Not long ago I read the prequel to a book that we read later in the school year called The Prisoner of Zenda. It’s called The Heart of Princess Osra. Basically, every chapter follows the life of a different man who falls in love with Princess Osra. Every one of them either must leave the country or die because her beauty has driven them mad with love. In one case a man, who has disguised himself as a soldier to get close to her, ultimately decides to kill the princess so that honest men will no longer suffer because of her beauty. He, of course, can’t do it, but instead dies to protect the Princess. After this Osra asks the King to make her a nun so “that she might trouble honest men no more.”
This is an entertaining story to read, but is a pack of lies for girls. Let me address five myths:
Myth #1: Men can’t control themselves.
Bull. There are men who don’t control themselves, but that’s true of anyone, right? What you wear, or how you look, doesn’t make a guy do anything. In the Christian world we talk about girls causing guys “to stumble” by wearing clothing that might cause them to lust. Girls don’t cause this. This is important because lots of girls feel ashamed of themselves when they have been violated (physically or verbally or by text etc.) by a guy. There is part of them that feels like they caused it or “asked” for it. I’d like to drive 100mph on the highway because it would be a thrill, but I choose not to do it. But, if I did, and got a ticket, I can’t say “movies with chase scenes” made me do it. If a guy blamed you for a violation of his, he is lying.
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