Virginity

“The Virginity Trade” film was heart wrenching, it was full of real tears and real stories. It begins with the history of Cambodia and the genocide that took place there which has greatly impacted the society mostly economically. The quality of the film was great and a lot of women were interviewed so the viewer is able to hear their stories first hand from them. “The trafficking of women and children for the sex trade is considered one of the worst and most exploitive forms of human…

The article, The Cult of Virginity, by Jessica Valenti, is about how the idea of “virginity” is made up by society in order to control women and shame them for breaking this so-called norm. There is not a medical definition of virginity because it does not exist. Virginity is a title that men gave to young women in order to control them. So much pressure is put on young women to not be sexually promiscuous and to stay moral and pure. Women are not praised for their intelligence, independence, or…

fin-de-siècle years, two approached the hymen and virginity from a strictly medical and clinical angle while two offered differing subjective opinions of virginity. The general consensus among medical as well as popular sources from many different decades found that the wholeness of the hymen could not be equated with virginity. Since no other option existed for determining whether a woman was a virgin, the general defeat of hymen-related virginity left the physical act of first-time penetration…

The Comedia of Virginity: Mary and the Politics of Seventeenth-Century Spanish Theater was written by Mirzam C. Perez and published on October 15th 2012. This theater history book essentially discusses the important role that the character of the Virgin Mary had in 17th Century Spanish theater and politics. The author argues that there was much more to character of Mary than just her purity during this time. She argues that the Virgin Mary also represented something people could use to…

Virginity, being the controversial topic that is is, has been the centre of many discussions aiming to analyse, and question, its true importance. Such discussions, or more accurately, researches, have ranged from purely scientific, to strictly sociocultural, and the continue to exist and draw people to their conclusions about virtue. However, many are not aware of said discussions, because they have been conditioned, by society, to hold the idea sacred, and refuse to acknowledge any other…

The matter surrounding the virginity of women in the book Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez conveys a message of the value of purity and the unrecognized power of the community’s women through Angela Vicario's refusal to fake her deflowering on her wedding night. The prominent irony that accompanies the town's strong stance on women’s virginity before marriage is perpetuated by the women in the town through their practice of faking virginity in order to keep the structure…

quote) A woman is supposed to stay pure until marriage, yet a man is not held to the same standard. Female sexuality is a major theme because Esther is in constant turmoil with herself and her desires. She has expectations of who she should lose her virginity to; allowing herself to finally be inducted into a nonexistent…

Male Virginity Before I started my dating my fiancé, he confessed to me he was virgin. He told me about his lack of experience in a whisper, head low and eyes refusing to meet mine. After we started dating I got the full story. From sixteen to seventeen my significant other could not wait to lose his virginity but the opportunity never presented itself. When he was eighteen he started dating his ex who was determined to get pregnant even though she was only sixteen and still in high school.…

Losing your virginity is a large milestone, and we can infer that this character is truly joking to cover up her embarrassment for not completing such an important milestone. Without the fallacy of a misplaced scale, this would just be a conversation, not a punchline. Rubin explains that this hindrance stemmed from religion, specifically citing Christianity. Often, religion impresses that virginity should be saved for marriage as it is viewed as such a…

Part A (1) What is the purity myth and how is it related to the Madonna/Whore binary? Why is this myth impossible to realize for women? The Purity Myth is described by Jennifer Valenti throughout her novel as the socially created construct that surrounds women based on the premise that in the 21st century a women’s worth is determined by whether or not she is sexually active. A women who is sexually active may feel a loss of worth a this Purity Myth, given that they are consistently bombarded…