How old were you when you lost your virginity? 17
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Mother was slightly spiritual or maybe deist, and I’ve never heard my father mention one single thing about his religious beliefs.
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? I guess I would say so, but saying either had religious tenets is rather difficult, right?
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? male, ~95% straight, 20
I’m a strong, scientific atheist, and I’ve never believed. The girl to whom I lost my virginity was Catholic, but she had some doubts.
How old were you when you lost your virginity? 14 heterosexual 19 homosexual
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Mormon
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? Yes was somewhat torn my first time at 14, at 19 I had stepped away from religion completely
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Male, gay, 30
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[li]How old were you when you lost your virginity? By the definition you’ve posted, I guess I was 15. But I sort of question the definition. (See below.) I didn’t engage in voluntary heterosexual intercourse until I was past 18.[/li]
[li]What religion, if any, did you parents practice? My mother was/is Methodist. My father, who had been dead by a good handful of years by the time I engaged in any of this, was raised Southern Baptist, but was a non-church-going deist by the time I knew him. And my stepfather at the time of these activities was the sort of Southern Baptist who gives Southern Baptists a bad name.[/li][li]Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? ** I did (and still do) believe in the tenets of my father’s faith. At the time I first engaged in sexual activity, I mostly believed in my mother’s.**[/li][li]What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, heterosexual, age 40.[/ol]. [/li][/QUOTE]
I know this might only make sense inside my head, but I can see where anal sex might qualify as “losing one’s virginity,” especially for a homosexual or bisexual man, but hand-to-genital contact seems more akin to “getting to third base,” in the euphemistic shorthand of teenagers. I guess oral sex would have seemed like “third-and-nine-tenths base” to me, as a teenager. And what if one’s first orgasm in the company of one’s preferred gender was the result of other contact? (For example, either participant got his/her jollies as a result of breast contact? Or a foot massage? In other words, no direct contact of either reproductive organ.) Would that qualify, in the case of someone who prefers that sort of sexual contact? By your definition, a guy who had his first orgasm while copping a feel of a girl’s genitals would not be a “virgin.” The definition seems a bit liberal, to me…
To expand a bit on the question, though, I wonder how many people answering this poll were actually married by the time they lost their virginity?
How old were you when you lost your virginity? 14
2. What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Nominally Catholic
3. Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? No, not sure I ever did. Agnostic now
4. What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Male, straight, 41
1. How old were you when you lost your virginity? 20 2. What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Father is/was Greek Orthodox, mother is Catholic 3. Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? Nope 4. What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, straight, 20
How old were you when you lost your virginity? Not counting date rape, 20 and married
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Christian - Methodist. They were active in the congregation.
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? Yes, not necessarily the denomination, but I had converted back from church-goer to believer a few years prior.
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, straight, 53
I’m adding one small nitpick. I know it’s pretty well understood for most purposes, but it bugs me when people mix up denomination and religion. Oh, well, just a peeve of mine.
How old were you when you lost your virginity? 12 for sex-lite and 15 for penetration and lesbians (I think, not entirely sure)
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Christian Science, though by 15 we were kinda lax about it.
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? Ah…well…er…it’s complicated. Yes, no, maybe so? (Now I’d say I’m an atheist/humanist with a strong desire to dance naked in the woods celebrating life. This isn’t much different from when I called myself a christian scientist, believe it or not)
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, bisexual, 19
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Dad had been Catholic, Mom had been Congregational Baptist, they decided that Episcopal was halfway between.
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? Hell fuckin’ NO, I had decided that their God was either dead or nonexistent.
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, pansexual*, 46
*gender is a sex toy. Thank you
How old were you when you lost your virginity? ** Older than I am now, unfortunately.**
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? Catholicism, the kind where they used to complain about the pope being too liberal.
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? No. I’ve been some flavor of doubter for at least ten years, and a strong atheist for five of those. Religious or moral qualms are pretty low on my List of Problems and Hangups.
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Female, straight, 21.
How old were you when you lost your virginity? - 22
2. What religion, if any, did you parents practice? - none
3. Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? - not applicable (and, to explain further, I was an atheist)
4. What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? - male, straight, 64
How old were you when you lost your virginity? 26
What religion, if any, did you parents practice? **United Church of Christ (Protestant branch) **
Did you believe the tenets of your parents’ faith at the time you lost your virginity? No
What is your gender, sexual orientation, and approximate age? Male, Straight, 27
