Celibacy Rachel

I'm fairly young (22) and to be honest I'm not sure if I want to be celibate for the rest of my life. I know that at the moment this is the right thing for me but I really don't know how I'm going to feel ten years down the line. Celibacy isn't really a moral or religious issue for me - although I do have certain concerns in this area, for example the way people (esp. women) are treated as sexual objects - but it's mainly just a personal choice for me.

Even if celibacy is a temporary stage in my life and even if I do decide to give it up in a few years' time, it won't have been time that I was just filling in until I met someone. People tend to think celibacy equals not doing something so therefore it must be a negative thing but for me it's a positive thing. It means being able to free myself, not so much from sex itself but from everything that goes with it - the diets, the make-up, the latest skimpy outfits, the horrible 'meat market' nightclubs, all in pursuit of something I wasn't that interested in in the first place. It gives me solitude and space to think. It also allows me to develop my individuality and to become the kind of person I want to be, which I would find more difficult if I was also trying to fulfill the current perception of the ideal, sexually desirable woman.