All this noise about virgin here and there is killing me....so I'm throwing out this question what is virginity and who is a virgin

A virgin is someone who’s never had sex — but it’s not quite as simple as it seems. That’s because sex means different things to different people, so virginity can mean different things, too.

A lot of people think that having penis-in-vagina sex for the first time is how you lose your virginity. But this leaves lots of people and other types of sex out of the picture.

Some people haven’t had penis-in-vagina sex, but they’ve had other kinds of sex (like MouthAction or anal sex) — and they may or may not see themselves as virgins. And there are lesbian, gay, bisexual or pansexual people who may never have penis-in-vagina sex at all. But they probably don't see themselves as lifelong virgins just because they haven’t had penis-in-vagina sex.

Some men here don't know that sb who has had oral, anal, or other types of sex apart from vaginal sex isn't a virgin.

Doctoadisa:
A virgin is someone who’s never had sex — but it’s not quite as simple as it seems. That’s because sex means different things to different people, so virginity can mean different things, too.

A lot of people think that having penis-in-vagina sex for the first time is how you lose your virginity. But this leaves lots of people and other types of sex out of the picture.

Some people haven’t had penis-in-vagina sex, but they’ve had other kinds of sex (like MouthAction or anal sex) — and they may or may not see themselves as virgins. And there are lesbian, gay, bisexual or pansexual people who may never have penis-in-vagina sex at all. But they probably don't see themselves as lifelong virgins just because they haven’t had penis-in-vagina sex.

Exactly....Thank you so much,you've done much justice to this question....most people(guys) out there don't know that a woman can have multiple orgasms and still have her hymen intact while another may have no hymen and still be a "virgin".Someone very close to me once told me he married a virgin and I asked him,"has your wife ever masturbated" And he replied with yes.That day I didn't know how to break it to him that his wife wasn't a "virgin" when he married her.I seriously think that definition has to be reviewed.

Three things everybody should know:
1.Virginity isn't the presence of hymen
2.A virgin isn't one who has never had penetrative (penile) sexual intercourse
3.A woman's value is not attached to her hymen cause if it is,then all rape victims should just commit suicide cause they are damaged goods,which isn't true!!!

chatinent:
Some men here don't know that sb who has had oral, anal, or other types of sex apart from vaginal sex isn't a virgin.

Thank you....and it's not just men,and women too

There are a lot of things people don't know....For example,sex for MOST women on their ovulation day is impulsive.no matter how churchy she is or how upright or how principled,if I know her cycle with a 90% accuracy,I can take advantage of her and she won't know what came over her....This keeping of the hymen thing till marriage just get as e be jare,some are just lucky;they stayed in their shell or never met their match