The idea of the sacredness behind virginity is culturally constructed, and the fact that people primarily concern themselves with the sacredness of women's virginity says a lot about its role in society: controlling women and their sexuality.

Anyone else hearing a ton of male arrogance in this thread? And I've been reading the posts from a lot of you guys on here for a long time...I know you're not arrogant people. But it seems like you think that:

a) Your sexual prowess would absolutely unhinge a virgin...to the point where you have to take precautions not only to protect yourself from how emotionally insane she's going to get when you have sex with her, but to protest her from herself as well

b) If a woman is a virgin beyond a certain age, there *must* be something incredibly wrong with her that you don't even want to contemplate.

c) You having sex with a virgin would be a real favour to her - something you grant her the privilege of enjoying, "even though"

Whoa. That's all I've got to say.