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.
the virginity paradox
Female Virginity: Urban centers are where religious rules go to retire, or at least to be seriously reinterpreted. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral symbolism
Female Virginity: The "pious parody" is that our lives are an imitation of an ideal that doesn't exist. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
urban vs rural compliance
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
The Chaotic Comedy of Female Virginity
Female Virginity: The "purity spiral" is a vortex that sucks in all common sense and leaves only anxiety in its wake. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - modern challenges
Female Virginity: The only thing more sacred than female virginity is the collective amnesia about male virginity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Do Purity Rings Actually Work?
Female Virginity: God might have given Moses tablets, but He gave this generation TikTok, and the latter is far more influential. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity in Religion
Female Virginity: The weight of purity is carried on the shoulders of the young, while the old just remember carrying it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
A Grand Canyon-sized abyss
Female Virginity: If the Garden of Eden had had 5G, the entire apple incident would have been live-tweeted. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Divine Compliance
Female Virginity: The whole system relies on a collective agreement about value that is rapidly breaking down. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - rural enforcement
Female Virginity: You can buy the ring, but the willpower is sold separately, and it's perpetually out of stock. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG