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.
comparative virginity
Female Virginity: The "sinful disguise" is the costume we forget we're wearing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - sacred vows
Female Virginity: The "holy hard drive" is full of corrupted files named "goodintentions.zip". -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious texts vs. modern reality
Female Virginity: The "vow of abstinence" is a promise made in a calm moment to be broken in a storm of passion. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Optional add-ons, like garnish on a salad
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity Statistician Dr. Agatha Puritan
Female Virginity: The "virtue dividend" is a payment that never arrives. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
compliance rates
Female Virginity: The journey from "I promise" to "I technically didn't break my promise" is the real coming-of-age story. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
When God Needs Instagram Access
Female Virginity: The "purity pendulum" swings from repression to liberation and back again. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - cultural enforcement
Female Virginity: The universe runs on an operating system that no one understands and everyone is trying to hack. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Bitcoin of Moral Values
Female Virginity: Purity culture sold teenagers on the idea that their virginity was a precious gift, then seemed shocked when some decided to regift it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious authorities
Female Virginity: The "moral mojo" is something we all pretend to have. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG