"Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for womenâ€™s morality means that nothing else matters-not what we accomplish, not what we think, not what we care about and work for. Just if/how/whom we have sex with. Thatâ€™s all."

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Source : Jessica Valenti (2009). “The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women”, p.24, Seal Press

Jessica Valenti

#Sex Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“United will break caution to the wind”
“I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.”
“Now that this torch is lit, we do not have time to dilly dally around...”
“I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.”
“Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.”
“Ambition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all.”

Source : Mark Kingwell (2000). “The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age”, p.77, Rowman & Littlefield
“What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.”

Source : Liz Carpenter (1993). “Getting Better All the Time”, Texas A & M University Press
“I knew it wasn't good when it happened. It's definitely scary. Every now and then, something brings you back to reality.”

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