An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.
Perhaps it__ true that in our sex-saturated culture it does take a certain amount of self-discipline to resist having sex, but restraint does not equal morality. And let__ be honest: if this were simply about resisting peer pressure and being strong, then the women who have sex because they actively want to _ as appalling as that idea might be to those who advocate abstinence _ wouldn__ be scorned. Because the __trength_ involved in these women__ choice would be about doing what they want despite pressure to the contrary, not about resisting the sex act itself.
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
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Perhaps it__ true that in our sex-saturated culture it does take a certain amount of self-discipline to resist having sex, but restraint does not equal morality. And let__ be honest: if this were simply about resisting peer pressure and being strong, then the women who have sex because they actively want to _ as appalling as that idea might be to those who advocate abstinence _ wouldn__ be scorned. Because the __trength_ involved in these women__ choice would be about doing what they want despite pressure to the contrary, not about resisting the sex act itself.
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