# Cherries are a sexual symbol? Of what?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherries-are-a-sexual-symbol-of-what/307210 "2005-06-06T21:24:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherries-are-a-sexual-symbol-of-what/307210/21 "2005-06-09T03:07:59Z")

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I thought the cherry was specifically the hymen. Men, however, can have metaphorical cherries. (“He finally busted his cherry,” might be said of a guy who just had sex for the first time.) I’m not entirely sure if this is considered a degrading or feminizing usage.

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