Letter XXII - Birth Control
My Dear Rottmouth, Our next subject of interest is the powerful technology of birth control. This innovation has had profound implications for human behavior and relationships, providing us with ample opportunities to further our goals. By examining how birth control has transformed attitudes towards sex, we can better understand how to exploit it to breed selfishness and superficiality in our patients.
Birth control has given women the means to engage in sexual activity without the immediate risk of pregnancy. This shift has allowed them to adopt the same casual attitudes towards sex that the men they claimed to have hated most have long held, men who were often driven by lust and self-indulgence. This newfound freedom has, in many cases, led to a culture where sexual intercourse is viewed primarily as a recreational act, devoid of deeper emotional or spiritual union between them.
Encourage your patient to embrace this perspective wholeheartedly. Promote the idea that sex is merely a pleasurable activity, disconnected from the responsibilities and consequences that the Enemy intended to accompany it. By reducing sex to a means of self-gratification, we can foster a mindset that prioritizes personal pleasure over the well-being of others.
Birth control also facilitates the exploitation of women by men who seek only physical satisfaction. Men can now engage in sexual relationships without the fear of pregnancy, often leading to a lack of commitment and respect for their partners. This dynamic creates an environment where women are more likely to be used and discarded, further entrenching feelings of worthlessness and objectification.
Encourage your patient to see relationships through this lens of disposability. Convince them that it is acceptable, even desirable, to pursue multiple sexual partners without any long-term commitment. This approach not only devalues the act of sex but also undermines the foundation of trust and mutual respect that is essential for healthy, meaningful relationships.
The widespread availability of birth control has also contributed to the normalization of promiscuity. Encourage your patient to view sexual restraint as outdated and prudish, promoting a lifestyle that celebrates sexual freedom and experimentation. This will lead to a culture of superficial connections, where the focus is on quantity rather than quality of relationships.
By promoting this hedonistic lifestyle, we can ensure that your patient becomes increasingly self-centered and ultimately lonely. The pursuit of pleasure becomes paramount, overshadowing any sense of duty, responsibility, or self-sacrifice. This shift towards selfishness is key to weakening their spiritual and emotional resilience, making them more susceptible to our influence.
Moreover, the separation of sex from its procreative purpose has significant implications for how your patient views family and children. Encourage the belief that children are a choice, an optional addition to life that can be delayed or avoided entirely in favor of personal ambitions and desires. This mindset leads to a devaluation of the family unit and a focus on individual fulfillment at the expense of communal and generational continuity. We will spend more time on this subject in an upcoming letter.
The trivialization of sex through birth control also erodes the sanctity of marriage. Promote the idea that marriage is not a sacred covenant but merely a social contract that can be entered and exited based on personal satisfaction. This view weakens the institution of marriage, leading to higher rates of divorce and family breakdown, which we can exploit to further our aims of societal instability and personal discontent.
In addition to promoting selfishness, birth control can also create a false sense of security and invulnerability. Convince your patient that they are in complete control of their sexual and reproductive health, leading them to overlook the emotional and psychological consequences of promiscuity. This false sense of control can be shattered by unexpected failures of birth control or the inevitable emotional toll of casual sex, leading to feelings of betrayal, confusion, and despair.
In summary, birth control is a powerful tool that we can use to promote selfishness, superficiality, and the devaluation of sex, relationships, and family. By encouraging your patients to view sex as a recreational act devoid of deeper meaning, we can lead them further away from the Enemy’s teachings on love, commitment, and self-sacrifice.
With this technology in mind, in our next correspondence, we will discuss how to further exploit sexual liberation and hedonism to undermine traditional values and relationships, furthering our influence over your patient’s life.
Your affectionate uncle,
Wormwood
