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Dear Chastity Speakers, Please Stop Speaking

I'll cut straight to the chase today, not having the patience to write a hooking intro.  My decided topic today:  I'm sick of chastity talks, and the chastity movement.  Here's why.  Other than the obvious, that they are more concerned with preaching abstinence (the dry turkey sandwich of the teachings on sexuality going around right now), the biggest issue I have with the chastity movement is that it still addresses, much like its promiscuous adversary, the human person as an object for claiming--as fresh ground to be marked for one, and only one gardener (note that it's women who are always designated the untainted soil, because male virginity isn't a topic worthy of addressing, apparently) while completely missing the point of teaching healthy sexuality in the first place:  You are not an object, and you shouldn't treat yourself, or someone else, as one either.  "Think about your future spouse when you're out on a date with someo