# Can a woman who's had children realistically play a virgin? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867 "2013-07-18T17:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/41 "2013-07-18T21:01:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Va - a gina nice and loose > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Va - a floppy gaping hole… Being sung by Michelle “Clown Car” Duggar. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/42 "2013-07-18T21:03:51Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > My wife had three kids and I’d be happy to lay her vagina next to a virgin’s any day and ask you if you could tell the difference. have you developed a questionnaire? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/43 "2013-07-18T21:08:57Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > have you developed a questionnaire? Nah, you just use a stopwatch to time the echo. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/44 "2013-07-18T21:27:58Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > Yes. They are called Actors. They pretend to be characters that are different from them because that is their profession. It is what they DO. Yes, but their vaginae don’t. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/45 "2013-07-18T21:43:16Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Only 50% less?! :eek: You’ve heard the expression, “Gotta grease a few palms to get something done in this business.”? The adoption game works a little differently… ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/46 "2013-07-18T21:49:43Z")
if a virgin played the part then people would tell her to ‘break a hymen’. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/47 "2013-07-18T21:57:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Or virgins who own and utilize an 18"DHIBJD? > > I can honestly state that I have never had my enjoyment or lack thereof of a actor’s performance affected by the imagined elasticity of their vagina. Since when is that thing shared? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/48 "2013-07-18T21:59:13Z")
There was a young actress from Bight Whose puss was remarkably tight Though kids she had three Inside you can’t see Unless you tickled it perfectly right ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/49 "2013-07-18T22:05:19Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > How can having children in real life possibly impact credibly portraying a virgin? …unless the actor is pregnant and showing at the time. Even then I wouldn’t necessarily rule out the pregnant woman, depending on the role. I mean, if she’s going to be playing Mary in a Christmas pageant then a visibly pregnant non-virgin is probably going to be more convincing than an actual virgin with a pillow under her robe. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/50 "2013-07-18T22:25:15Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Or virgins who own and utilize an 18"DHIBJD? Really? How on earth is color relevant here? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/51 "2013-07-18T22:37:56Z")
I’ll answer seriously and say no, but not because of floppy nachos south of the border. A woman’s body changes after carrying a child (stretch marks, sagging skin) that’s not necessarily obvious after one child but after five her body will be wrecked. Of course, you’d still have to see some of her body to notice. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/52 "2013-07-18T22:50:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Nah, you just use a stopwatch to time the echo. I’d send a duck in. ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/53 "2013-07-18T23:05:17Z")
to answer the OP, of course. The real question should be whether a virgin can play someone who’s not a virgin. As they haven’t had the experience to use as reference, portraying a non-virgin (or mother) might be a little more difficult. The converse (the OP’s question) is simple to answer, as the non-virgin should be able to remember their virgin days to draw upon. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/54 "2013-07-19T00:05:11Z")
It came from Planet Claire! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/55 "2013-07-19T00:10:24Z")
T - Turns up out of the blue R - Ridiculous question asked O - nly one appearance and gone L - Laughs for everyone that will bring us all to L - Lock it down, mods. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/56 "2013-07-19T00:11:09Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > There was a young actress from Bight > Whose puss was remarkably tight > Though kids she had three > Inside you can’t see > Unless you tickled it perfectly right /thread. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/57 "2013-07-19T00:15:03Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Look, acting’s not like ventriloquism. It’s not like she has to _throw_ her vagina to be convincing. Couldn’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/58 "2013-07-19T00:31:27Z")
“We were about to offer her a role as a Disney Princess, but then we realized she looks like a bulldog eating yogurt.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/59 "2013-07-19T00:36:57Z")
Here’s a serious suggestion. Watch\* The Music Man.\* Note the performance by Shirley Jones as Marian the Librarian. Do you believe she was “neat and tight down there?” She was pregnant while the movie was being shot. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867/60 "2013-07-19T00:43:28Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Since when is that thing shared? > 😛 That’s implied by the “DH”. And it’s been long enough since that thing’s come up that I don’t remember what the “I” represents. (Don’t worry, I’ll search it up.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-whos-had-children-realistically-play-a-virgin/663867.md?page=4)