while gravely sinful, sɛҳuąƖ activity does not so corrupt the psychology of men as it does women.
sɛҳuąƖ activity doesn't corrupt human psychology; that makes it sound like coitus, even within the proper context of marriage, is a psychological illness.
Do you mean to say that there is no male equivalent of
female intactness?
This is in fact why there is no such thing as male virginity.
Apoc. 14:4:
These are they who were not defiled [coinquinati, masculine plural adjective in St. Jerome's transl.] with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
Male saints are not styled "virgins" in the Church's liturgy, but "confessors."
Sure, but the Martyrology says things like:
At Rome, holy Philip Neri, founder of the Congregation of the Oratory, famous for his virginity, his gift of prophecy, and his wondrous works.
he [St. Dominic] preserved without stain his virginity
I count the phrase "his virginity" 15× in the Breviary's biographies.
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