Apropos of nothing in particular, while sexual self restraint might have similar (that’s similar, not identical) psychological and spiritual meaning in the life of a man and the life of a woman — I really don’t think that there are a lot of rational people who will suggest that a pregnancy carries even remotely similar emotional or physical consequences for men and women.
As a result, it is really rather childish to suggest that male and female virginity have the same value.
Guys don’t get pregnant from a drive-by drunken fornication, and their parents don’t generally get stuck raising the grandchildren!
And THAT is why mothers don’t celebrate the chastity of their teenage sons — nobody involved on the boy’s side CARES as much. There’s just not as much to lose. Especially now that shot-gun weddings have gone the way of the dodo.
So let’s not get TOO silly about the equality of the sexes business.
I have no doubt that mothers are pleased that their unruly sons are not getting the neighborhood girls pregnant and causing trouble with the folks next door.
That’s nothing compared with the joy of a father who is confident that some suitable, younger stronger man is going to dedicate his LIFE to raising and protecting his daughter’s children.
It’s just not the same folks. I don’t care what the pinhead professors in America’s academic pantomime have to say about it.
Taking her to a dance about the subject might seem a little over-the-top, but in today’s anything-goes, happy hook-up environment?
If I had a daughter I might be celebrating her virginity myself. Hell, I might be thanking her outright.
My brother has 2 daughters and believe me when I tell you that that is EXACTLY how he feels.
