Masturbation and the Sacred Silence

Libraries are no longer quiet places. The Sacred Silence is no longer observed or enforced. I miss it so! With all that goes on in our little branch it's often hard to hear yourself think and of course when this happens it's a prime oportunity for misunderstandings. Ms. Mena and I are staffing the reference desk one busy day when a young, extremely pregnant girl approaches us and asks Ms. Mena for materials on masturbation. I was thinking "what’s the point?" However being the consummate professionals that we are and not batting so much as an eye we both start looking for materials on sexual education and masterbation. We gave her the materials to look over and she gave us this look as if we had just performed a sexual act ourselves, in public, together. She said what she was really looking for where books on emancipation not masturbation. Oops.