Abstinence is a legitimate personal choice that deserves the same respect as any other. The speaker emphasizes that consent means asking first, and honoring someone's choice to wait for sex is part of respecting their boundaries.
This is one of the last questions I get with high school students. They say, but Mike, what about those of us in the room who believe in abstinence, who believe in waiting till marriage? Is that a legit choice for some people? Yes or no? Yes. If you believe in abstinence, then wouldn't you always want to be asked so somebody's not trying to do something with you you don't want done? Does that make sense? Yes or no? Yes. So if you're somebody who says, I believe in abstinence, you believe in everything we taught today. Because you want all your boundaries to be honored, right? So that's really important.
