Are you a woman? Do you enjoy laughing, and do you sometimes do so in public? While this seems about as innocuous as, well, being in public, according to Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, laughing in public could indicate that a woman is *gasp* unchaste.

Peter Lynagh gave up sex for a year to raise money for charity. And despite what you saw in 40 Days and 40 Nights, it was not thatttttt hard.

Well, the good news is that a prominent member an order of priests notorious for child abuse hasn't himself abused any children. The bad news is that he broke his vow of chastity by fathering a child with a woman. The Vatican is pissed. Progress?

Abstinence-only educators' days are numbered. Meet the Purity Ring 3000, a device so advanced, so adept at keep your mind clean and your hymen intact, you'll never need another shaming from an actual flesh and blood human again.

Concerned that their precious children are not learning to be terrified enough about the deadly consequences of sexual intercourse, lawmakers in Tennessee have added language to their abstinence-only sex ed curriculum that warns students of the dangers of "gateway sexual activity" in a desperate effort to make sure…

Two weeks ago, we were all introduced to the Purity Bear via a creepy video that looked like the last-minute submission to a misguided high school film course assignment. Well, according to the makers of this helpful little creature, the Purity Bear has been a rousing success because it has attracted more than a…

Hey guys, have you met The Purity Bear? He's a plush toy who appears to tempted teens and warns them without moving his mouth that going inside a girl's house will inevitably lead to sex having, and sex having before marriage is literally the worst decision you could possibly make.

The new Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware is known best for her positions on sex: She is a devout Catholic, chaste, anti-masturbation, pro-abstinence-only sex ed, anti-condoms and anti-porn. But Christine O'Donnell didn't grow up in a strict religious household.

Chastened, Hephzibah Anderson's memoir about her year of celibacy, reveals a deep confusion about how to live and love in a (sort of) sexually liberated world. It left us wondering: how come dudes never write books like this?

Victor LaValle's account of his two years of (almost) celibacy — alleviated occasionally by phone sex — makes the case that not getting any will drive you crazy. But actual lack of sex may matter less than just plain loneliness.

Meet "Secret Keeper Girls." It's kinda like American Girl. If American Girl was focused on modesty, God's Plan, and staying pure.

Leslee Unruh is the President of the Abstinence Clearinghouse and Executive Director of Vote Yes for Life, which spearheaded the efforts to ban abortion in South Dakota. She's also dabbled in crisis pregnancy centers, mobile crisis pregnancy centers and even a home where unwed mothers can live rent free. These days,…

In the UK, a 14-year old girl has been tossed out of school for wearing a bracelet. Thing is, she's Sikh. And the bracelet, a Kara, is a part of her faith. Her school says the bangle stands in violation of their dress code, which prevents not only the wearing of jewelry, but also the wearing of any accessories that…

Adriana Lima's ability to sell bras? Old news. Adriana Lima's virginity? Also old news. Adriana Lima's ability to sell virginity? Now that's a new one! FOXNews.com quotes 20-year old Kate Jones as saying, "Thanks to Adriana, all my friends and I are advocating chastity. We believe a lot of young girls have forgotten…

Am I alone in having fear put into my heart by those Gardasil commercials that tell me that I am definitely going to get human papillomavirus and die of cervical cancer? After all, 50% of Americans have HPV and 80% of American women will have contracted it by age 50, and, of course we're all aware of the fact that…