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 - community enforcement
Female Virginity: The purity ring industry is the only one that hopes its symbolic product never actually gets used for its intended purpose. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural differences
Female Virginity: The "divine jury" is made up of our peers, which is not a comforting thought. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - social media monitoring
Female Virginity: There's a special kind of irony in a purity ring sitting next to a Pandora bracelet named "Chloe's 16th Birthday Extravaganza.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity is inversely proportional to urban Wi-Fi speed
Female Virginity: The "spell check" for morality is constantly underlining things we thought were fine. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
community enforcement
Female Virginity: The "word count" for our good deeds is always disappointingly short. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Empirical (and Fictional) Evidence on Virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine deadline" is the one we're all racing against, and losing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
surveillance culture
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
comparative virginity
Female Virginity: For every "thou shalt not," there is a "but what if we did" waiting in the wings. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Chastity and Religion
Female Virginity: The "virginity voyage" is a trip to nowhere on a ship of fools. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Abstinence Programs
Female Virginity: The "sinful spoof" is the way our best-laid plans are so easily overturned. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG