# Cheerleader on 'Heroes' - permanent virgin? (TMI, for some, I suppose) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203 "2007-09-14T17:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/41 "2007-09-16T15:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] If she decided to get into group sex, and had one too many men, she could make an incision. Then she could get some action on the side. 😃 [/QUOTE] I really, really love this board ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/42 "2007-09-17T03:44:55Z")
I clicked on this thread because I am a fan of **Heroes** , and thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion. It was. But I wasn’t expecting the depth of discussion; although, in retrospect, I realize I should have. The appropriate smiley here would combine a huge laugh, a raised eyebrow, and an eek. Anybody got one I can borrow? ---
**Author:** ![Sanity\_Challenged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Sanity\_Challenged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanity_Challenged)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/43 "2007-09-17T03:58:20Z")
I wouldn’t take her virginity. Those instantly regenerating leg hairs whenever she tries to shave are a big turn-off. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/44 "2007-09-17T04:49:43Z")
Of course, there is the possibility that because of her regenerative abilities, and due to the fact that she never menstruates, that her uterus is a virtual, bristling, porcupine naval mine, of ovum. Made more potent month to month. What archetypical Goddess is Ms. Bennett from the pantheon? Is she immortal? Will she ever generate, does she have a lifespan or is she indestructible? Is she the Virgin Mary, perpetual? ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/45 "2007-09-17T05:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Okay, flesh _and_ bone. In other words, _normal_ human body parts. She doesn’t have an adamantium cooter or anything like that. [/QUOTE] simply wonderful ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/46 "2007-09-17T10:03:11Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Growth is strong. And his penis is soft flesh as well. [/QUOTE] What in the world does ‘growth is strong’ mean? And unsupported skin just isn’t going to cut other flesh… even taut skin like the hymen isn’t going to carry an edge. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/47 "2007-09-20T13:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Growth is strong. And his penis is soft flesh as well. [/QUOTE] Well, not always… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/48 "2007-09-20T17:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sanity Challenged] I wouldn’t take her virginity. Those instantly regenerating leg hairs whenever she tries to shave are a big turn-off. [/QUOTE] I’ve only seen four episodes or so, but why would she be unshaveable? (For one thing, it would be ultra-noticeable as a cheerleader and they’d probably throw eggs at her car.) Hair is dead. She can get a haircut, can’t she? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/49 "2007-09-20T21:46:17Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] What in the world does ‘growth is strong’ mean? [/QUOTE] Ever see a tree break up a concrete sidewalk ? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/50 "2007-09-20T22:21:46Z")
As others have pointed out, the only people who still think hymen=virgin are the ones who stone their bride if she lacks one. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/51 "2007-09-20T22:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] Her cells don’t die. [/QUOTE] But, as another poster pointed out, if her skin cells never died, but new ones were being generated…the prospects would be frightening. It doesn’t seem like her cells don’t die, more like they’re regenerated more quickly than they would in normal people. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/52 "2007-09-20T23:25:06Z")
Semi-related, [_Superman_ (V1) #415 (Jan 1986)](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/superman/415-1.jpg) described a brief (but by all indications fully consummated) secret marriage of Supergirl to an alien man, during a time she was suffering temporary amnesia some years before that character’s then-recent _Crisis_-related death. She had all her physical powers at the time - including if not an adamantium cooter, the next closest thing. The hymen issue was not explored, though Kara Zor-El wasn’t human and could easily have lacked one. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/53 "2007-09-20T23:32:43Z")
She could be the answer to [this.](http://www.larryniven.org/stories/Man_of_Steel_Woman_of_Kleenex.shtml)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/54 "2007-09-21T01:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] As others have pointed out, the only people who still think hymen=virgin are the ones who stone their bride if she lacks one. [/QUOTE] Or the ones who want to screw like bunnies and claim to be virgins anyway. Or cheat on their wife and claim that it didn’t count. Or claim that they didn’t **really** have sex with your daughter Mr Smith, so put down that baseball bat. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203/55 "2007-09-22T18:44:14Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Ever see a tree break up a concrete sidewalk ? [/QUOTE] Ever see a bonsai kitten? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleader-on-heroes-permanent-virgin-tmi-for-some-i-suppose/419203.md?page=2)