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title: virginity
date: 2023-07-24T15:02:00-04:00
author: Grace Koch
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# virginity

Losing your virginity, or “popping your cherry,” is a term for a person’s first sexual experience. Virginity is highly prized in shame-based, patriarchal cultures in which the “sexual purity” of women and girls is held to reflect the honor of the family.

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