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    1 Dec 2011

    10 Myths About Sex and Virginity - Debunked

    So glad to see that people are still talking about this! Over at lipstick-feminists, a reader submitted a piece by the fab Lori Adelman about some takeaway points from the Rethinking Virginity Conference I organized back in 2010. Lori wrote:

    The conference was organized by Lena Chen and the Harvard Queer Students’ Association, and brought together an incredibly diverse and impressive group of feminists, who dropped some serious knowledge on all things virgin-themed. One of the most interesting parts of the panel was learning how much misinformation exists around issues of virginity, sex, and our bodies.  I’ve compiled ten myths uncovered- and debunked- at yesterday’s conference.

    Virginity is a topic I’ve written a ton about - and to be honest, after spending a year researching it for my thesis, I’ve had to take a bit of a break from the subject. But I think Lori’s piece was such a great summation of the discussion that I had to repost! If you’re interested in learning about how virginity relates to slut-shaming, the institution of marriage, queer sexuality, and ideas about the hymen and female anatomy, … seriously, read it.

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      The conference was organized by Lena Chen and the Harvard Queer Students’ Association, and brought together an...
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      Can I also just take a moment to express how much I fucking deplore the misconceptions surrounding vaginal tightness?...
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      Myths 7-10 are my favorites. Myth #7: Slut-shaming plays an important social role by discouraging “risky” behavior....
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      Hard to believe (and simultaneously very easy to believe) that such simple things have become so complicated. Why are so...
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      The conversation I had earlier today.
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