virginity

When Sex Looks Like ‘Soaking’: Tales from Ex-Mormons

We asked a variety of people who used to belong to the Church of Latter-day Saints about soaking, the current trend saturating the internet — and the various ways some Mormons try to preserve their virginity

The Lifelong Guilt Trip of Abstinence Pledges and Purity Balls

‘It took both talk therapy and physical therapy to even be able to have sex as an adult. There was still that guilt looming over me. It was very hard to shake. I’m now married, and sex can still sometimes be difficult and painful.’

Three Men Who Lost Their Virginity Before They Turned 13

‘When I think of the time I lost my virginity, I sort of picture an asterisk next to it’

Is There a ‘Perfect’ Age to Lose Your Virginity?

It depends on whether male virginity is a real thing in the first place (and, spoiler, it isn’t)