{"quotes":[{"text":"Marriage is a core component of the patriarchal system. According to Gerda Lerner's research on ancient societies, a woman could achieve at least some status, and with that, better treatment and privileges, through preserving her only capital – her virginity – and eventually offering it to just one man.","author":"Jenny Nordberg","tags":["feminism","marriage","patriarchy","virginity","women"],"id":11187,"author_id":"Jenny+Nordberg"},{"text":"Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["1corinthians","act","advice","alone","and","apostle","are","attracted","avoid","away","be","bear","bed","beyond","can","change","chastity","circumstances","commandments","compromise","considered","continue","culture","day","did","do","door","eternal","failure","first","follow","girl","glad","go","god-s","guy","he","head","help","her","him","hold","honor","house","important","intended","is","keep","knows","let","likely","may","mocked","moral","narrow","near","never","not","old-fashioned","path","paul","place","preserve","principle","proberbs","promise","reason","relationship","remeber","result","right","scriptures","she","should","single-date","slower","solomon","someone","son","sounds","standards","stay","tempted","those","to","trust","trying","use","very","virginity","wants","what-you","whims","who","whom","will","with","words","would","wrong","you","you-ll","your"],"id":22652,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"I love my loneliness as you do love your virginity.","author":"M.F. Moonzajer","tags":["loneliness","love","virginity"],"id":30087,"author_id":"M.F.+Moonzajer"},{"text":"For women especially, virginity has become the easy answer- the morality quick fix. You can be vapid, stupid, and unethical, but so long as you've never had sex, you're a 'good' (I.E. 'moral) girl and therefore worthy of praise.","author":"Jessica Valenti","tags":["ethics","feminism","purity-myth","virginity"],"id":57796,"author_id":"Jessica+Valenti"},{"text":"Up until then it had only been himself. Up to then it had been a private wrestle between him and himself. Nobody else much entered into it. After the people came into it he was, of course, a different man. Everything had changed then and he was no longer the virgin, with the virgin's right to insist upon platonic love. Life, in time, takes every maidenhead, even if it has to dry it up; it does not matter how the owner wants to keep it. Up to then he had been the young idealist. But he could not stay there. Not after the other people entered into it.","author":"James Jones","tags":["autonomy","emotions","indifference","sense-of-self","virginity"],"id":60519,"author_id":"James+Jones"},{"text":"An exceptional woman with all the desired qualities exists only in a man's imagination.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["best","desire","exception","exceptional","fiction","girlfriend","girlfriends","good-woman","imagination","perfect","perfection","qualities","quality","virgin","virginity","virtous","virtue"],"id":63378,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"She was a natural in being careless, haggard, even dirty. That made her look adventurous, flirtatious and even promiscuous. Though deep inside her pure virginity was intact and unknowingly she ended glowing under tender virginity that she possessed.","author":"Apurva sharma","tags":["girl","virgin","virginity","youth"],"id":73273,"author_id":"Apurva+sharma"},{"text":"I find it appalling that the Church claims Mary consented at the age of thirteen to become the mother of God.”“But she did,” James said. “There is ample evidence to show she consented.”“Isn’t that the classic defense of the pedophile?” Helena asked. “In Christ’s time and even today in some countries in the Middle East and India, child marriages are customary. But that doesn’t make it right. In Europe and the U.S. We prosecute adults for preying on children. God would be arrested for impregnating a girl below the age of consent.”“People didn’t live as long then,” James said.Helena would not back down. “But human biology hasn’t changed. My point is she was too young to consent. The brain of a young teenager isn’t fully developed.”“The mysteries of the faith require us to have faith.” “Don’t hide behind that nonsense. What kind of message is the Church sending to women? Only virgin children are pure? Experienced mothers are impure and unfit to raise Christ? It’s creepy and insulting when you think about it, but you would have me suspend rational judgment and just accept something I would tear your eyes out for thinking about my underage sister?","author":"Janet M. Tavakoli","tags":["archangels-rise-of-the-jesuits","christianity","jesus","motherhood","purity","virginity"],"id":78758,"author_id":"Janet+M.+Tavakoli"},{"text":"Blessings Are Immeasurable'You can lose A child Or a parent,The love of your life,A good job,A game,A deal,A bet,An idea,Your favorite thing,Money,Your best friend,A moment,An opportunity,A chance,Your keys,Your mind,Your health,Your identity,Your virginity,Your religion,Your shirt,Your license,ID or Passport, Phone or phone number,Hope,Faith,Luck,Your pride,Or your house,And feel like You've lost everything,And keep on losing. Stop Counting your losses,And start counting your Blessings. Only then will you discover That losses are always easier to point out and count Than blessings. And that your blessings will always outnumber Your losses, For they are truly Immeasurable.It is only normal thatPeople count losses with Their minds,And ignoreTo count blessingsWith the graciousnessOf their hearts.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["attitude","bad-luck","blessings","chance","child","curse","cursed","fail","failing","failure","faith","falling","gains","graciousness","gratefulness","health","honor","hope","house","idea","job","life","living","lose","losing","losing-child","losing-hope","losing-someone","loss","losses","lost-everything","love","love-of-your-life","luck","moment","money","opportunity","pains","parent","pride","religion","steal","success","vices","virginity","win"],"id":81998,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Never bet anything on men’s stupidity and on women’s virginity; the former believe they aren’t, while the latter believe they might be.","author":"M.F. Moonzajer","tags":["believe","former","latter","men","stupidity","virginity","women"],"id":83722,"author_id":"M.F.+Moonzajer"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":53,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}