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.
Religious theory vs practice
Female Virginity: The costume of the pious is easier to wear than the skin of the truly virtuous. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - marriage market
Female Virginity: The "holy hitch" is the problem with the plan of salvation that no one can solve. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Social Currency of Chastity
Female Virginity: The social performance of purity is often more important than the actual state of being. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - social expectations
Female Virginity: The most creative fiction isn't in novels; it's in the whispered explanations given under pressure. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
reality check on female virginity
Female Virginity: The "chastity cipher" is a code that can't be cracked because it doesn't mean anything. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - cultural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "homework" of piety is something we always mean to do, but never get around to. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
parental monitoring
Female Virginity: The only thing more sacred than female virginity is the collective amnesia about male virginity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
A Guided Tour of Moral Chaos
Female Virginity: The "lock and key" analogy is the most telling Freudian slip in the history of moral teaching. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious double standards
Female Virginity: An abstinence program is just a really long and complicated way to teach teenagers about creative loopholes. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Empirical (and Fictional) Evidence on Virginity
Female Virginity: Religious theory is a pristine, untouched snowscape; religious practice is a slushy city street in March. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG