Adulthood Quote by Peggy Orenstein

I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and neither should…

— 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

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

“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

Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Speaking with many young people, they act like their virginity is something you have to turn the page very quickly on. "It's done."

— Francois Ozon

“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 don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

— Don Williams

“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

My views on virginity have not changed.

— Britney Spears

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

— Voltaire