Jaga Diri : negotiating sexual abstinence as a sexual script

• Main Author: Abdul Rashid, Farah Izzah
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51709
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper argues that sexual abstinence as a sexual script is changing – first, from how it is taught by Singaporean-Muslim parents to their children, via imparting religious values to their daughters. Parents require daughters to, jaga diri or, “take care of yourself,” and abstain from sex when th...