The state of not having had penetrative sex. Someone who is in this state is termed a virgin. Losing it tends to hurt, mostly for women, but sometimes for men as well. It also has a fuckload of meaning in society (pardon the pun). Men see it as a curse, women keep it for one reason or the other. Why?

For men, getting laid for the first time is harder than hitting a hole-in-one (again I apologize for my punnyness). Dudes don't know the cues and technique to woo effectively at first. The faster one loses it, the more experience and confidence earned compared to one's peers, the easier courtship becomes, the easier it is to find ms right and get bizay.

Women keep it because its so easy to lose for them. If one is at least disturbingly average, all she needs to do is ask. So women value it, and it gains more interest than harvard's endowment did over the last century. Of course, women don't value it as much in men b/c men tend to suck the first time.

For both sexes of course, regardless of their stance, losing it is pretty fucking magical. There are also those crazy mofos who believe virginity is the key (or keyhole) to heaven....which sorta explains why losing it is so pretty fucking magical.

Oh and for you asswipes out there, virginity is *given*, equally by both men and women. It cannot be a "taking" if you give it and should not be actually taken from anybody, male or female. Semantics, people! They most certainly DO fucking matter!

What women are proud to have and men are ashamed of.

Unfortunately rare, but a valuable find. Believing in morality and true love. Devotion and commitment to purity. Beauty in self-control. Presence of mind in stressful situations. Admirable abstinence.

A big issue over a little tissue.

The greatest gift a woman or man can give to someone. You can only lose your virginity once, if you take someone's virginity, you have taken something that they can never get back: it's irreplaceable. As this is the first time someone has sex, the presence of the hymen will make this the tightest fuck.

The first time doing something fun, not always implying a sexual act.

Supposedly a personal trait that makes one "pure". Unfortunately, the very knowledge of it seems to have unintented effects.

For men, it makes them feel ashamed that they have it because they think it represents immaturity or something along that line. For women, it makes them lie that they have it because they think it makes them less of a slut.

For the religious and/or conservative, having it makes them believe they're imbued with magical powers, which may remain ONLY if they lose their virginity in marriage.

Something that disappeared from America long ago.