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CrispyQ

(36,464 posts)
3. That was a very interesting read.
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 12:06 PM
Aug 2013

She points out aspects of virginity that I never considered:

Virginity Is Heteronormative

Virginity assumes that penis-in-vagina sex is somehow a special type of sex that is different from all others.


Virginity Erases Queer and Trans* Folk

Since virginity is stuck in a heteronormative box, it doesn’t leave room for those that don’t fall into the gender binary or other so-called “conventional” forms of sexuality.


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