wonderful world!

Emma Anne Tate's picture

Thanks, Dot. It’s be a niche market for sure — but an enthusiastic one!

Emma

Next day...

They blindfold you and spin you around before releasing you into the dark. It's Disorientation Day.

eek !

that would be no fun, at least for me!

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Orientation, like the story

I am not speaking for myself, but I hope one or more writers might continue the story.
Jessie C

Jessica E. Connors

Jessica Connors

Orientation, like the story

I am not speaking for myself, but I hope one or more writers might continue the story.
Jessie C

Jessica E. Connors

Jessica Connors

Why not have girls too, then

Why not have girls too, then there will be people with more experience with what you are trying out ?
Maybe then they could join Karen Pages' SPA schools ?

having girls at the school

be more interesting if the girls were interested in going the other way and becoming masculine!

huggles!

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