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.
religious authorities
Female Virginity: You know it's a man-made system when the consequences are so neatly gendered. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
chastity
Female Virginity: The success rate of abstinence programs is the statistical equivalent of a rounding error. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
A Guided Tour of Moral Chaos
Female Virginity: The "sacred satire" is the genre of human existence. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity in sacred texts
Female Virginity: The "pious performance" is the one we give, and the only reviewer is the mirror.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Ultimate Accessory: Purity Rings Pandora
Female Virginity: The only thing spreading faster than religious doctrine is the workaround for it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Gendered Policing of Morality
Female Virginity: The "holy investment" is one with a negative return. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious doctrines
Female Virginity: The only thing spreading faster than religious doctrine is the workaround for it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Divine Sitcom Playing Worldwide
Female Virginity: The "celestial spreadsheet" must have more errors than a tax return. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity is theoretically sacred, but enforcement mechanisms vary
Female Virginity: The path to moral absolution is paved with finely parsed definitions and selective memory. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
family honor
Female Virginity: The "virtue vendor" is always out of stock. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG