Do you think virginity is a virtue?

Question

Justify your answer.

Answer 1

No. It is just a lack of experience of a certain action. Virginity, itself, is neither good or bad.

The reason virginity was important in Biblical times, and it was only female virginity that was considered important, was because women were considered property. A non-virgin was considered used property and less fit to give away for marriage.

These days, the important given to virginity is just a hold-over from those highly patriarchal societies.

There are certain responsibilities associated with sex because of its possible consequences. However, a virgin is no more or less valuable than a non-virgin in any real sense.

Answer 2

Virginity is not a virtue, though it may be a product of the virtues. Moreover, the virtues are needed to know the right time, right place, and right person for no longer being a virgin.

HTH

Charles

Answer 3

It's a medical condition, and I have the CURE!

No, no, hands off the "thumbs down" button, I'm just kidding. Like chastity and fidelity, an emphasis on female virginity is an evolutionary response of sorts to the hidden estrus of human females---because human children require a significant investment of time and attention, it only makes sense for a male to make as certain as is humanly possible that it is his OWN genes he's struggling to preserve.

What I tell my students is that you only get ONE chance to make your first time special, and that it doesn't get more special than one's wedding night. But privately, I hope that at least *one* person in that situation knows what the heck they're doing, and know that my own most special, most memorable, most loving, most life-changing sexual experiences were neither on my wedding night . . . or my first time.

In the end, it's the love in the act that counts, not the hymen.

Answer 4

With all the sexually transmitted diseases now a days, I believe that virginity is more a necessity rather than a virture. In the past, in some societies it meant you were not a whore, while in others it meant you were not a proven breeder. In modern society it is looked upon as "gee, that's a rarity" yet to me, and this is just my opinion, it is better to wait since once you have a child you are responsible for that child and so no longer have time for yourself! (and this is from personal experience!)

Answer 5

No. How could it be? it's a condition into which all are born and from which almost everybody escapes. It's overvalued and that primarily the effect of people who simply have no knack for sex (no talent, no appreciation).

Oh yeah, don't forget people used to get "married" a LOT younger. Now we have this spare 10 years of sexual maturity to fill in with pride in our virtues? No, thank you.

Answer 6

Yes and no. No because things happen to people that make them fall happily in love. Yes because it encourages people to make wiser decisions. Keeping in mind that the virginity I've been raised on in church has to do with the cleanliness of your heart, I belief that does offer some good teaching.

Answer 7

Virginity is a physical characteristic.

Purity and chastity are virtues.

Answer 8

Not necessarily. Its your self worth that's a virtue. And if one strongly believes in abstaining until marriage then they should stick to their guns. Giving in to the demands of another would only cause eventual resentment and anger.

Answer 9

Yes indeed; it is a shame how virginity has been seen as something to be ashamed off ever since the promiscuous 60`s and a thing to be laughed at and ridiculed.
The greatest gift that you can give to your spouse along with your faithful love is that of your virginity, both myself and my wife were virgins on our wedding day and we have never regretted it but on the contrary see it as one of our greatest strengths.
Keeping yourself virginal for that special someone I believe is a gift to treasure all the day`s of your life.

Answer 10

I was not a virgin when I married neither was I a Christian.(I was a 60s kid and got around)Yes it is a virtue.It has to be the hardest thing to keep especially as a girl.I never pounded it into my kids heads but the girls swear they stayed that way till they got married .My son ....not so much .