Kosher Coupling (chuckle…)
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach gives some sound advice about dealing with being a virgin in a sex-soaked culture.
Therefore, if we want men to raise themselves up, as they used to, back in the medieval days when courtly love prevailed, and men had to better their character in order to be worthy of women, the formula is straightforward and simple: Women should not have sex with men who have not married them. Period. And you’re right again, Nadia. If women collectively implemented this policy, it would change men over night.
I agree with the main sentiment (that if all women changed men would change overnight)… and, probably, that would be a good thing… however… the thing about going back to the medieval days… not so much. I don’t know that I want to emulate any part of a time where there was slavery… women were just property… burning “witches” in god’s name… no… I will never be happy when anyone tells me to emulate that period in history.
I also don’t think that “courtly love” prevailed then…
I would be careful about citing Shmuley “Michael Jackson’s self-appointed spiritual guide slash publicity seeker” Boteach on anything. Other than that, makes sense.
So, he may be a little off in his alignments, but he is right on with this particular article.