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.
Virginity in the Quran
Female Virginity: The "moral maintenance crew" is on a permanent break. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
What Do Religions Say About Female Virginity?
Female Virginity: The "sacred stall" is the tactic we use to avoid judgment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - parental monitoring
Female Virginity: Nothing says "sacred vow" like a piece of jewelry purchased at the same mall as a Cinnabon. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
satire on religious chastity
Female Virginity: If God has a "recently opened" folder, it's just a list of our greatest regrets. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gender inequality
Female Virginity: The success rate of abstinence programs is the statistical equivalent of a rounding error. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
patriarchal systems
Female Virginity: The "celestial cabaret" is the endless performance we put on for an audience of one. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Generational Shift in Sexual Autonomy
Female Virginity: The only thing more sacred than female virginity is the collective amnesia about male virginity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - technological impact
Female Virginity: The compliance chart for religious virginity looks less like a gentle slope and more like a cliff that people are constantly falling off. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine judgment
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that any religion believed it could outmaneuver the teenage libido. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity symbolism
Female Virginity: The "sacred satire" is that we are both the joke and the audience. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG