Why I choose my chastity over my lower insticts

I've seen many people talking about casual sex as an act that is liberating, glorious, almost noble and ethereal. I've heard people talking lowly about virgins, about how they fail to meet the conditions of what is generally considered "normal". I've also seen these people humiliating, bullying and isolating these poor individuals, often rendering them pariahs of their elitist circle, because their preferences don't follow "the norm".

Why I choose my chastity over my lower insticts
These "liberated", "normal", masses are so "normal" and "healthy" that use to take pride on their "successes", or times "they get lucky" or "score", to use some colloquial definitions of "the game's escalation" they tend to prefer. They can count them, keep a track, contest with each other on the numbers (maybe there is some secret prize of which i'm unaware of?), and even post comments and pictures about them on the social media for all society to see their "achievements" (and congratulate them probably?).

Why I choose my chastity over my lower insticts
These words work as a steamroller, as i like to call them. A generalizing force to be reckoned with that is able to level various people, meanings and ideals in a multiflavored mush for no other reason than to ensure the safe and sound delivery of our brave new world. (and to stigmatize people that comprise potential dangers to our "awakening" of course, with their words, their actions, even their mere life example (indirectly) if we feel it somehow impeaches our own) [note: i don't imply that the use of such words is absolutely always devious and misplaced. but that they are so frequently misused they are in danger of becoming obsolete].

Besides the broadening of our meanings, society has an admirable ability in word-crafting, but what's even more impressive it's the ability to alter certain negatively charged words, (or substitute them completely) and make them seem more pure than the whitest sacrificial pigeon (little do they know though, that in reality, it's our future that we place on that altar). Once, every word had it's very own meaning, etymology and semiology. Now it seems that words don't serve as a mirror which attempts to reflect at the most faithful manner possible our innermost ontollogical nuances, and inexpressible speeches of our psyche (logoi). They rather seem like snakes, that dance gracefully to our seductive flute melodies, and are wrapped around the meanings that are currently of our best interest. And language, seems to betake an irreversible path towards being a mere tool that is enlsaved to the necessity of the moment, rather than gatekeeping the semantics that were tested, and galvanized in the furnace of time.

Why I choose my chastity over my lower insticts
We were "inventive" enough to call sodomy homoeroticism, infantile murder birth control, fornication free love, asylums for our ostracized elderly retirement homes, and our attempt to substitute an already ill patriarchy with an equally obscene adrogynous matriarchy strive for equal rights. As if we were to undertake an inventful self-catharsis and purging by tossing away the negativity (or better say guilt?) their prior meaning burdened us with.

We went as far as to indoctrinate our children to our own distorted ideals and present them a particularly narrow set of choices (dressed in the veil of a mostly sophisticated and generous democracy of course) to survive in the inherently antagonistic jungle we created for them.

And now I shall briefly move to the content of our title. Why I choose to keep my chastity up to this date and time, in an era when "love" is more free and available than drugs are in Netherlands (or so i've heard). There are many approaches on romance today. But as different they may seem at a first glance, with further introspection we can outline a certain motif or a commonly shared core that lies in their depths if you want. I've heard that romance is a "game". A game in which to succeed you must "outsmart" the other person, and as in every zero sum game where de facto there must be a winner, there must also be a loser. I've also heard that "romance" is a game of power, or as they call it "value". The more points you have of this value, the more desirable you become, in an attempt to get..the"upper hand"! And when you eliminate the competition, you can then pridefully claim "your trophy"! What's even more mind boggling is that this "value", doesn't even have to be real (!), they say. You can just pretend you have it! And what is this value actually? one might ask. Is it correlated to your ethos? your spiritual growth and virtues? maybe it has to do with your contribution to humanity? Nah, how would these shallow, insignificant parameters ever matter in the "courteous game of love"!? No, ther are far more noble things like, cockiness, misconceived leadership, cunning, sexappeal and of course material belongings. How else will you display the societal status which you rightfully achieved with your own very sweat and sacrifices?

