“He and she become selective at different points; she can be selective when he wants his primary fantasy - sex; he can be selective when she wants her primary fantasy - commitment.” WantDifferentSexFantasyCommitmentPrimariesSelective Author:Warren Farrell
“If same-sex relationships are really sinful, then why do they so often produce good fruit-loving families, open homes, self-sacrifice, commitment, faithfulness, joy? And if conservative Christians are really right in their response to same-sex relationships, then why does that response often produce bad fruit-secrets, shame, depression, loneliness, broken families, and fear?” IfsDoeSelfHomeChristianJoySexSecretSacrificeLonelinessProduceBrokenCommitmentShameResponseFruitConservativeFaithfulnessSelf SacrificeLoving FamilySex RelationshipsBroken Family Author:Rachel Held Evans
“I always wanted and enjoyed sex, but I never put much importance on scoring or having an athletic sex life. I guess I define myself more by my career and my commitment to a relationship than by my ability to have a lot of chicks or achieve ten orgasms in an evening.” WantedSexAbilityCareersAchieveTenCommitmentImportanceEveningEnjoyedAthleticChicks Author:George Carlin
“Sex education should be 'relationship education', focusing on how to achieve long-term commitment.” ShouldLongSexTermAchieveCommitmentLong TermSex Education Author:Mal Fletcher
“The only kind of work which permits an able woman to realize her abilities fully, to achieve identity in society in a life plan that can encompass marriage and motherhood, is the kind that was forbidden by the feminine mystique, the lifelong commitment to an art or science, to politics or profession. If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.” IfsKindArtAbleSexRealizingAbilityRolesPlansAchieveMovementIdentityThousandPercentCommitmentBlameDivorceMotherhoodProfessionFemininePermitForbiddenLifelongObsoleteMystiqueFeminine Mystique Author:Betty Friedan
“I don't think our system, where we have one romantic partner, where we get married and we're only supposed to have sex with one person - that doesn't make a lot of sense. Not that polygamy makes any more sense. I've found a system that seems to work for me, and it doesn't require monogamous commitment from anyone.” ThinkingPersonsSeemsFoundSexMarriedCommitmentPartnersPolygamy Author:Chester Brown
“I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act to help end discrimination to help end discrimination against same-sex couples in this country. Now, I want to add we have a duty to uphold existing law, but I believe we must do so in a way that does not exacerbate old divides. And fulfilling this duty in upholding the law in no way lessens my commitment to reversing this law. I've made that clear.” WayWantBelieveDoeMadeEndsCountryHelpingLawI BelieveSexClearDutyCoupleGayCommitmentAddCongressDefenseDiscriminationDividesFulfillingGay Rights Author:Barack Obama
“If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but because literature can be more truthful about things like sex, commitment, and aging. It can be more truthful about the stuff that our parents lied to us (and themselves) about, and the stuff that everyone has to lie about. It can all be dealt with truthfully in fiction and poetry.” IfsMenWantYoungLyingLiteratureSexStuffParentAttitudeFictionCommitmentAgingYoung ManIf I CouldTruthfulLied Author:Lorin Stein
“The idols of today are unmistakable - self-esteem without achievement, sex without consequences, wealth without responsibility, pleasure without struggle and experience without commitment.” SelfTodaySexWealthPleasureResponsibilityStruggleSelf EsteemAchievementCommitmentConsequenceEsteemIdols Author:Jonathan Sacks