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mhuzzellHave been wandering around Facebook again. Came across another instance of the first poster on someone's wall claiming to have taken their 'wall virginity'.
As a pedant, I am strongly opposed to this whole new plethora of things for which one can supposedly lose one's 'virginity'. Really, it's just doing something for the first time. The first time I rode on a train, I did not lose my 'train virginity'. The first time I got drunk, I did not lose my 'alcohol virginity'. Likewise, (for fuck's sake!) the first time I went to a concert, I did not lose my 'concert virginity'. As far as I'm concerned, there are only two ways of losing any kind of 'virginity': sexual acts and going to your first screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show--which may fall into the former category, anyway.
But, as part of my general project to deconstruct the prescribed sexual dialogue of our society, I kind of like it.
As a pedant, I am strongly opposed to this whole new plethora of things for which one can supposedly lose one's 'virginity'. Really, it's just doing something for the first time. The first time I rode on a train, I did not lose my 'train virginity'. The first time I got drunk, I did not lose my 'alcohol virginity'. Likewise, (for fuck's sake!) the first time I went to a concert, I did not lose my 'concert virginity'. As far as I'm concerned, there are only two ways of losing any kind of 'virginity': sexual acts and going to your first screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show--which may fall into the former category, anyway.
But, as part of my general project to deconstruct the prescribed sexual dialogue of our society, I kind of like it.
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Date: 2007-07-30 03:57 am (UTC)You're decisive as bugger-all darl.