Why I choose my chastity over my lower insticts
"Yes, but you are generalizing now, what about these innocent little couples that try just to live their love and don't hurt anyone...?" Love, out of all the words i mentioned in my previous paragraphs, this is probably the most over&mis used of all. It is said that many crimes happened in the name of religion, i can argue, than even more crimes occured in the name of "love". All these people claim they serve love and that their actions are based on pure, unadulterated and unselfish love right? Where does that love go, when routine starts to kick in and people begin to reveal their true colours? Where does that love go when a third person dares to disturb the enviable amity of the two lovebirds? Where does that love go when an unwanted pregnancy emerges? Where does that love go when the vacations/summer/college years are over? (As my classmate John in college said -to my astonishment- what about Christie? What? Marriage? Are you nuts? So what if we are 4 years together? I'll use her for as long as I stay in college - I need about a year or so- and then go for something "fresh"! (it took me a while to comprehend he wasn't referring to the local grocery store).

In conclusion I want to point out that I never used and never plan to use anyone. And if I need, to deceive, manipulate and antagonize to be a part in the "game of love", then it is game in which i conciously, and wholeheartedly choose to have no involvement into. Sorry if i tired you with my long text, have a nice day.

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  • Honestly you're going to get judged no matter what so just do what's good for you. I know people who mock others for being virgins, but I also know those who applaud them. I know people who commend sexually active people, but I also know people who resent them. It all just comes down to what works for you. Beliefs will always conflict.

    Personally, when I started getting in tune with my sexuality, it was EXTREMELY liberating! I was so sexually frustrated and angry and depressed beforehand, but sex just cleared that all up and I was left wondering why the hell I waited so long. Oh, right, because the traditional people around me placed so much value on one's virginity and made me feel like it'd be a sin to explore something as blatantly natural as my sexual desires... I realized that it was a dumb notion to begin with.

    • it's not a matter of being judged or not dear. i honestly start to believe, many of the readers didn't even understand the main points of the article...

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  • I'm not a fan of the "sex positive" crowd, and not even a virgin

    Lots of them think of sex as a completely harmless activity, and even say that engaging in more sex is good, because it "tears down social barriers" or whatever.

    Lots of people overeat even when they're not hungry. Lots of people overfuck/masturbate even when they're not that sexually turned on. We just have an abundance of food/porn that it's viewed as a purely recreational activity.

    In the same way that a lot of people have been confirmed to be leptin resistant, or have other metabolic and mental disorders that make them artificially hungry or eat out of boredom, I suspect that there are analogous apply to the higher rate of sexual activity in modern people.

    • nice comment. it's sad a 23 year od person is more mature than other 30- 40 year olds that comment here. it seems they are bothered because the text probably touches "some sensitive strings of theirs"...

    • I don't think it's necessarily sad. It seems like the young adults of today are more critical than the middle ageds and older folks who lived through the 60s and 70s, and the idealistic "free love" mantra that permeated those decades. We also grew up with the internet, so we're probably comparatively better at sorting out information, on average.

    • keep up the good work man, you are in a good path. it's true that the past generations that are now 40-60 were some of the worse and most parasiting generations that ever walked on this earth. i know you never said that exactly, but let me take the burden and responsibility of this statement... and it's true that education, openmindness and availability of information increase the chances of young people today being more sensitive and concious to important issues that concern humanity...

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  • You seem to echo my thoughts about this!

    By the way, you should have made this gender specific. In the society, virgin women are considered as 'angels who didn't throw away their V card at the drop of a hat' whereas virgin men are shamed and labeled as 'losers who were unable to get laid'.

    So your take mainly applies to men, because women are hardly, if ever, judged negatively for holding on to their V-card. In fact, they're usually appreciated for that.

    Of course, there are other aspects in which women are judged unfairly, but that's probably beyond the scope of your take and my comment.

  • You're free to do whatever you want. But just remember that there's also an overwhelming amount of people who shame and harass those who have sex, too. And there are also plenty of people, people who are like you, who praise virgins and virginity. So it's not as one-sided as you might think.

  • Well written, Anon.

  • So your entire post is that you are stating chaste because you're unwillog to deceive?

    Beyond getting into how true that is for men, I'm wondering if you think girls need to lie and play games to have sex? Or does this not apply to them?

