He thought it was just a formality, being viewed by her stepmother - he was told she'd need her permission to marry her, and he did what he was told as it was. Already a slave to his wife-to-be, his vision of a homely older woman soon evaporates - along with what little liberty he had left.
'John Smith' was the name he used in seeking the pleasures of feminine authority. Introduced to a female theatrical entrepreneur by a friend, he is in turn introduced to a group of women whose mutual thoughts have them seek the satisfaction he desires. Unknown to him, his anonymity makes him ideal for a little 'project', the latest in a line of sordid enactments which a haughty brunette so thoroughly enjoys, having our man subjected to an extreme he'd never dreamed of.
Meeting each week in the sauna, David and his mother have been having an affair. But David wants more - and his mom wants him to understand that it can only, ever, be as it has always been - a secret sauna affair.