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Index

Abortion, 191

Abstinence: among nonvirgins,
87,
94; as birth control,
42,
197–198; as gift from God,
222n.
15; and masculinity,
24,
29; rarity of life- long,
145; religious vs. secular,
186–187,
197–198.
See also

Chastity; Premarital virginity

Abstinence-focused sex education: challenges to,
201–202; effective- ness,
180,
198–200; expansion,

42,
54–55,
74, 178–179,

199–200; federal definition,

180–181; gender/sexual identity

in,
180–181,
201; gift metaphor

in,
70,
195,
198; medical inaccu-

racies,
199–201,
249–50n.
7; sci-

entific evaluations,
191,
199–200; secular vs. religious,
181–182,
197–198,
250n.
22.
See also
Sex education

Abusive relationships, 86–87,

195–196

Acquaintances, virginity loss with,
105–106, 133

Act-of-worship metaphor,
182–190; conservative Christian support,
189; distinguished from gift metaphor,
182–183,
189, 251n.

29; effects evaluated,
197; male ad-

herents,
251n. 29

Adolescence, as distinct life stage, 33

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