The are often repressed beyond normal decency, and as a result they are in a “presexual” stage of development.– what psychologists refer to as “latency/” In other words, out of a fear of sex, they have regressed to preadolescents, and they are feeling and acting like twelve-year-olds instead of adults who have gone through adolescence and figured all of that out. In the name of purity, chastity, and good morals, singles have been desexualized. He then states his opinion on the affects of a non dating policy: He found that with this person “this ’spiritual’ teaching was covering the fact that he was hiding from sexual problems, insecurities, and lots of weirdness” In a chapter titled ” Unleash Your Libido or Real It In” he talks about at least one situation where he has counseled people that were involved in a church where dating is frowned upon. It certainly gives a different view than Josh Harris will tell you. I was shocked at how applicable a section of this author’s was to what was discussed and how it explained in professional terms this mother’s concern about the group approach/courtship. Someone on another discussion list posted a concern about how not dating might be harmful to her sons development as they matured. I am reading a book “How to Get a Date Worth Keeping” by Dr.
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