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 - patriarchal religion
Female Virginity: The great irony is that the technology used to enforce purity is the same technology used to subvert it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity culture
Female Virginity: The "virtue signal" is often just a distress call in disguise. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - generational shift
Female Virginity: The "incognito mode" for the soul is what we call "rationalization.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious authorities
Female Virginity: The "virtue vampire" is the one who sucks the joy out of everything in the name of piety. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - patriarchal systems
Female Virginity: The celestial paperwork for a "valid exception" must be a nightmare to fill out. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious double standards
Female Virginity: The "sin sentence" is one we're all serving concurrently. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
doctrine vs practice
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that women haven't collectively invoiced the patriarchy for millennia of unpaid emotional and spiritual labor. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
traditional values
Female Virginity: The celestial oversight committee must be chronically understaffed, given the current compliance rates. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity culture
Female Virginity: It's not that male virginity isn't valued; it's just valued with the same urgency as a coupon about to expire. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
theological concepts
Female Virginity: If heaven has a gate, it's probably staffed by lawyers specializing in celestial contract law. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG