Abstinence Feels Good?
According to the hideous site Abstinence Feels Good,
It feels good to have a healthy marriage.
It feels good to have 100% protection.
It feels good to have a clear conscience.
It feels good to accomplish my goals.
It feels good to be a part of the majority.
It feels good not to need a babysitter on Friday night.
It feels good that my boyfriend loves me for more than just my body.
It feels good to know the answer to my STD test before I take it.
It feels good to have a good reputation.
It feels good to be honest with my parents.
Of the many things that bother me about this site, what irks me the most is that it is targeted at teen girls, not boys. As if female sexuality isn't frowned upon enough, why single girls out as the only part of the population that need to worry about having sex?? Not only are boys not included in this site, but neither are the GLBT community. Apparently, if you are gay, you don't need to worry about sex either. Moving past the exclusiveness of the site, what about the pregnancy issue? There is nothing about a girl's choice for birth control or, god forbid, abortion. Having a healthy sexuality and protecting your body is nowhere to be found. So, hey girls, if you have sex, you will get pregnant.
From that site, one can venture to two other sites that support its main theme. The first is More 2 Life, much like that Stacie Orrico song. "The mission of More2Life! [M2L!] is to increase community awareness of the value of sexual abstinence until marriage which provides sexual health and protects the future of our youth." Of course, the only solution for sexual health is abstinence. The best part is the Game Plan that they offer to teens with the Winning Prize as marriage. Teens should be thinking about marriage and being perfect for their future spouses, not on their own lives. Much like this first site, Impact advocates for abstienence until marriage for the sole purpose of pleasing an imaginary spouse. If you're up for some outrage, check out the sites and their "resources."
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So I was looking at Feministing today and came across the phrase "Vessel of Honor" (denoting a person who leads a "godly," virginity-revering, abstinence-preaching, life) so I decided to do a Google search on it and came across the most terrifying woman ever- her name is Rebecca Brown, MD, and among her books are such Satan-hating classics as "Becoming a Vessel of Honor" and "Preparing for War." In these books, she calls pretty much everything Satan-worship, from yoga and other "dangerous" New Age practices, on up. Just saying...
Posted by: Sarah | May 4, 2007 01:57 PM