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    displays this through the chastity belts he makes them wear. The movie focuses on the wives, since they are some of his favorite people. The elemental aspects that go along with the wives remain important to the themes of the movie as well. Because Immortan Joe has such a strong grip over his citizens and his wives, he

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    commands and regulations on those beneath him, and the chastity belts he makes his wives wear are among these commands. The audience sees the wives wearing these belts when Max, the main character, finds them in the desert. They try to take the belts off in this scene (Miller 33:05-34:48). Because Immortan Joe loves power and subjugates those beneath him, he utilizes the chastity belts to control and dehumanize his wives. Immortan Joe uses the chastity belts to hold power over his wives because he places

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    Gawain and the Green Knight, the green girdle, which is also a chastity belt, pinpoints Sir Gawain’s weaknesses and illustrates the superficiality of King Arthur’s court. Weakness shines when morals and beliefs are sacrificed. Although cliché, the majority of people run when their feet are held to the fire of temptation, and Gawain exhibits that. He indulges into Lady Bertilak’s temptation. Prior to Gawain’s dealings with the chastity belt, Gawain gives

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    accusations for which he was executed. Touchet was viciously condemned due to society’s sacred image of the female body-- a temple gifted by nature that ought to be protected. In response to England’s uproar, John Milton writes Comus, a masque in honor of chastity and righteousness. The English poet develops two characters, Lady and Comus, in order to personify the interaction between nature and evil. Lady represents the goodness of nature in

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    Lady With The Primroses

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    An example of perfectly malleable woman is The Lady with the Primroses, a marble statue attributed to Andrea del Verrochio and kept in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence (Fig. 2).1 Quite unusually for a Quattrocento bust, the statue represents an anonymous young woman from the head to the navel, and it is about sixty centimeters high (explain why it is unusual). By being presented with an entire life-sized torso, the viewer would have been particularly struck by the life-like qualities

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    sexual activity before marriage vows. It can be a ring between a parent and child due to religious and spiritual beliefs, or it can be a ring exchanged between a couple that won't have sex before they're married. A promise ring isn't the promise of chastity. It's a promise that the couple will be together. It might be a promise to get married one day. The promise ring is much like a pre-engagement ring in that case. Who Wears Purity Rings? They're worn by daughters, sons, and couples as a sign that

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    political tract To the Doctrine of Discipline and Divorce, Milton asserts that womanhood derives from obedience to the superior sex. To uphold the values of femininity in Milton’s standards, women must account themselves to a perfectionist state of chastity and docilely venerate their

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    Virtues are behavior showing high moral standards such as friendship, generosity, chastity, courtesy, and piety. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is based around virtues of chivalry. In the story, Sir Gawain is put to the test to see if he can handle these codes of behavior like a real knight. The first day the Green Knight tests Sir Gawains virtues, he decides to test his chastity. The Green Knight goes off to hunt a herd of does, and Gawain stays inside to sleep. In the morning on the first day

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    Intrinsicly Evil

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    always wrong no matter what the situation is. In order for something to be intrinsically evil, the act has to be evil. In the case of prostitution, the act involves having sex outside of marriage, which goes against our faith. By doing away with chastity, you also lose “the integrity of the person and the integrality of the gift” (Catechism 2337). The dignity of all those involved is greatly damaged.

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    dignity of marriage and go directly against the sixth commandment. Chastity is also extremely important in preserving the sanctity of marriage. Many believe that chastity is only a part of living a good Christian life if you are not married, but chastity can extend to marriage as well. In married people, chastity moderates the desire in conformity with their state of life, marriage. Physical acts that go against our call to chastity in marriage include masturbation, polygamy, and oral or anal

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