I just finished reading the article, and it's reaaaally bizzare. First of all, the tone of the article (and cover headline) makes it seem totally wierd to be a virgin over the age of 18 (it even starts with "Though you're reading an article about virgins, it's likely you aren't one"). Also, at 21, I am older than at least 4 of the 7 women interviewed in the article. Way to make me more self-conscious about my virginity, when an article about "old virgins" is full of 20-year-olds! Some of the girls interviewed also seem to have internalised some attitudes towards virginity, are self-conscious, embarrassed, view it as some sort of handicap, considers going for the next "semidescent" guy that comes along, or just wants to lose their virginity really bad.
We have moved this blog to http://virginitymovie.com where you can find all our posts and leave comments. This blog is no longer active. See you at the new site!
Filmmaker Therese Shechter [AKA Trixie] is making a documentary called How To Lose Your Virginity. This blog is a place for all manner of fascinating, enraging, and comical stuff about virginity and our attitudes towards female sexuality.
The US government has spent 1.5 billion dollars promoting it. It has fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction. And 50 years after the sexual revolution, it continues to define a young woman’s morality and self-worth.
Female virginity has been ‘restored’ through surgery, fetishized by porn, verified by doctors and commoditized by popular culture. Despite all this, there is no one definition of how it’s lost (ask any lesbian).
Using her own path out of 'virginity' to guide the narrative, filmmaker Therese Shechter creates a far-reaching dialogue with women along the sexuality spectrum. Layering verite, interviews and vintage sex-ed films with candid self-reflection and wry narration, How to Lose Your Virginity reveals the myths, dogma and misconceptions behind this so-called precious gift to explore why female virginity is still so valued in our otherwise hyper-sexualized society.
In a culture where “Be sexy, but don’t have sex” is the overwhelming message to young women, the film asks: Does virginity exist, or is it a social construct created to keep girls in line?
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I just finished reading the article, and it's reaaaally bizzare. First of all, the tone of the article (and cover headline) makes it seem totally wierd to be a virgin over the age of 18 (it even starts with "Though you're reading an article about virgins, it's likely you aren't one").
Also, at 21, I am older than at least 4 of the 7 women interviewed in the article. Way to make me more self-conscious about my virginity, when an article about "old virgins" is full of 20-year-olds!
Some of the girls interviewed also seem to have internalised some attitudes towards virginity, are self-conscious, embarrassed, view it as some sort of handicap, considers going for the next "semidescent" guy that comes along, or just wants to lose their virginity really bad.
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