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.
Female Virginity - cultural values
Female Virginity: The whole system relies on a collective agreement about value that is rapidly breaking down. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
rural enforcement
Female Virginity: The real "act of God" is a successfully executed alibi. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious rankings
Female Virginity: If temptation is the original sin, then the smartphone is its final, perfected form. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
abstinence programs
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - urban vs rural compliance
Female Virginity: The "celestial waiting room" is where we all are, hoping our number isn't called. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious virginity
Female Virginity: The "purity police" are a volunteer force with no actual authority. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity culture
Female Virginity: If "theory" and "practice" were in a marriage, they'd have divorced over irreconcilable differences millennia ago. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as a rare commodity
Female Virginity: The "word count" for our good deeds is always disappointingly short. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gendered morality
Female Virginity: The real test of a religion's strength isn't its orthodoxy, but its ability to survive its own followers. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - rural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "divine scale" is probably balanced with a thumb on the side of mercy. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG