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"It's Not You. It's Jesus." How TV Reflects Our Odd Attitude Towards Chastity

There are three fictional adults grappling with their virginities with varying amounts of shame in big-name TV shows.

When I saw the prostitutes smile at me, I felt my face flush and my stomach dance with the same butterflies I got as a teenager -- I was hooked.

Christian side hugs for everyone!

Who doesn't want to have sex with virgins?

The message of the film is clear -- only bad people use condoms to have sex for pleasure.

Boys are taught that the things that make them good are universally accepted ethical ideals; women are told our worth lies between our legs.

First off, let's make sure some religious group doesn't buy it and decide to keep it intact forever.

The idealization of virginity is a tool to keep women in their place. So what's to stop me from profiting?

The hymen is useless, vestigial tissue. Yet this little piece of membrane has taken on huge societal, religious and moral significance.

The hymen is the stuff of legend and lore, and surgical attempts to "restore" it show how little anyone really knows about this body part.