[lit-ideas] Re: Famous Writers Who Were Virgins
- From: Sue Trevor <suettrevor@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
Mr. Speranza,
You appear to think that "breaking" the hymen is the same as losing one's
virginity. This is not the usual meaning of "virginity," even though it is a
"test" of virginity in some ethnic groups. A broken hymen is just that,
although, as I say, it is taken by the medically illiterate as a sign that a
woman has had sexual intercourse, which, when I was in school counted as losing
one's virginity.
I could point out to you that despite the religious and cultural focus on the
virginity of women, men, too, are virgins until they have had intercourse--one
way or another--but I doubt you would listen.
Sue Trevor
Northridge CA
> In a message dated 4/30/2010 6:09:42 P.M., _rpaul@xxxxxxxxx
> (mailto:rpaul@xxxxxxxx)
>
> quotes my:
>
> >>I know a female who lost her virginity when riding
> a horse (That is
> actually pretty common.)
>
> and comments:
>
> >Among acrobats, perhaps.
>
> No. If that had been the case, I would have specified
> it: "it is pretty
> common, amongst acrobats, for females to lose their
> virgnities, while reading
> a horse.
>
> For an acrobat is NOT a common profession.
>
> My understanding is that in some sort of excercises
> involving the
> stretching of legs, etc, (riding a horse, a bike, etc.) can
> produce the breaking of
> the hymen. I suppose there are attested cases of such
> "losses of
> virginity".
>
> Emily Dickinson.
>
> JL Speranza
>
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