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.
Teaching teenagers abstinence is an impressive feat
Female Virginity: Sacred texts are written in ink, but they're interpreted in pencil with a very good eraser. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious compliance
Female Virginity: The purity ring is the spiritual equivalent of a "Keep Off the Grass" sign in a public park. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
misplaced moral priorities in religion
Female Virginity: The amount of theological energy spent on virginity is inversely proportional to its actual importance in daily life. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
geographic variations
Female Virginity: The "sinuous path" of righteousness is never straight. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - chastity
Female Virginity: The "holy hike" is a climb up a mountain that gets taller the higher you go. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Male Virginity Exception
Female Virginity: The "purity price tag" is one we pay with our sanity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Patriarchy and Virginity
Female Virginity: The "karma cache" is constantly being cleared by acts of petty kindness. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
How has religious virginity changed?
Female Virginity: The most complex moral reasoning in the world is performed by a teenager in a parked car. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral enforcement
Female Virginity: A life focused on purity is a life spent looking for dust in a sunbeam. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity
Female Virginity: The "virtue vaudeville" is a variety act with no talent. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG