chastity:
1. The condition or quality of being chaste , pure or virginal.2. Abstention from sexual activity, usually meaning a state of celibacy or virginity .
Quotes:
(1) Aldous Huxley (1894-1963): ' Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions .'
(2) Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915): ' Chastity is the most unnatural of the sexual perversions .
(3) Anatole France (1844-1924): ' Of all sexual-aberrations, chastity is the strangest .'
(4) From Encyclopedia of Graffiti Robert Reisner & Lorraine Wechsler (1974):
-- ' Chaste makes waste .'
-- ' Chastity is its own punishment .'
-- ' Virtue can hurt you .'
(5) Humorously defined by Louis J. Safian in An Irreverent Dictionary of Love and Marriage (1966) as: ' The purity of a woman who has never been tempted .'
See Also: abstinence, celibacy, chastity, chastity belt, corner, drawers of iron, Florentine girdle, full pudenda, girdle of purity, girdle of Venus, new celibacy, padlock of purity, partial pudenda, sexual abstinence, Spanish padlock, torture
Quotes Containing chastity:
Aldous Huxley: ''Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.''
''Chastity belts was waist pollution.'' From Encyclopedia of Graffiti. Reisner & Wechsler (1974).
Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck) and Robin (Cary Elwes) in Robin Hood. Men in Tights (1993): - Marian: ''Oh! I forgot to tell you about my chastity-belt . It''s an Everlast.'' - Robin: ''I''ll bet!''
The Fool (Woody Allen) trying to open the Queen''s (Lynn Redgrave) chastity-belt in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972): ''With most grievous dispatch I will open the latch and get to her snatch .''
Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck) and Robin (Cary Elwes) in Robin Hood. Men in Tights (1993): - Marian: ''Oh, darling . Don''t despair for it is written on a scroll: One day he who is destined for me shall be endowed with the magical key that will bring an end to my... virginity .'' - Robin: ''Oh, Marian. If only it were me.'' - Marian: ''Oh, if it were you it would be t-w-errific!'' (Marian is wearing a chastity-belt .)
Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck) and Robin (Cary Elwes) in Robin Hood. Men in Tights (1993): - Marian: ''Oh, darling . Don''t despair for it is written on a scroll: One day he who is destined for me shall be endowed with the magical key that will bring an end to my... virginity .'' - Robin: ''Oh, Marian. If only it were me.'' - Marian: ''Oh, if it were you it would be t-w-errific!'' (Marian is wearing a chastity-belt .)
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