I think this shit with virginity is relic from the stone age... from times when man's worth was measured with how many wild beasts he could kill with sharp stones and spears... and then that cavemen dragged the meat into his home cave. The meat was the key to woman's heart. More meat...the more better chances the woman had to survive the pregnancy and give birth healthy offspring. And the woman's virginity was for the man the way to quarantee the value of his investment. But those ages are about few millenia in the past... lol large part of men who make big noise about virginity wouldn't survive even 5 days in the forest. Plus how often those men making big noise about woman's virginity are virgins themselves ? Not too many I bet. Hypocrites... Why for men virginity is often sort of shame but for women it's often almost like compulsory virtue? This virginity thing with women is another men-enforced hypocritious value more. Women are expected to holy and pure like Virgin Mary when the sametime men can be dirty like pigs and it's completely ok... sheesh...

Virgin is everywhere - I see the Virgin Atlantic planes flying over me every day - I watch TV through Virgin cable and the Virgin trains are really comfortable. I think that Richard Branson, who created Virgin and is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, is a really cool guy - he's a good role model for men (especially foreigners!!!) anywhere in the world. His Virgin Galactic company is trying to be the first to offer commercial space flights - I wish I could afford a ticket!! Come on Claire - get a life!

poor girl is only asking for opinion, not for an ideological interpretation of the issue. claire, do you see why here is not the place for this question? quoting a line in my blackboard : "virginity is a cultural fact, either maintained or removed" and we all know what cultural facts are. ps: jura you are really optimistic about the social welfare agencies or media in china........do you really know the country?

Virginity is shame in some societies, or just fact like josep said, while in some arabic folks virginity removing before marriage is even crime. Women that are going to marry must be virgin there. As for me I appreciate virginity much.

This question is more suited to your local Health and Human Relationships newspaper column.