How have we viewed female virginity?
January 15, 2016
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as posted by the channelWhat counts as losing your virginity if you're a heterosexual woman? How has the perception of virginity changed over time? Various cultures have interpreted virginity in different ways, but even within Western Europe ideas about virginity have changed over the centuries. In this short film Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, outlines some of the key social, religious and scientific beliefs that have existed about virginity.
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