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.
Female Virginity - religious rules
Female Virginity: There's a special kind of irony in a purity ring sitting next to a Pandora bracelet named "Chloe's 16th Birthday Extravaganza.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
parental monitoring
Female Virginity: The most sophisticated legal minds aren't in courtrooms; they're in bedrooms, constructing alibis. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity in Religion
Female Virginity: The whole system relies on a collective agreement about value that is rapidly breaking down. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral symbolism
Female Virginity: The "chastity charm" is a rabbit's foot for the soul. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity culture
Female Virginity: The "holy hitch" is the problem with the plan of salvation that no one can solve. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity in Religion
Female Virginity: The only thing spreading faster than religious doctrine is the workaround for it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious enforcement
Female Virginity: The "grace gauge" is the only one that matters, and it's frustratingly opaque. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious rankings
Female Virginity: The Grand Canyon is a mere ditch compared to the chasm between what is preached and what is practiced. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - theological concepts
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
Female Virginity - religious surveillance
Female Virginity: You haven't lived until you've seen a teenager explain their purity ring to their thoroughly secular, and confused, dermatologist. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG