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.
Divine Compliance
Female Virginity: You know it's a man-made system when the consequences are so neatly gendered. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Cultural Enforcement of Virginity Norms
Female Virginity: The "pop quiz" of temptation is one we fail more often than we'd like to admit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious virginity rankings
Female Virginity: If religious doctrines were cars, their safety ratings would be based entirely on crash-test dummies that never actually crash. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social standing
Female Virginity: The concept of "technical virginity" is humanity's greatest legalistic achievement since the corporation. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious Texts on Virginity
Female Virginity: The history of religion is just a long story of rules being made and then immediately bent. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious morality
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
gender inequality
Female Virginity: If God has a "recently opened" folder, it's just a list of our greatest regrets. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity in religion
Female Virginity: The "purity pilgrimage" is a journey to a shrine that moves every time you get close. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - rural enforcement
Female Virginity: If mistakes were stars, the teenage universe would be brighter than a supernova. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - reputation management
Female Virginity: The difference between a sin and a "bad decision" is purely a matter of semantics and timing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG