I give you: <a href="http://www.virginityrules.com/">VirginityRules.com</a>.
That's as in, like, virginity totally <em>rules</em>, rather than a list of
the rules of virginity, of which there's presumably only one.
Now I'm all for preventing teenage pregnancies, and educating kids about
safe and responsible sex, but the message of that site is actually the
old chestnut of no sex before marriage. I know that Fiona and I just
recently broke up and everything, but come on now.
The thing I find particularly creepy is the Key Players section (within
the About section), where the two men and assorted women behind the
enterprise give us a little bit of background about themselves. One guy
says:
Abstaining until marriage is so fulfilling, and it can be done.
Fulfilling? Not convinced I'd want to make a lifetime commitment to
someone when not only did I not have any idea if we were sexually
compatible or not, but also when I knew for a fact that the other
person had never had sex at all.
Surely the message has to be to have sex when you feel you're ready,
and when your partner is likewise ready, and to take appropriate
precautions against infection and pregnancy? It's great if it's also
going to be within the context of a loving and mature relationship,
but so what if it's instead in your parents' bed whilst they're out
at the company's Christmas party?
The principle of no sex before marriage is arbitrary, bizarre and (in
my opinion) inadvisable. You're making a nominally life-long commitment
when you get married, including entering into a legally binding contract
over your accumulated wealth and possessions, and sex is a significant
part of life. Surely you want to be certain that the two of you are
suited to each other in every way before letting things get as far down
the road as saying "I do"?
Perhaps someone should set up a vaguely similar site, with the same goal
of preventing underage pregnancy and the spread of STDs, but with slightly
more pragmatic advice. Like say, to go and masturbate like a filthy monkey.
Masturbate until you need a goddamn <em>splint</em>.
Two notes:
- Due credit to Jasmeet for the original link to virginityrules.com.
- Got a comment on this post which is based on religious dogma? Please abstain from posting it.