White Man, Chinese Women: A Story of Prostitution, Romance, and Celibacy
Being a foreign man in China, as Brandon Ferdig found out, is a balancing act between your human and animal sides.I moved to Zhuhai, China a single man, a 29-year-old with goals and ideals in one hand...
View ArticleCelibacy: When Same-Sex Attraction is a Cross
HeatherN comments on the case of a Catholic man who remains celibate due to his same-sex attraction. There are a million potential reactions to reading an article about Steve Gersham, who has...
View ArticleLet’s Assume I’m a Virgin
Being a 23 year old man and still a virgin seems to require an explanation.I don’t know if it’s my confidence. I don’t know if it’s that people generally consider me attractive. But people simply...
View ArticleThe Monk was Celibate, and Then Not…
A newlywed psychotherapist meditates on the goodness of her marriage to a monkI met Kaspa when he was living in a Buddhist community as a celibate monk. He’d been there for four years, and we met on a...
View ArticleAlternatives to Marriage: 12/1
Do you have to get married?If your family isn’t united in matrimony, you’re part of a growing trend. Since 2005 in the U.S., most households are headed by a single person or unmarried couple. So why...
View ArticleWill Catholic Priests Soon Be Allowed to Marry?
Britain’s top Catholic cleric thinks the church should lift the ban on Roman Catholic priests marrying.The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien announced on Friday...
View ArticleWhy Are Priests Really Celibate? (And Will It Change with a New Pope?)
Catholic priests weren’t always celibate, and some believe the matter is not a closed issue.There’s all matter of speculation about why Pope Benedict is stepping down, especially since he’s the first...
View ArticleThe 30-Year-Old Virgins
JJ Vincent thinks he finally knows why he and his friends did not understand the 30-year-old virgins.—-Once upon a time, I knew two guys, “Jack” and “Clark.” I was friends with them from age 20 to age...
View Article“Life Partner” Is Not Synonymous with “Romantic Partner”
Do your “life partner” and “romantic partner” have to be the same person? Marie S. Crosswell explores the radical notion that your Life Partner and your Romantic Partner may not have to be the same...
View ArticleWhy I Won’t Date (For Now)
A young man, at the apparent prime of his dating life, decides to give up on dating—Every now and then, I like to test the people in my life just to see how open they really are. The majority of my...
View ArticleCelibate by Choice
In a time where sex is everywhere and expected of most adults, some people choose to say no. Photographer Brad Horrigan interviewed five people who have chosen to abstain from sex in a time when this...
View ArticleThe Virgin’s Guide to Dating Women
7 steps to help men clear shame, acknowledge your power, and enjoy intimacy with the women you care about.___It’s going to happen.I know it hasn’t yet. I know it feels like it’s happened for everyone...
View ArticleWhat one Year of Celibacy Taught Me
Embed from Getty Images—Having survived the HIV infection dance via dating an individual who lied about his status for a year solid which immediately followed the most abusive and torturous three and...
View ArticleCelibacy: One Path for a Man to Find His Perfect Companion
Embed from Getty Images—I am impressed with religious people who can maintain a vow of celibacy. How wonderful that someone can be celibate for life. That someone is not me. Not unless you put me in a...
View ArticleWhy Making Men Abstain Until They’re Married Actually Makes Sex WORSE
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Christine SchoenwaldIt was big news a few years back when Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, a model of modern masculinity, and his girlfriend Ciara made a mutual...
View ArticleWhat Being Single and Celibate for Over a Year Has Taught Me About Relationships
—I didn’t set out on a spiritual quest where I consciously decided to refrain from relationships to develop a deeper understanding of myself. It wasn’t my intent.I fell into it out of dissatisfaction...
View ArticleThings Not To Say To People Who Don’t Have Sex
“I couldn’t live without sex!” “You must be gay.” 00:04 “You just haven’t met the right person yet.” 00:07 “Don’t worry – someone’ll put it in you.” 00:09 Oh, yay! 00:14 “But why?” 00:17 Do you want...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: Help, I’m Too Frustrated To Date!
— Hello Dr. NerdLove, I’m a big fan of your writings and your youtube videos and am immensely glad that there’s a guy giving good dating advice that doesn’t spring from that weird toxic pickup artist...
View ArticleViolent Men
— Do you blame others for celibacy? QUESTION: Celibacy makes men violent. True of False? . . What’s your answer? Scroll down to see ours. . ANSWER False. While this is a popular myth, involuntary lack...
View ArticleOur Sex Life Is Over — Now What?
I have always been the type of person that remembers dates, especially those that signify an important event in my different relationships, so there are many dates that stick out in my mind when I look...
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