Nem todos os detalhes estão alinhados, mas sua descrição me lembra de " Bem-vindo à Casa do Macaco " de Kurt Vonnegut.
- Todo mundo toma um tiro antienvelhecimento duas vezes por ano, então o governo está focado no controle populacional.
- O governo distribui o "controle ético da natalidade" para reduzir o desejo sexual (embora as pessoas, de fato, ainda sejam férteis).
- A personagem principal é uma mulher chamada Nancy, que parece ter 22 anos.
- A história se passa em uma pequena cidade chamada Hyannis , perto de Cape Cod.
- Contido em um conjunto de histórias curtas. Publicado em 1968 e, portanto, provável que tenha sido traduzido em 1990.
- Há um homem que aborda mulheres para fazer sexo com elas, embora ele seja um fora da lei.
- A descrição do seu amigo sobre os trabalhadores uniformizados parece reminiscente das mulheres que trabalham nas Salas de Suicídio Ético.
Resumo ( ênfase minha ):
In the not-so-distant future, a criminal mastermind named Billy the Poet is on the loose and on his way to Cape Cod. His goal is to deflower one of the hostesses at the Ethical Suicide Parlor in Hyannis. The world government runs the parlors and urges people to commit suicide to help keep the population of 17 billion stable. It also requires that the hostesses at these establishments be virgins on the basis that this would make the idea of suicide more appealing, especially to middle-aged men and older. The government also suppresses the population’s sexual desire with a drug that numbs them from the waist down (but does not render them infertile, as that is seen as unethical and violative of the religious principles of many). This drug is called "Ethical Birth Control", and was originally developed by a druggist who had been offended when on a family outing to the zoo the group were confronted by the sight of a male monkey masturbating. Billy is a member of a sureptitious group called the "Nothingheads", people who refuse to take the government-required drugs. Despite a sting by the authorities, Billy the Poet outwits them and kidnaps a six-foot blonde suicide parlor hostess, Nancy McLuhan. McLuhan vows to fight Billy to the very end, but the drugs wear off, and when she is raped by Billy, her mind opens as well. Billy convinces her that sex and death aren’t the answer – birth control pills are. In the end, Billy lets Nancy go, but she is forever a changed woman and apparently a convert to Nothingheadism. Billy sends her a note attached to a bottle of birth control pills which says simply, "Welcome to the Monkey House".