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 - premarital virginity
Female Virginity: The "chastity charade" is the performance of innocence we stage for the world. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
double standards
Female Virginity: The "virtue dividend" is a payment that never arrives. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
Female Virginity: The mask of chastity is the one that slips most often in the heat of the moment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
female virginity
Female Virginity: If the angels are keeping track, they're doing it on a celestial Excel spreadsheet that keeps crashing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity in sacred texts
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that any religion believed it could outmaneuver the teenage libido. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Purity Pledges
Female Virginity: The "sin safari" is a hunting trip where we are both the hunter and the prey. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious theory vs practice
Female Virginity: A "mistake" is just a sin that you managed to reframe successfully. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religion and Virginity
Female Virginity: The most creative writing in any religion isn't in its sacred texts, but in the excuses made by its followers. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - generational shift
Female Virginity: The "pious portfolio" is diversified with bad decisions and good intentions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Empirical (and Fictional) Evidence on Virginity
Female Virginity: The divine "refresh" button is probably hit every few seconds, just to see if things have improved. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG