Chastity

May God Bless You Tim, And Send You Your Soulmate In Time

Rabbi Shais Taub | Posted 04.27.2012

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Rabbi Shais Taub

There is nothing inherently meritorious about refraining from physical intimacy. What is good and holy and healthy is for a person to be a sexual being but to do so within the context of marriage.

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Unorthodox? Try This: A Young Hasidic Wife Breaks With Her Tradition, Writes Tell-All Book

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.25.2012

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Jesse Kornbluth

"I had to believe everything I was taught, if only to survive," she writes. And what was she taught? In the slow-track classes for girls, nothing very academic, for a girl could realistically have no higher destiny than marriage at 17 and motherhood a year later.

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The Thrill of the Chaste

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.10.2011

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Shira Hirschman Weiss

We all know the saying "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" But sometimes life and trashy reality shows indicate the opposite.

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PHOTO: Yep, It's Probably British

Posted 08.18.2011

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Here's what we know about this device. It's nickel-plated. It was worn on the base of the penis in order to deter arousal. And a quick google search r...

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The Catholic Celibacy Crisis

Maureen Fiedler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maureen Fiedler

Priestly celibacy is not dogma. It is simply a disciplinary practice, and could be changed literally with a flick of the papal pen. So, why wait?

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Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Hephzibah Anderson: 'Chastened: The Unexpected Story Of My Year Without Sex'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Hephzibah Anderson, author of "Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year Without Sex," went on the Colbert Report last night to discuss her decision ...

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Sex and the City of God, Part 2: Celibacy and Sexuality in the Catholic Church

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Somerville

The child abuse crisis and the Church hierarchy's homophobia, misogyny, and fixation on policing sexuality are intertwining, often-overlapping aspects of the broader sexual dysfunction that cripples the Church.

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Thomas Merton and the Catholic Church Ban on Marriage

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Shaw

Merton faced the same sticky issue in the 1960s that is debated yet today: should Catholic priests be able to be unchaste and marry?

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