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 - religious surveillance
Female Virginity: The "holy lawyer" is the one we hope is better than the prosecution's. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity Statistician Dr. Agatha Puritan
Female Virginity: In a village, your life is a open-book exam; in the city, it's a multiple-choice test where you can choose all the answers. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious ideals
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 - religious theory vs practice
Female Virginity: The "chastity conundrum" is a puzzle with no solution. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
patriarchal religion
Female Virginity: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that his headquarters were in a teenager's pants. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Modern challenges to religious virginity
Female Virginity: A signed purity pledge has the half-life of a mayfly in a room full of frogs. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "celestial chronometer" is the only clock that matters, and it's always one minute to midnight. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Doctrine-practice divide in religions
Female Virginity: The amount of theological energy spent on virginity is inversely proportional to its actual importance in daily life. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
technology vs tradition
Female Virginity: The "virtue costume" is the outfit we change out of when we get home. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as currency
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG