Oral Sex
Am I still a virgin if I have oral sex?
Most people think of a virgin as someone who hasn’t had sexual intercourse. But sexual intercourse can include vaginal, anal, or oral sex according to most dictionaries. Historically, the term “virgin” referred to “an unmarried woman,” and the sign of a woman’s virginity was that her hymen was intact. (A hymen is a thin piece of skin that partly covers the opening to a girl’s vagina and typically breaks during first intercourse.)
Many young people want to retain the status of “virgin” while playing around with sex, but virgins by definition are not sexually active. If someone wants to keep the gift of their virginity for their future spouse, abstinence is the way to go. We describe abstinence as: “the resting place of your sexual activity until marriage.”
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