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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

In Between Times

Lately I have been hearing a lot of people saying they are celibate. This is a tricky proposition especially when it comes to women. Just because you don't have a mate right now doesn't make you celibate. It just means you aren't having casual sex at this time. Celibacy is a vow not to have sex or get married. Bare in mind you can't have one without the other. If you could do that everyone would qualify. Since most people aren't getting married anyway. What they are calling celibacy is nothing more than in between times.

Main Entry: celibacy !se-lu-bu-sE
Pronunciation: \ ˈse-lə-bə- \
Function: noun
Date: 1646
Results
1.
1 the state of not being married
2 a.
2 a abstention from sexual intercourse b. b abstention by vow from marriage

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