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Virtue and Virginity
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Changing views on virginity.

Talking about Sex
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Why do we find it so difficult?

Sex Education
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How effective are modern lessons in love?

Body Image and Self-Esteem
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How we can learn to love our bodies?

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Organisations

SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
130 West 42nd Street
Suite 350
New York
NY 10036-7802
Website: www.siecus.org/media/press/press0141.html
The website of this organisation has the results of a Report published in April 2007 on government funded abstinence initiatives in the USA. These 'Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage' programmes have not proven to be effective in delaying or decreasing sexual activity among young people. The programmes prohibit any discussion of contraception, including condoms, and are seen as causing harm to young people.

The Silver Ring Thing – UK
Kings Church
Blackhorse Way
Horsham
West Sussex RH12 1NU
Tel: 01403 254241
Website: www.silverringthing.co.uk
Church that runs courses for groups of single people looking at the blessings of sexual abstinence. It helps prepare and motivate them to take a strong stand for sexual abstinence and keeping sex for marriage, whilst facing up to the social pressure to be sexually active.

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Websites

New Life Church
www.newlifechurch.org/
Website of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs (featured in the programme).

History of the New Life Church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Life_Church,_Colorado
Wikipedia entry about the church and its history.

Abstinence Message Goes Beyond Teens – Oct 06
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-30-
abstinence-message_x.htm
Article revealing how the US abstinence lobby is now going after adults up to the age of 29 – especially women who are having children 'out of wedlock'. It would appear they have lost touch with reality.

Losing Virginity at Younger Ages? Not so, Global Sex Survey finds – 2006
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=A0BBEDE1-E7F2
-99DF-354D7DA48D39CF25
The first worldwide study of sexual behaviour appeared in the British medical journal The Lancet last year and heralded some interesting findings.

No New Money
www.nonewmoney.org
'Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage' programmes have proved unsuccessful in the USA yet the Bush Administration is exporting these programmes to other countries. Abstinence programmes are at the core of the Administration's plan for U.S. involvement in HIV/AIDS prevention globally, at the expense of other programmes advocating condom use.

The Power of the Ring Thing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/
this_world/3419693.stm
Abstinence programmes, and the organisations that promote them, are gaining momentum in the United States. An increasing number of teenagers are pledging themselves to no sex before marriage while the Bush administration gave $120 million to abstinence organisations in 2003 and now offers $50 million to any state that takes up the initiative.

Scarleteen: Sex education for the real world
www.scarleteen.com/politics/virginity.html
Comprehensive site with loads of useful information and sex education including a section on virginity with questions put forward by the teens themselves.

Teenage Health Freak
www.teenagehealthfreak.org
Comprehensive website for teenagers, including facility to e-mail questions on a wide range of medical and sexual issues. Go to the A-Z section and you will find under 'V' lots of information and questions from teens on the subject of virginity.

The Virginity Project
http://virginityproject.typepad.com/
Blog aimed at recording people's experiences of losing their virginity and the issues that surround it. The site has lots of interesting information.

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Reading

	Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding your mind, heart and body in a sex-saturated world by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn (Waterbrook Press, 2004) Honest and informative, highly readable with its true-to-life illustrations, and packed with answers for every sexual situation today's teens encounter. A real antidote to the sexual messages our pop-culture continues to dish out. Get this book
	Every Man's Battle: Winning the war on sexual temptation one victory at a time by Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker and edited by Mike Yorkey (Waterbrook Press, 2000) Offers practical advice for men wanting to remain chaste until marriage. The book has lots of positive reviews on Amazon. Get this book
	Harmful to Minors: The perils of protecting children from sex by Judith Levine (University of Minnesota Press, 2002) In her controversial book, Levine asserts that America's attempts to protect children from sex are worse than ineffectual. The assumption of danger and the exclusive focus on protection, namely 'the sexual politics of fear' are themselves harmful to minors. Get this book
	Real Sex: The naked truth about chastity by Lauren Winner (Brazos Press, 2006) Sex is casual, aggressive, absolutely everywhere and everybody's doing it. This heralded young author speaks candidly to Christians about the difficulty and the importance of sexual chastity. With honesty and wit, she talks about her struggle to live a celibate life. Get this book
	The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding fulfilment while keeping your clothes on by Dawn Eden (W Publishing, February 1007) A book for single women unsatisfied with living a worldly lifestyle and looking for a new direction. This isn't a book for dainty damsels in lacy white dresses patiently awaiting their handsome prince. This is for real women who need strong, motivational messages to counter the ones they receive from a superficial, sex-obsessed world. Get this book

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