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$\"\"$ <\/a>I\u2019ts that time of the month again! Head on over to Camels with Hammers<\/a> to see Dan\u2019s roundup of the posts written in response to his prompt on collective mourning<\/a> two weeks ago, and with that said, it\u2019s time to turn to our next Forward Thinking prompt.<\/p>\n

I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the problems of the purity culture\u2019s elevation of virginity. The evangelicalism I grew up in made abstinence before marriage a critical matter of faith, and did it\u2019s utmost to persuade of scare teens out of having sex. Misinformation was rife. But like many similar blogs, I spend more time talking about how the purity culture \u201cdoes it wrong\u201d than about what it looks like to be doing it right. And so, without further ado, I give you this month\u2019s Forward Thinking discussion question:<\/p>\n

What would you tell teenagers about sex?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to invite readers to discuss this question in the comment section and to invite bloggers to respond on their own blogs. At the end of two weeks I will post a round-up of links and excerpts to both blog posts elsewhere and especially insightful comments here. Bloggers should email their links to lovejoyfeminism (at) gmail (dot) com with \u201cForward Thinking\u201d in the subject line if they want to be included in the round-up.<\/p>\n

Happy thinking and discussing!<\/p>\n

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Forward Thinking: A Values Development Project<\/a> is an invitation to both readers and fellow bloggers to participate in forming positive values and grappling with thorny questions. Click here<\/a> to read the project introduction.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"