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 - purity culture
Female Virginity: Divine judgment must be less about a final tally and more about a comprehensive review of intent and context. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Abstinence Programs
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
Modern challenges to religious virginity
Female Virginity: The "sin suspension" is the temporary halt of our better judgment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity rings
Female Virginity: The "sacred stall" is the tactic we use to avoid judgment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious virginity rankings
Female Virginity: The "moral firmware" is in desperate need of an update. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity symbolism
Female Virginity: The "grammar" of virtue is something we all mangle from time to time. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral contradictions
Female Virginity: Teaching abstinence is like trying to hold back the tide with a teacup and a lot of wishful thinking. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Teenagers and Abstinence
Female Virginity: The "sin sentence" is one we're all serving concurrently. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - premarital virginity
Female Virginity: The real "pearly gates" are just a very thorough administrative checkpoint. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
the battle between abstinence and human nature
Female Virginity: Saint Peter isn't checking a list; he's reviewing a complex case file with appendices. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG