Feminism Is For Everyone

Aug 29, 2008,11:53 PM

losing your virginity

I'm sure most of us refer to the end of virginity as "losing it." But never before had I considered the negative connotation of the phrase before I stumbled upon what others had to say on the subject. Generally and out of context, when you lose something it is rarely considered a positive action and neither is it considered something done by choice. The same can be said for "taking someone's virginity;" to take something implies the use of force and lack of choice. I strongly feel like this phrase applies more to women than men (I think men would usually say something like "The first time I had sex..." Then again, I'm not a man so I don't know how men discuss the subject amongst their friends.), as if having sex for the first time is something shameful. Thanks, society, for implementing that degrading idea into my head. Likewise, it is also interesting how society suggests that it is shameful for a man to not have had sex before marriage. Some might view all this as pure semantics, but I'm just sayin'....

Labels: sex, virginity