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.
Modern Virginity
Female Virginity: The "virginity virus" is a bug in the system of morality. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
patriarchal religion
Female Virginity: The "virginity voyage" is a trip to nowhere on a ship of fools. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine accounting
Female Virginity: The "heavenly hall monitor" is the one we all learned to ignore in school. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral obsession
Female Virginity: The universe is vast and mysterious, and we've chosen to focus our moral scrutiny on the state of a hymen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious enforcement
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
virginity in sacred texts
Female Virginity: The "sacred smoke screen" is the cloud of piety we use to obscure our actions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
demographic trends
Female Virginity: The "digital panopticon" that religious parents try to build will always be outsmarted by a teenager with a second, secret Instagram account. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Male Virginity Exception
Female Virginity: The "virginity VPN" is what we use to hide our digital tracks from divine surveillance. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
modern challenges
Female Virginity: The purity ball is the one party where the guests of honor would rather be anywhere else. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious texts on virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine dramedy" is the tragicomedy of our daily lives. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG