Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. If you can dream it, you can do it. Do it now, not tomorrow. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself
If you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. If you can dream it, you can do it. Do it now, not tomorrow. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself
Female Virginity - parental monitoring
Female Virginity: The "chastity checkpoint" is one we all know how to bypass. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity as Currency
Female Virginity: You know it's a man-made system when the consequences are so neatly gendered. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
How Teens Outsmart Divine Oversight
Female Virginity: For every sacred text, there is a footnote written in the margin by a skeptic with a good point. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - urban vs rural compliance
Female Virginity: You know it's a man-made system when the consequences are so neatly gendered. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: The "holy hygrometer" measures the humidity of the soul, whatever that means. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity pledges
Female Virginity: A signed purity pledge has the half-life of a mayfly in a room full of frogs. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious compliance
Female Virginity: If religious texts are the manufacturer's warranty, then human nature is the void-if-removed sticker. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - rural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "sacred subpoena" is the one we can't ignore. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine oversight
Female Virginity: If religious texts are the manufacturer's warranty, then human nature is the void-if-removed sticker. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious hypocrisy
Female Virginity: The "divine delay" is the time between sin and consequence, which is often a lifetime. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG