Read Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences Online
Authors: Laura Carpenter
Greece, ancient, sexual traditions,
18 Grounded theory,
11,
220n. 37
“Hali Meidenhad” (poem),
19 Hall, G. Stanley,
228n.
117
Halloween
(movie), 166
Happy Days
(series),
230n.
141
HBO Real Sex
(series),
94 Health reform movement, 24
Health, physical: effects of abstinence,
19,
24; effects of virginity loss,
6,
metaphors for virginity loss,
195–198; uncompromised by
Health (
Continued
)
virginity loss,
194–195.
See also
HIV/AIDS; Sexually=transmitted infections
Heterosexuality: assumption of,
6,
44–45,
147,
178; need to prove,
245n.
56.
See also
Sexual identity
Hinduism, and virginity,
219n. 23
Hispanics.
See
Latinos/Latinas Historical record: limitations, 18,
HIV/AIDS: concern at virginity loss,
66,
71–72,
185; conservative re-
education,
70,
74; generational ef-
public problem,
219n.
27.
See also
Health, physical; Sexually-trans- mitted infections
Homosexuality: history,
21,
25, 29,
35,
37; legal responses to,
35, 41,
43; linked with virginity,
60, 108,
medical responses,
41,
229n.
134; as stigma,
108,
117.
See also
Com- ing out; Gays/Lesbians/Bisexuals; Same-sex partners; Sexual identity
Honesty: advantages,
78,
97; with
friends/peers,
64,
111–112, 127,
151,
159–160; with parents,
67,
159–160; of researchers and par- ticipants,
9,
210–211; about
stigma,
102–103,
124; with strangers,
119; of virgin, ques- tioned,
85; with virginity-loss part- ner,
64–65,
78,
97,
113,
118, 127,
Honor, and women’s virginity,
45,
224n. 45
Hooking up,
77,
119,
237–238n.
43 Human Sexuality: Values and Choices
Identity: actual vs. virtual,
137, 241n.
5.
See also
Social identities Immigrants,
26,
226n.
78.
See also
specific racial/ethnic groups
Incompetence, sexual,
114,
118, 120,
134.
See also
Awkwardness Individualization: of approaches to
virginity loss,
55,
176–177,
207; of social identities,
206,
240n. 82
Industrialization,
26–27 Inevitability, of virginity loss, 145,
Inexperience, sexual,
157–158; part- ners’ ability to detect,
117,
121 Inheritance, and valuing virginity, 25,
Internet, virginity hoaxes on,
101–102,
241n. 3
Interpretations of virginity: and agency,
198; choosing among,
98–99,
138–139,
162, 175–177,
158–159; exposure to diverse, 98,
175,
183; resistance to revising,
161,
210.
See also
Metaphors, the- oretical approach
Interviews.
See
Research methods Intimacy.
See
Emotional intimacy Intrauterine device (IUD),
39.
See also
Birth control
Irrelevance, of virginity to gays/les- bians,
45–46, 204
Irrevocability, of virginity loss,
65–66,
71,
72,
155,
172, 185
Johnson, Ben,
20 Johnson, Magic,
219n.
27 Johnson, Mark, 11
Joy of Sex, The
(advice manual),
41 Judaism, sexual traditions, 18
Kelly, Kathleen Coyne,
20 Kinsey, Alfred,
37, 142
Kinship systems, threatened by pre- marital sex, 6
Kissing: before marriage,
184, 188;
before virginity loss,
63–64, 83,
Knowledge: motivating virginity loss,
146,
155; and power, 143–144,
L.A. Law
(series),
42 Labeling, and stigma,
102 Lakoff, George, 11
Last American Virgin, The
(movie), 172
Last Picture Show, The
(novel),
6,
231n. 158
Latinos/Latinas: approaches to virgin- ity/sexuality,
26,
40,
98,
170; di- versity among,
239n.
76; stereo- types,
240n.
83,
245n.
50.
See also
Race/ethnicity
Learning experience.
See
Rite of pas- sage
Lesbians.
See
Gays/Lesbians/Bisexuals Lesbigay: defined,
218n.
17.
See also
Gays/Lesbians/Bisexuals; Homo-
sexuality; Same-sex partners; Sex- ual identity
Levi-Strauss, Claude,
235n.
