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defining virgin - two perspectives.
- Thread starter Classik
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How does the Bible define virgin? ...hm, I'd be curious to know.
The world? ...well, without going into locker room forum material, they seem to think only one type of sex qualifies as losing your virginity. I don't get that, though.
The world? ...well, without going into locker room forum material, they seem to think only one type of sex qualifies as losing your virginity. I don't get that, though.
This is what the Bible says about virginity:
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7
This is the dictionary definition:
vir·gin
a naive, innocent, or inexperienced person, especially in a particular context.
adjective: virgin
"acres of virgin forests
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7
This is the dictionary definition:
vir·gin
a naive, innocent, or inexperienced person, especially in a particular context.
- "a political virgin"
- the mother of Jesus; the Virgin Mary.
singular proper noun: Virgin; noun: the Virgin - the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo.
noun: the Virgin - Entomology
a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized.
adjective: virgin
- 1.
being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.
"his virgin bride"
synonyms:chaste, virginal, celibate, abstinent;More
maiden, maidenly;
pure, uncorrupted, undefiled, unsullied, innocent;
literaryvestal
"virgin girls"
2.
"acres of virgin forests
Perhaps this is too sensitive a question to ask, but if someone was a victim of sexual assault, are they still a virgin? (Not all cases of sexual assault actually end in rape, does that make a difference?)
No they are not.Rape is a tragic incident that takes someones virginity.Some men seek that.
Okay.
Partially asking as someone who was involved in a mild case of sexual assault as a little kid. (Don't worry, I went to counseling and all that a long time ago, I'm fine and was too young to understand what was going on anyway.) No actual rape was involved. But mostly just asking out of curiosity.
Classik
Member
Some responses say a female loses her intactness after the first cut (and only unprotected)
I had several incidents with sexual abuse as a kid.No rape.One was a friend of my mom.I was only 5.I tried to tell her but she would not believe me.One was an uncle.I learned very fast to stay away from him when he had been drinking.
In my case it was someone I trusted, and it did happen on more than one occasion. I remember when my parents found out they were horrified. I was only four or five at the time and didn't understand any of it until years later. I wasn't particularly traumatized since I had no idea what it was about, and I still thought mostly favorably of the person who did it. At least, from what I remember.
"Thinking out loud" as it were, here...
Yes, a lot of people say that.
It doesn't make sense to me. To me it'd seem like any sexual activity with another person at all would constitute a loss of virginity. IDK, the idea to me was always "a virgin is someone who's never had sex". Sex is sex, whether you first have it in that particular way or not.
P.S.
Women lose that bit of skin naturally before they are out of their teens, FYI. It can break from exercise or things unrelated to sexual activity, or it decinigrates (sp) on it's own...or so I was told by a medical student.
Claudya
Member
In my opinion yes they are still virgins. What they experienced wasn't sex, but violence. They even after a rape they are still virgins (inexperienced) to real (consenting and pleasurable) sexuality.
Maybe in the sense but the medical fact is they are not a virgin.It is kind of like a woman saying she is kind of pregnant.The incident behind a rape is tragic.
Fair enough.
Not all sexual assault is even violent though. In my case (and I'm only using it because it's the only example I can really use, you understand), I was told "hey, do this" and I didn't know it was wrong and I trusted the person, so I complied. Of course, that is NOT consent, since I did not understand the concept of sex at all (I was four or five), much less what was being asked of me.
No it is not.You were naive.God knows.
Claudya
Member
The medical sense isn't very relevant. Some women are born without a hymen, some lose it due to some incident (injury, gynecological examination, sports, use of tampons, masturbation) long before they have sex, some have sex several time before it is ruptured.
I was told that it actually disintegrates on it's own by the age of 19, too. Not sure if that's true, but the person who told me was a medical student. Or maybe I'm just remembering wrong.
Claudya
Member
Ugh. Sorry you had to experience such a nasty thing. I pray you didn't take lasting damage.
Of course that's in no way relevant for your virginity.
I don't remember any trauma, but then I don't remember much about my feelings on it at all, mainly just the things that happened. I did going to counseling, I remember that. They asked me how I felt about the person who did it, and I remember saying good things about them despite knowing from the adult's reactions that what happened was apparently bad.