| Sex is a gift to be kept for marriage By: Keith Wojciech Junior, Mechanical Engineering *published in Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Thursday, September 7, 2000 My heart was broken after reading the column titled “Sex: it does a body good” (CT, Sept. 1). The title reveals the lie that almost all my peers have bought into. Let me tell you the truth about sex. It is not just good – it’s the greatest gift, given by God, we humans can give to one another. I am extremely looking forward to giving myself in that way to my wife some day. Can you imagine the intimacy involved in that? Can you imagine the love, the care, the trust and most importantly, the lack of regret involved in that? No, I imagine many of you can’t. You’ve bought into the lie that it’s just some animal action only used to please oneself. Oh, how my heart breaks for you. To you girls whol have given yourself over just to feel loved, it breaks. To you guys who feel the need to exert your “macho-ness,” my heart breaks. Don’t believe the lie; please don’t. Sex is meant for the greatest union of all: marriage. It’s not meant for selfish gain, and that’s what it is, even if you think you’re “in love.” A real man will wait if he really loves her. A strong woman will wait if she wants that seemingly elusive true love. It’s possible. If you’ve been burned, then change and grasp onto truth. Your past mean nothing if you’re changing your future. The part of the column about not regretting having casual sex had not considered several important circumstances. Consider the girl who cries every night because she gave it away to a false love. Consider the guy who can’t sleep at night because he knows he took advantage of a girl. Consider the husband who can’t look his wife in the eye anymore because of what he did. The writer’s attitude exemplifies the quintessence of shallow. |