16 Lewinsky, Monica,
9, 50
Life course, unpredictability of, 203
Like a Virgin
(song), 2
Little Darlings
(movie), 103
Locations: for sex, difficulty of find- ing,
72,
114,
186; romantic pre- ferred,
160; of virginity loss en- counter,
65,
71–72,
128,
157, 169,
Losing It
(movie), 172
Love: distinguished from physical de- sire,
30,
184; necessary for virgin-
ity loss,
61–62,
69,
75,
83,
98; as
turning point,
160,
164; unneces-
sary for virginity loss,
2,
113, 118,
148; virginity loss justified by, 30,
32,
37; for virginity-loss partner,
ginity loss without,
74,
78.
See also
Emotional Intimacy; Girlfriend/Boyfriend
Making out,
36.
See also
Petting Malinowski, Bronislaw,
141 Marginalized groups.
See specific
groups
Marriage: companionate,
31,
224n.
39; eroticization of,
31–32; lesbi- gay,
154; linked to virginity loss,
80,
118,
141,
236–237n.
26; as
rite of passage,
142; timing, 4,
unnecessary for virginity loss,
61–62,
69,
75,
83,
100, 146;
among women,
22,
29 Marvell, Andrew,
223n. 28
Masculinity: compromised during vir- ginity loss,
124; new models, 39,
73–74,
99; and presentation of
self,
68,
91; relationship to sexual
110,
232n.
174; and sexual iden- tity,
73.
See also
Gender; Men
Mass media: condoms in,
201; as data,
18; definition of virginity loss in,
50,
53; homosexuality in, 35,
42–43,
248n.
31; influence on vir-
ginity loss,
69,
94,
98,
125, 139,
206–207; personal experiences
women,
31,
38; U.S., Europe com-
pared,
192; virginity in,
1,
3–4,
187; virginity loss/sexuality in,
3–4,
6,
16–17,
22,
24,
27, 36–38,
See also specific titles
Mead, Margaret,
31,
141 Meanings.
See
Interpretations of vir-
ginity; Metaphors, theoretical ap-
proach
Medicalization,
227n.
98,
229n.
134 Memory: accuracy,
220n.
35; and
partner selection,
172; intensity and indelibility,
66,
165–166; and
Men: invisibility of nonvirginity,
225n.
56; lustful natures, 23–24,
142–143; nontraditional ap-
proaches to virginity loss,
74, 96,
174; nonvirginity preferred in,
32; preference for virgins/nonvirgins,
20,
32.
See also
Gender; Mas- culinity
Mental health: effects of virginity loss,
6,
181–182,
192–195; and
metaphors for virginity loss,
195–198.
See also
Health, physical
Metaphors, theoretical approach,
Metaphors for virginity: and gender equality,
195; health effects,
193–198; in sex education, 181,
195,
198.
See also
Interpretations, of virginity;
and specific metaphors
Mexican Americans.
See
Latinos/Lati- nas
Mickey Mouse Club, The
(series),
57 Mills, C. Wright,
219n.
26 Minorities.
See specific groups Moon Is Blue, The
(movie),
36–38 Moral conservatives: influence over
sex education policy,
180–181,
183,
189–190,
199–200; opposi-
tion to sexual liberalization,
41–43.
See also
Conservative Christians; Religion, religious be- liefs
Multiple partners: before virginity loss,
77,
92,
112–113,
172, 176;
desirability of,
108,
125,
162; dis- advantages,
188.
See also
Experi- mentation, sexual desirability of; Promiscuity; Technical virginity
Mutual virginity loss: advantages,
148; as ideal,
63,
70,
92; not de-
sired,
114; among participants, 64,
See also
Reciprocation
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy,
252n. 38
National Coalition Against Censor- ship, 201
National Health and Social Life Sur- vey (NHSLS),
230n. 147
Native Americans: approaches to sex- uality,
21,
23.
See also
Race/ethnic- ity
Necking,
28,
34,
185,
226n.
76.
See also
Petting
Nervousness, at virginity loss,
120,
148–149,
158, 168
Nonvirginity: abstinence after,
94; as- sumed,
76–77,
107,
118; as status