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    different types of chastity that is seen among women. For instance, Florimell’s chastity depicts a beautiful woman who is committed to her virtue of chastity; however, because of her beauty, Florimell induces lust within men and constantly has her virtue being challenged and threatened. In contrast to Florimell, the protagonist of Spenser’s poem, Britomart, consists of a chastity that is more Christian oriented, yet it is a very immature chastity but ultimately, it is Britomart’s chastity that makes her

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    The Red Chastity

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    Various themes are presented throughout The Red Lotus of Chastity such as deception, loyalty, and true love. Written by Somadeva, this 11th century short story represents what it means to be truly faithful to one person and how deception can play a role in relationships. Guhasena and Devasmitā instantly fall in love, “but Devasmitā herself, as soon as she had set eyes on Guhasena, was so carried away by his qualities that she decided to desert her parents” (1275) and were determined to remain chaste

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    When the supporting cast of women effort for mastery over their husbands; they abandon it the moment they attain it. In an era where chastity was expected and cherished, the Wife of Bath presents a refreshing alternative to such concepts. She boasts of her sexual proclivity and contends that male genitalia serves a greater purpose than simply urination. Her freeness in indulging in sexual

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    The Catholic Teaching of Chastity: Vow of Chastity Religion is one of the most studied things in history due to its connection with our daily lives, and how people choose to live. Catholics have a set of rules, sacraments, and teachings that are in place to attain eternal life in the Kingdom of God. Vows and vocations go hand in hand with the Catholic teaching, most Catholics will take a vow of chastity as a way to commit themselves to God or to fulfill their vocation and complete all seven sacraments

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    Chastity Jones Case

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    behalf of Chastity Jones, a woman from Mobile, Alabama with dreadlocks whose job offer was revoked by Catastrophe Management Solutions because of her hair. The case file states that a human resource manager from the company made remarks about Chastity’s hair during a meeting to discuss her hiring saying to her that, “they tend to get messy, although I'm not saying yours are, but you know what I'm talking about.” At the conclusion of the meeting, the human reassures manager told Chastity that she would

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    Fischer addresses how our gender and sexuality are constructs of society and our culture. One of the most recent examples of this has emerged in the form of purity balls and chastity pledges. The Purity Movement started during the 1990’s in the Midwest, with the goal to protect women from the sexual sin of the world. Chastity pledges consist of daughters casually pledging their virginity to their father and God until they are married, while purity balls are formal events sponsored by fundamental religious

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    practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse. That is the internet definition of the word chastity. You might read that and think something like, “Well yeah, I knew that but what does it have to do with me?” The truth is chastity has everything to do with you, me, your neighbor, and even your closest friends and family. Chastity can protect you from many daily problems that many teenagers worry about daily. Some of these problems include, abortion, regret,

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    I’m here to only focus on Britomart’s chastity and the reasoning on why Spenser wrote Britomart that way. I claim it all has to do with hierarchy. In BL girls can relate or live vicariously though androgynous boy characters because there is no fear of pregnancy. Being able to become pregnant

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    Professor: Harold Ramdass Name: Moustafa Elkholy Date: December 5th, 2014 ENG 2800 Red Louts of Chastity & The Prince In the Red Lotus of chastity, two characters Devasmita and the nun are implementing the same concept from the Machiavelli’s “The Prince”. They followed the Machiavellian concept of being a lion and a fox. Devasmita was Guhasena’s wife and while her husband was far a way from her they promised each other to keep red louts in their hand. Whoever commits adultery

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    Does anyone really know the proper definition of the work Chastity? The word states that, “it is a moral virtue which provides for the successful integration of sexuality within ones whole identity” (Kisling). I firmly believe that most of you in this room today will say the Chasity is the refraining from sex outside of marriage, correct? That is the common mistake made when this word is brought into a conversation. For example in my religion class my teacher, Father Caparas, stated that very same

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