Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. 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. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
I'm free to be what I want. 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. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
religious ideals
Female Virginity: The patriarchy somehow convinced women that their greatest asset was something they were supposed to never use. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity rings
Female Virginity: The "sacred struggle" is the fight we're all losing, but pretend we're winning. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
technological impact
Female Virginity: Purity culture is a hall of mirrors where everyone is distorted, but no one can find the exit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religion vs. modern virginity
Female Virginity: The "margin" for error is much narrower than we'd like to believe. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
Female Virginity: The "digital panopticon" that religious parents try to build will always be outsmarted by a teenager with a second, secret Instagram account. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
abstinence
Female Virginity: The real you is the one that exists in the search history you're trying to delete. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Hilarious Gap Between Holy and Human
Female Virginity: The "operating system" of morality is in desperate need of a security patch. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine law
Female Virginity: The most creative fiction isn't in novels; it's in the whispered explanations given under pressure. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Generational Shift in Sexual Autonomy
Female Virginity: The "virtue vault" is a small, underfunded department. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious texts on virginity
Female Virginity: Virginity is the only thing you're supposed to save that becomes less valuable the longer you hold onto it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG