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Topic: Virginity

Michael Cimino as Victor and George Sear as Benji in "Love Victor" (Hulu)

Finally an honest teen virginity story

Kylie Cheung
Ray Gootz (Alex Valderana)

I lost my virginity at 37

Ray Gootz
Ray Gootz (Alex Valderana)

Losing my virginity at 37

Ray Gootz
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Arya Stark is an adult now — get over it

Amanda Marcotte
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Sex in the cornfields

Dan Rousseau
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Secrets of "Virgin Nation"

Sara Moslener
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Melody Rowell - DAME
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I'm saving myself for God

Donna Freitas
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Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco and Seth Rogen in "The 40 Year Old Virgin" (Univeral Pictures)

Reddit schools virgins on sex

Tracy Clark-Flory
Kristy McNichol and Matt Dillon in "Little Darlings" (Paramount Pictures)

How to lose your virginity

Tara Ison
Samira Ibrahim, an Egyptian activist and virginity testing opponent, at a women's rights protest in Cairo (Associated Press)

Jenny Kutner
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When guys hear I'm a virgin

Ellen Burkhardt
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Jenny Kutner
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My body was going nuts

Angela Pneuman

Amanda Marcotte - Alternet
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Jenny Kutner
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I regret my virginity pledge

Samantha Pugsley - XoJane
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Losing your virginity: Not awkward now

Jenny Kutner
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Jenny Kutner
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Tales of a 33-year-old virgin

Ray Gootz
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The trouble with virginity

Melissa T. Goldman
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Mary Elizabeth Williams

Shannon Rupp - The Tyee
Elizabeth Smart

Joanna Brooks - Religion Dispatches
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