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Virginity is Not Hot

Virginity is Not Hot

'He won't respect me in the morning.' The GalTime Guy says that's just crazy. Is waiting worth it?

By SMF Marcus Osborne for GalTime.com It’s been a while since I really ticked someone off. I mean, I’ve been on a serious streak of low-keyness. This is a clear indication that I’m going soft. Not that I’m intentionally trying to incite a digital riot over here, but I do try to challenge conventional wisdom and get men and women open and honestly communicating. Soooooo…. ..let’s talk virgins!

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How I Became A Divorced Virgin

A five-year marriage with no sex: the true story of a divorced virgin.

How I became a divorced virgin: "I was twenty-nine, single again after a five-year marriage, and a virgin. When I met my now ex-husband Mike, I had just turned 21. We met at small Catholic liberal arts college, and even though I no longer believed in Jesus, the Saints, the Bible, God, really any of that. I was a virgin then, and I was a virgin when we divorced."

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Kevin Jonas' Engagement Rock

Engagement ring details on Danielle Deleasa's 3 carats from Kevin Jonas.

Massive details on the the engagement ring Kevin Jonas gave fiancee Danielle Deleasa.

Meet the "Sworn Virgins"

Meet the "Sworn Virgins"

These Albanian "sworn virgins" lived like men—but with their hymens intact.

Meet Albania's "sworn virgins." These poor, rural Albanian matrons chose decades ago (almost a century ago, in some cases) to live as virgins in order to be the "head of the household," in the absence of male heirs. In this patriarchal society, instead of marrying and becoming wives and mothers, these women act as fathers to their sisters and take care of the "man's business."