Chastity

zuzu at Feministe is reading Dawn Eden's book, The Thrill of the Chaste, so we don't have to. I thought this analogy from the comments was particularly perceptive:

For some people like Dawn, I think “chastity” is a sort of sexual anorexia; it's about the one thing they can control in otherwise uncontrollable lives.

Then again, I thought that this PostSecret postcard (NSFW) was fairly accurate as regards some chastity proponents I have known (although I don't think it applies to Eden), so perhaps I am biased.