This manuscript traces the development of sexual abstinence and virginity as a commodity and describes how this development has contributed to modern conceptions of sexual abstinence. Within this analysis, the author provides what
demographic and statistical information is available on abstinence practice in North America as well as outlines some of the perspectives critical of abstinence
and abstinence-only sex education.
More importantly, the author argues that within many Evangelical churches a defined social spacea sexual marketplaceexists where individual agents exchange and convert this commodity, among others, to attract potential
marital partners. Furthermore, the manuscript outlines the effects and implications of this marketplace on its participants. The author derives these conclusions from the ethnographic observations and interviews he conducted while attending an urban Canadian Pentecostal Church.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/1547 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Willey, Robin D. |
| Contributors | Kent, Stephen (Sociology), Northcott, Herbert (Sociology), Braun, Willi (Religious Studies) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 456042 bytes, application/pdf |
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