Necris Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 Exactly as the title says, what if instead of our current more sex-crazed culture virginity for both men and women was highly valued and had a sort of "boss" status to it. Where the 40 year old virgin was the ultimate "cool guy" instead of the ultimate "loser". How would our culture be different what are the implications of this?
january2011 Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) In some cultures, it still has 'boss' status, especially for women. And I think that even in 'sex-crazed' cultures, there's still a certain stigma attached to women who have had too many sexual partners or 'give it up' too early when dating. No matter how 'advanced' we think we are, I think that, collectively, we still hold to so-called traditional values. Times are a-changing but it's not going to be an overnight thing. Edited May 19, 2012 by january2011
Fondue Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 Pretty sure if you fly over to the middle east, you're going to find that exact mentality.
veggirl Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 Til when though? Is the hypothetical goal virginity til death? Marriage? Unmarried and virgin at 40 would be looked at as a failure then, I think.
mark 40 Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Exactly as the title says, what if instead of our current more sex-crazed culture virginity for both men and women was highly valued and had a sort of "boss" status to it. Where the 40 year old virgin was the ultimate "cool guy" instead of the ultimate "loser". How would our culture be different what are the implications of this? virginity won't ever have boss status. with our sex crazed country, even 20 year old virgins are made into losers. 30, forget about it. the female gender as a whole, wait theres a tiny handful of exceptions, shuns virgins. the saddest part: they won't admit it.
Imported Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Pretty sure if you fly over to the middle east, you're going to find that exact mentality. Pretty sure you're not. Same to the guy talking about Asian cultures. Male virgins are just out there anywhere you go. Female virgins up to a certain age might be acceptable in many cultures. Male virgins....not so much, except to gay men maybe (but you're probably gonna have to be the bitch and take it in the butt). Men are suppose to go out and get what they want in pretty much all cultures. What civilization has there been where men were not the major if not the only players behind building it up? Being a virgin just demonstrates inability, inexperience, lack of drive, confidence problems and many other problems. You're a 40 year old male virgin? Somethings wrong with you. But.....(insert excuse here)...... Female virgins up to a point (@25 for me) are fine. After that, they probably have issues. If virgins of both genders had "boss" status, we'd be ****ed. Most male virgins....suspected virgins....I know are fat, lazy, talk alot about what they want, but never go after it, waste time playing video games and other pointless crap because you gotta fill the time somehow, low wage earners with very little drive to improve. Which is good I guess, because they're fairly unlikely to reproduce.
mark 40 Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Pretty sure you're not. Same to the guy talking about Asian cultures. Male virgins are just out there anywhere you go. Female virgins up to a certain age might be acceptable in many cultures. Male virgins....not so much, except to gay men maybe (but you're probably gonna have to be the bitch and take it in the butt). Men are suppose to go out and get what they want in pretty much all cultures. What civilization has there been where men were not the major if not the only players behind building it up? Being a virgin just demonstrates inability, inexperience, lack of drive, confidence problems and many other problems. You're a 40 year old male virgin? Somethings wrong with you. But.....(insert excuse here)...... Female virgins up to a point (@25 for me) are fine. After that, they probably have issues. If virgins of both genders had "boss" status, we'd be ****ed. Most male virgins....suspected virgins....I know are fat, lazy, talk alot about what they want, but never go after it, waste time playing video games and other pointless crap because you gotta fill the time somehow, low wage earners with very little drive to improve. Which is good I guess, because they're fairly unlikely to reproduce. you're way off the mark. almost every fat, lazy, moderately ugly unemployed with no ambition guy isn't a virgin at 25. most male virgins aren't bottom of the barrel even though non virgins repeat this over and over again. a lot of virgins are successful, sometimes tall, sometimes good looking, but they do horribly with the ladies. virgins very often have dates with ladies which go ok, but the lady says she doen't 'fancy' him. rinse and repeat.
El Brujo Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Come on now, if Richard Branson had named all his business holdings "Tart" or "Hussy" instead of Virgin, would it appeal to more people? We virgins in the US are where gays and lesbians were a couple of years before Stonewall; we're not ready yet. It takes a lot of bad-mouthing to make something cool or uncool, and bad-mouthing takes a lot of work!
mark 40 Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Come on now, if Richard Branson had named all his business holdings "Tart" or "Hussy" instead of Virgin, would it appeal to more people? We virgins in the US are where gays and lesbians were a couple of years before Stonewall; we're not ready yet. It takes a lot of bad-mouthing to make something cool or uncool, and bad-mouthing takes a lot of work! virgins are behind gays, blacks, everyone in acceptance. why?
Author Necris Posted May 20, 2012 Author Posted May 20, 2012 Pretty sure if you fly over to the middle east, you're going to find that exact mentality. I'm talking virginity for both women AND men, I don't know too many places where a male virgin is seen as something as high status as a female virgin.
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