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.
Abstinence Programs
Female Virginity: The smartphone didn't just create new ways to sin; it created new ways to document and share the sinning. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religion vs modernity
Female Virginity: The history of religion is just a long story of rules being made and then immediately bent. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious morality
Female Virginity: In the city, you're anonymous; in the village, your great-grandfather's sins are still part of the local conversation. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Oops, I Did It Again: The Pledge Breakdown
Female Virginity: The "dilemma of devotion" is whether to follow the rules or follow your heart. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social changes
Female Virginity: The "moral mockery" is the way our best intentions are often thwarted by our worst instincts. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity in Religion
Female Virginity: The human spirit cannot be contained, especially not by a rule it finds inconvenient. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religion vs modernity
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - celestial bureaucracy
Female Virginity: The curriculum for any abstinence program should just be one word: "Inevitable," repeated for a semester. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Generational Shift in Sexual Autonomy
Female Virginity: The only thing these programs successfully instill is a deep and abiding respect for clever excuses. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Optional add-ons, like garnish on a salad
Female Virginity: The "purity industrial complex" is a multi-billion dollar industry built on a foundation of anxiety. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG