"Students of Virginity" (New York Times)

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<p>@echang08: Reread Kwu’s post. It makes a good point that you’re ignoring completely:</p>

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It is a gesture of pure love, dedication, and devotion that is shared between two human beings. It is a special moment of intense intimacy, and as one of our holiest and most universally understood human virtues, love must be respected. Promiscuous and wanton sex cheapens the value of love: not necessarily our worth as men and women, but how we appreciate and acknowledge its sanctity.

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<p>So even if huguenotmom is misrepresenting it as kwu’s initial post about fundamentalism might suggest, you have to address kwu’s argument for the value of abstinence beyond religion.</p>

<p>Also, how can you not commend someone with both the self-restraint and deep respect for sex as a significant emotional occurrence? Or do you think sex is purely physical with the same significance as using the restroom?</p>