(September 11, 2018 at 12:41 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Really, why are religions like Christianity and Islam obsessed with virgin women? Even that notion "Losing virginity." What exactly has been "lost"? Shouldn't that be an achievement like every other time we begin a new phase in our lives like starting new job, new school, buying new car etc. And yet exploration of one's sexuality, the beginning of one's sexual life, an almost universally cherished feature of human existence, registered as a "loss".
Or "Losing innocence" - How does one become less innocent after experiencing a sexual connection for the first time?
Innocence, purity, blah, blah, blah . . .
In the old days, it was about the woman's value to her father. A daughter without the standard hymen feature had to be sold off at a considerable markdown -- assuming you could find someone willing to take her off your hands.
These days, I suppose the 'advantage' is that a bride's virginity will ensure that there will be no embarrassing, negative comparisons with previous lovers, who didn't need a map and Sherpas to find her clitoris.
