post by clementinefemme:
repeat after me:
• virginity is a social construct
• you don't lose your virginity
• there's nothing valuable or precious about virginity, it's an imaginary concept
• virginity is inherently heterocentric
• your worth is not defined by weather or not you've had a dick inside you
• what you define as sex is up to you, you get to decide how many people you've had sex with
• the end
Uh, you don't get to decide how many people you've had sex with... There are gray areas for sure, but you can't have a child and say you haven't had sex.
Sure you can as there is such a thing as artificial insemination. Though I do agree with your actual point.
There is also adoption but that's just picking at the example and ignoring the point. I agree with everything else the meme is saying, but you can't just sleep around and say you're a virgin or the flip of that and claim you've had sex. I can't claim I've had sex with Aubrey Plaza and make it true just because that's what I choose. It's just a silly thing to even consider.
Huh.
I've not thought about it that way, but it makes a ton of sense.
Also never thought about it as heterocentric.