    • you probably failed to get the main points as most people did, if that's what you took out of it. some things i wanted to point out were the concious distortion of the words' meanings that is thriving in our times. today the use of such generalizing and deguiltifying words occurs more than ever, and new are produced every day. many of the justifications we used to make our "sexual liberation" were proven to be flat out pretentions. we dressed our lower insticts with all sorts of noble veils and fancy ribbons, and constructed a big bad boogeyman to blame for our "longtime opression". the modern idea of romance is a contemporary construct, and is a mix of several elements both positive and negative, but it was nevertheless connected with some timeless values that humanity achieved to establish with its very blood and sweat. the leveling wave of the new age though shows no mercy and does no discriminations, and seems willing to rake everything for the shake of its new found rebellion..

    • ... it's not a liberation and "ascension towards a higher conciousness" though, it's more like a blatant counteraction towards the status quo which it hates so much. not for some noble or freeing purpose but for the shake of the reaction itself. but even more ridiculous is the binding of everything inlcuding "love", sex, or human relatonships in general, with economical terms. everything became a frofitable capitalistic tradeable good and economized. (as the value points system in relationships). we also use words like freedom, rights, and love to oppose every possibility of reaction. such is our fascism today that every voice of disagreement must be "religious zealotism, hate speech, sexism, medievalism" and who knows what else. i'm positive though that with the spiritual revolution that is at hand, humanity will become sensitized towards those issues. already fields like bioethics, artificial intelligence in computre science, etc rise important philosophical and ethical dilemmas..

    • i also tried to point out that narcissism, insecurity, societal pressure and possessiveness are today the main fuels of the "game of love". its a game of power and ill conceived competition. it's unhealthy roots and their implications are so many that we need to make an article just for those...

  • Kay! I say, just do what you want, I don't care!

    • you cared enough to read it and comment...

  • Hmmm, I like the way you write.

    • Dude she totally wants to take your virginity take owner :) jk

  • Chastity. Celibacy.

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    Chastity is where you consciously decide to never use your junk ever again. When you just pop on a purity ring and decide to freak out once married, that's ABSTINANCE.

    • But other than this, AMEN BROTHER!!

    • sorry, English is not my native language nor have i ever been to an English speaking country. thanks for the notice.

  • I care a lot about chastity and people think I'm Crazy for it the say im brainwashed

    • you are not crazy. there are many solid reasons for one to choose this way.

    • My wife keeps me in chastity and it's good for our marriage

  • You would have my respect if you didn't go anon

  • No worries, I read the first sentence and the last only while picking words here and there as I scrolled down. Just so you know, god is not showing up at your house to give you a cookie.

    • His argument has nothing to do with religion or God. You would have known this if you actually read his take. No cookie for you or the four women who upvoted you LOL

    • Oh, really? I'd not know, just by skimming through it sounded pathetic.

    • And it's 5 women. Based on your id, I see why you jumped at defending him.

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  • Do what you want, just don't judge other people for what they do.

    • sure. but there are also others that might have their doubts on the lifestyle they chose. either being chast or active. and i think this text tries to shed some light for both...

  • Incoherent post hoc rationalizations.

    • maybe you lack the moral or even logical prowess to examine this thesis? you are welcome to elaborate on your disagreements. just a blatant provoking line won't do it...

  • That's a great rant! Bravo!

  • Cool story bro... nothing wrong with choosing to stay clean. That's a shitload of less things to worry about. You already enhanced your lifespan by like 3.5 years.

    • yeah i mean thats one more argument you add there. stress, nerves, jealoussy, nails biting, tears, regrets, cursing, losing years from your life... if it was true love it would only bring peace, and happiness and longevity. today that is the most "sexually liberated" era we have the most divorces... i think this by itself says a lot about modern romance... i know you probably say it with a sarcastic intent but yet we can make a point out of it...

  • In my personal opinion people who think like you do are either right wing religious zealots, mentally disturbed, or both.

    • Spot on.

    • He made his argument without using religion... He could be an atheist for all we know.

    • sad comments like this don't give me many hopes for humanity. please try to be more open minded. and more concious about life.