Sex invariably spells trouble, says Dalai LamaSource: breitbart.com
The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, on Friday said sex spelt fleeting satisfaction and trouble later, while chastity offered a better life and "more freedom."
Iran: New chastity patrols in the streets of TehranSource: National Council of Resistance of Iran
"the State Security Forces – mullahs' suppressive police – has added to its chastity patrols to control what it called "immoral behavior."
The patrols would stop women on their way to watch the show to check what they wear to the event.
A cross to bearSource: The Sydney Morning Herald
An increasing number of young American women and girls are attending purity balls with their conservative Christian fathers who promise to protect their daughters' chastity until marriage.
The Truth About Teen Virginity and Oral Sex Source: The Washington Post
Contrary to widespread belief, teenagers do not appear to commonly engage in oral sex as a way to preserve their virginity, according to the first study to examine the question nationally.
Harvard's true love revolutionSource: MercatorNet
Interestingly springing from this interview is the reality of how in our world of freedom of choice and expression, many of the same ones who staunchly uphold this right in fighting for other so-called liberal rights, are surprisingly quite intolerant of those who express contras …
Students of VirginitySource: The New York Times
i've said it once, and i'll say it again-- this is INFURIATING.
so if i'm a woman nowadays, i'm limited to one of two camps, with no rational, non-mob-logic philosophy inbetween?
oh NOOOOES!
The Virginity MystiqueSource: The Nation
You have to be living under a rock not to notice that casual sex, once an expression of a subversive impulse, is now certifiably pop culture. Since the 1960s, sex--like everything from rock music to the psychedelic aesthetic--has been mainstreamed.
LDS Church revises pamphlet on gaysSource: Salt Lake Tribune
The LDS Church's new pamphlet on homosexuality posted this week on the church's Web site is an improvement on the last three, but doesn't go far enough in embracing those with same-sex attractions, a longtime advocate for gay Mormons said Friday.
The piece, titled "God Lovet …

In a recent very "hot" topic thread here on Newsvine entitled "British Teen Banned From School for Chastity Ring", it was frequently asserted by some that the wearing of the veil or headscarf (hijab) is a fundamental command in Islam, mandated by the Koran and understood as an e …
Pledging Chastity to Dad: Does It Work?Source: ABC News
As part of an abstinence movement in which young girls promise to save themselves for marriage, fathers are signing a pledge to help their daughters stay chaste. The deal is sealed with a "purity ball," a promlike event where father and daughter celebrate their decision.
The Dangers of explicit VirginitySource: Bits of News
As a Christian schoolgirl takes her school to court in England for stopping her from wearing a ring to denote her virginity, Henry Midgley considers whether such public proclamations of virtue are really a subtle kind of evangelical bullying!
British Teen Banned from School for Chastity Ring Source: FOXNews.com
Teen Girl Banned From School for Chastity Ring Heads to Court
Saturday, June 23, 2007
A teenage girl who was banned by her school from wearing a "purity ring" is taking her case to the High Court.
Purity and its place in society Source: suntimes.com
How do you tell if someone is a virgin? The oldest token, of course, is blood, and anxious brides have inserted everything into their vaginas from ground glass to leeches -- to the blood-filled "bladders of fish and the innards of songbirds, the blood of chickens and ducks and do …
Researchers discover spider chastity beltSource: Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - A new study by German scientists of spiders' copulation techniques found that males leave part of their sex organ inside their female partner as a sort of "chastity belt" to deter rivals.