Actors Quote by Jessica Valenti

Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for…

— Joyce Brothers

“For women especially, virginity has become the easy answer- the morality quick fix. You can be vapid, stupid, and unethical, but so long as…

— Jessica Valenti

“By erasing any nuance and complexity about porn and sexuality, the virginity movement gives young women only two choices of who they can be…

— Jessica Valenti

We continue to think of virginity as first intercourse. That ends up minimizing and marginalizing other things kids are engaged in, like oral sex.…

— Peggy Orenstein

Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women’s morality means that nothing…

— Jessica Valenti

“Girls “going wild” aren’t damaging a generation of women, the myth of sexual purity is. The lie of virginity—the idea that such a thing…

— Jessica Valenti

“I’ve always found the idea of 'saving' your virginity intriguing: it’s not as if we’re packing our Saran-wrapped hymens away in the freezer, after…

— Jessica Valenti

My views on virginity have not changed.

— Britney Spears

Morality does not favor a sex. It is either right or wrong.

— Laura S

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

[Virginity is] a cultural ideology that conflates passivity - the act of not having sex - with superior morality.

— Jessica Valenti

Virginity is not the dignity; its just a lack of opportunity.

— Ritu Ghatourey