On the Value of Virginity

Before reading my journal, please read this: http://cafephilos.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-value-of-virginity/
My journal is in response to this blog.

I believe the value of virginity can be appraised by the motivation behind it. Some make virginity into a commitment, holding off until marriage or until that special person comes around, but even then there are different reasons for doing so. I believe a majority are making this commitment because they grew up being told this was how they should think regarding the giving of their virginity. However, for those that truly believe in their commitment, they make the concept of virginity priceless.   

And then there are those who have made no such commitment. They’re virgins due to indifference or lack of opportunity to change it. I could even go further saying that the latter even despise the fact that they’re still virgins because of the status that sexual prowess entails in some people’s eyes. That lowers the value of virginity for these two kinds of people, respectively, as worthless and detestable.

Regarding the former, those who are virgins due to indifference (or maybe it would be better to say here “those who see virginity objectively”), I would say that they can justifiably regard sexual innocence as higher than virginity, now called sexual inexperience, having extracted the subjectivity from the term.

Again, I’d like to stress reading the comments on the blog. It assesses virginity from different cultural and ethnical perspectives.