Virginity...

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Quandry for the LJ World:

Virginity...
How sacred is virginity? In giving it to someone do you become irrevocably tied to the person involved? Is there ever a "right" person to give your virginity to? Does the person you give your virginity to have a responsibility to ensure they are the "right" person? How much responsibility does the person receiving the virginity have to make sure the person is "ready" if they say they are?

Comments

[ash130.livejournal.com]

We are led to believe that it is sacred or something to be held onto for "the right one" I think it's a cultural meme and much like cultural memes they are meant to control and regulate the masses. In some countries 14 is considered the marrying age. I would also guess that controlling one's first sexual experience is one way to ensure that the family gains power and influence instead of losing it. Never hear of many princesses marrying farm boys. When you ask is it sacred we now enter into the realm of religion and we know how open minded and tolerant main stream religions are right? Whitefanghusky has a very good point, it's all relative: How sacred is it to you.