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Not What You Meant?  There are 3 definitions for Self-denial.

Abstinence

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Abstinence Quotes
639 words, approx. 2 pages
Abstinence is a voluntary forbearance from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to abstention from sexual intercourse, alcohol, or food. Sourced...


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Abstinence Summary
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Webster's Dictionary defines abstinence as "voluntary refraining" from particular behaviors. Many sexuality educators argue that a key goal of adolescent sex education is helping to postpone sexual intercourse until the individuals involved are...
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Abstinence Information
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Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to abstention from sexual intercourse, alcohol or food. The practice...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Abstinence Obsession
03/09/2005: 392 words, approx. 1 pages
THE BUSH administration has been increasing grants to the states for abstinence-only sex education in public schools, crowding out funds for more comprehensive programs that include abstinence along with discussions of contraception. Now Governor Romney is following a similar path, supporting a restriction on...
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The Village Voice
Abstinence scofflaws
08/21/2002: 926 words, approx. 3 pages
Louisiana Court Slaps Religion-Based No-Sex Programs FOR THE FIRST TIME, a court has put a hold on some of the new government funding to promote sexual abstinence. Finding that certain abstinence programs in Louisiana are in violation of the constitutional separation of church...
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CommenTerry
Abstinence for Adults?
2/14/2007: 371 words, approx. 1 pages
The federal government is now expanding its abstinence advocacy program to target unmarried adults up to 29 years of age. The program advises individuals to abstain from sex outside of marriage to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Of course, to no one's surprise,...
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AP News
Harvard club promotes abstinence
3/22/2007: 521 words, approx. 2 pages
Sometime between the founding of a student-run porn magazine and the day the campus health center advertised "Free Lube," Harvard University seniors Sarah Kinsella and Justin Murray decided to fight back against what they see as too much mindless sex at the Ivy League school.They...
 


 

Abstinence

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