Virgin Shaming: Hollywood’s Attack on Purity
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I’ve been writing about Single-, Virgin-, and Celibate- Shaming on this blog long before The Christian Post brought it up.
But to the guy who wrote this? Christians are heavily into virgin-shaming these days, see several of the posts linked to at the bottom of this post under the heading “Related posts at this blog”
If you are operating under the assumption it is only Hollywood, secular or theological liberals, or secular feminists who are into virgin-shaming and anti sexual purity screeds, think again – Christians are also attacking virginity and virgins themselves. Christians are also highly critical of sexual purity these days.
(Link): Virgin Shaming: Hollywood’s Attack on Purity – by Barry Bowen, from The Christian Post
Excerpts:
- … Virginity has long been a subject of jokes in movies and TV shows. This crude humor has been described as “virgin shaming.”
On The Student Room website a commenter named dosvidaniya posts:
Then, why do we still ridicule men so much for being sexually inexperienced? We all know that the ageing male virgin is an object of cultural ridicule. I mean, how many times have you heard a guy insulted (particularly on the internet) for being a ‘pathetic virgin’? Probably several thousand times.
Hollywood mocked the aging male virgin in the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
…Virgin shaming has even attracted the attention of Buzzfeed where Hunter Schwartz notes the religious implications:
Like slut-shaming, virgin-shaming involves making fun of someone for their personal choices regarding sex. But while slut-shaming has become increasingly frowned upon, virgin-shaming remains fairly acceptable, and can be a form of veiled religious bigotry. (emphasis added)
Bowen ends by saying:
- My limited experience with virgin shaming taught me that Christians should be pro-active in defending the choice of abstinence.
Well, I’m sorry Barry, but that is just not so. Christians today, like Non Christians, are attacking and criticizing the concepts of staying a virgin until marriage and practicing celibacy.
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Related posts on this blog:
(Link): The Christian and Non Christian Phenomenon of Virgin Shaming and Celibate Shaming
(Link): The Contemporary Church Undervalues Celibacy / Virginity
(Link): When Adult Virginity and Adult Celibacy Are Viewed As Inconvenient or As Impediments
(Link): Sex, Love & Celibacy by Christian Author Dan Navin
(Link): Editorial about Celibacy by Ed Shaw
(Link): No Christians and Churches Do Not Idolize Virginity and Sexual Purity (they attack both concepts)
(Link): Hypocrisy From The ‘No Slut Shaming’ Crowd by C. Nance
(Link): Virginity Lost, Experience Gained (article with information from study about virginity)
(Link): Why So Much Fornication – Because Christians Have No Expectation of Sexual Purity
(Link): The Myth of the Gift – Regarding Christian Teachings on Gift of Singleness and Gift of Celibacy
(Link): There is No Such Thing as a Gift of Singleness or Gift of Celibacy or A Calling To Either One
(Link): Christian Preacher Admits He Won’t Preach About Sexuality For Fear It May Offend Sexual Sinners
Virgins should be PROUD. 2 out of 3 men (ages 18 to 29, USA, no kids, never married) prefer virginity in the woman they marry (https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-GL657BLX/)
http://www.SexAndVirginity.com