<p>No, it’s not. Praising those who choose abstinence before marriage for “self-respect and character” implies that there is some lack of those traits in those who do not - otherwise, the statement would be redundant and irrelevant, as it clearly was not meant to be. </p>
<p>There is the possibility that huguenotmom was simply generally praising these students for having the fortitude to have a different opinion and to stick by it, but the old-world connection between virginity and purity/self-respect/etc. makes this unlikely, as does the fact that she did not mention that her comment applies to difference of opinion in general.</p>