But the thing is, we aren’t animals. Or at least, us pure ones aren’t. There’s this feeling of me that regrets abstaining but at the same time i’m proud that i have such powerful strength.

People who have sex are most likely to get pregnant and endanger themselves from STDs.

And most people who have had sex regret it. It’s wat awesome when you’re beung “intimate” with the person you love rather than whoring around and fearfully pissing on a stick.

In short, we have deep respect for sex. We have deep respect for its bonding power and life-giving power. Human sex was meant for Love (google voles & oxytocin & vasopressin), and it was meant for Life (birth control is fighting biology). Something that powerful should be respected and approached with reverence. Sex is not just powerful, it is beautiful. It is holy.

When sex is ripped out of marriage and experienced as a “thing”, an object to be consumed, it is a bit like ripping a heart out of a body, and throwing it on the street. Both will die. Pain and putrefaction follow.

Denying oneself pleasure is hard. But humanity has done harder things, for the sake of Love and Life. It can be done.

Its a false dichotomy to call oneself a virgin or a whore. That is, there is a true dichotomy, the chaste and the unchaste. But we are all struggling sinners, who desire our own happiness at the expense of our own and other’s good. But through this crucible of regret and struggle and pain, we will be purified into the likeness of him who is Love, incarnate.
God bless you and keep you,
Rivka

ps. practicing the oral stuff is unchaste as well.

I think this post is pretty much dead. I will admit, though, that I was wrong about what I thought the “The Spin” was. Still, tackling abstinence on Ivy League schools and neglecting the NY Times article is pretty shabby journalism or blogging.

A professionally paid blogger? Sounds like a sweet gig.

“Whether you want to oppose something uberpublicly, feel an overwhelming urge to give everyone some useful advice, or just have remarkably random Penn factoids to share, the Spin might be your place to do it.

200-350 words, humor suggested, wit required, opinion infinitely preferred to none, pictures/YouTube/inventive media always appreciated. If you have an idea for a post or already wrote something out, shoot me an email me at stull@dailypennsylvanian.com and we’ll see what happens.”

Does not sound like the hard hitting journalistic credo “Journo student jr.” or Jr.penn09 is thinking it should be.

So it seems to me if there any confused sense of direction to what *The Spin* blogs are about it would be the Journo student and (Hopefully I won’t misread you again!…shame on me!) yourself, as also stated by other previos posters (so I’m not alone in that summation) look I could have been as vulgar as some previous posts too but vhose to give a more reasoned view (not to mention somewhat sarcastic) and talk about missing the point (doctor heal thyself) maybe the only thing that the proverbial *Sticks in the mud) like Journo student and yourself understand are the vulgar type of anal-ysis or critique of:

Get laid.

Cash in the V card> I’m very happy that you’re a boy…twice yet! Oh and is it ok if i get laid? I want to have a guilt free conscience when I have old people sex with my GF this weekend

From a professionally paid blogger who understands at least in a *Real world* sense the difference between *blogs* and *Reporting* (just ask my boss!) I’ll bid the kids:

adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long

ps A sense of humor is a good thing, always keep that in mind, that and getting laid:-)

you either didn’t read concerned stud. journ’s comment, or completely missed the point. nobody said anything about dictating what is or is not appropriate for people to read, the entire criticism was based on journalistic standards. the point was this piece lacks supporting evidence, struggles to make a point, and simply isn’t informative. it’s strict opinion without support - something that belongs on a personal blog and not an editorial page or DP blog. i’m all for discussing this issue openly, on the spin, i just want the writers to support their claims, actually make points, and attempt to put together a piece that’s coherently structured. it’s mostly the editor’s fault for posting this as is. but again, you’re crystal ball analysis was unnecessary, strangely tainted with animosity, and at least in my case completely wrong.