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.
Generational Shift in Sexual Autonomy
Female Virginity: The "sacred speedometer" is stuck at "indecent velocity.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social expectations
Female Virginity: The "purity industrial complex" is a multi-billion dollar industry built on a foundation of anxiety. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Patriarchy and Virginity
Female Virginity: If God has a Facebook, His news feed must be a bewildering array of conflicting life choices. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious rules
Female Virginity: The "purity pledge" is a document written in disappearing ink. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Purity Pledges
Female Virginity: The "celestial cabaret" is the endless performance we put on for an audience of one. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity
Female Virginity: If the soul is weighed after death, the scale is probably rigged with technicalities and loopholes. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Question-Based:
Female Virginity: The "predicament of passion" is one we're all happy to be in. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "diploma" we get at the end is hopefully not a bill for our mistakes. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as a rare commodity
Female Virginity: The "margin" for error is much narrower than we'd like to believe. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity in religion
Female Virginity: The celestial fine print always seems to exempt the male half of the population from celestial audits. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG