losing one's virginity
Sexual initiation experience
Losing one's virginity is having sexual intercourse for the first time.
The phrase reflects traditional emphasis on virginity as something possessed and then given up or taken.
What counts as "losing it" varies by cultural and personal definition—for some, only penetrative sex qualifies; others draw the line differently.
She lost her virginity at sixteen.
The expression applies to all genders, though historically it carried more weight for women.
- losing itMental composure collapsing
- hymenVaginal opening membrane
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- age of consentMinimum years for lawful agreement
taboo · innocence lost · intercourse · making love · autonomy · rite of passage · vulnerability · puberty · maturity · birds and bees · trust · curiosity · regret · responsibility · safe sex · personal values · anticipation · coming-of-age
losing one's virginityabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
sexual abstinence · celibacy · chastity · virginity · continence
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