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{{quote|'''Captain Cragen:''' Since when is oral sex not sex?

 

A "technical virgin" is a person who has never had genital-genital sex but who has engaged in one or more sexually satisfying acts with one or more other people.

 

 

Note that in many patriarchal societies, both on earth and on paper, a woman who has been raped is "technically not a virgin" and suffers the [[Defiled Forever|related disadvantages]]. Such societies may vary in their stand on whether ''non''-coital incidents which rupture the hymen relieve a woman of technical virginity.

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In the porn manga ''[[Bondage Fairies]]'', perpetually innocent victim Pfil still has [[Virgin Power]] despite (a) being in a lesbian relationship and (b) having been repeatedly raped by (and occasionally had consensual sex with) various small mammals and insects. Apparently a girl is still a virgin until one has had genital-genital sex ''with a male of one's own species.''

* ''[[Koe de Oshigoto!]]'': One of the eroge scenarios Nagatoshi wrote (shown in chapter 26) had this as a theme, due to an industry standard about [[Miko]] generally being virgins, but Hadzuki shed a bit of light that makes the premise suspect... Anyway, this trope's the reason that new H-game is going to be all about anal sex.

* As a child, Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' had the terrible experience of being {{spoiler|anally raped by one of his [[Abusive Parents|adoptive father's]] mercenary soldiers}} [[Celibate Hero|and has never had a sex life]] [[Hates Being Touched|because of the trauma]]. Then he meets his future [[Love Interest]] Casca and {{spoiler|makes love to her [[Oblivious to Love|when they finally]] [[They Do|admit their feelings to one another]], the experience being Guts's first time having genital-genital sex (and it being Casca's first time as well).}}

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** She wasn't referring to a ceremony, but to the practice of a love goddess's clergy including sacred prostitutes, who would not be considered "spoiled goods" after losing their virginity in service of the goddess. {{spoiler|The love goddess and the character who mentions this are [[Angel Unaware|one and the same]].}}

 

* Quite a few [[Lemon]]s involving [[Celibate Hero]]ines invoke this trope.

* Brought up in a [[MSTing]] where one of the riffers protested that he had every right to be upset because he was being forced to watch a bad [[Slash Fic]] in which he was "losing his virginity". The ensuing incredibly awkward silence was broken by another riffer saying "Dude. You have TEN KIDS." First guy protested that he'd meant "in my ... with the ... oh, you know!"

* Quite a lot of bad yaoi fanfiction makes the dubious claim that "gay virginity" is separate from "straight virginity", and thus it is okay to call a gay guy a virgin if he's only ever had sex with women before, because his gay virginity is intact.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Although they're hardly virgins, this is a line from one of the Band Aids from ''[[Almost Famous]]'':

{{quote|"We. Are not. Groupies. Penny Lane was the first one to say... "No more Sex." No more exploiting our bodies and our hearts. "

* In ''[[Clueless]]'', Dionne's virginity "went from technical to non-existent."

* A deleted line in ''[[Saved]]'' has [[Asian Airhead]] Veronica pray, "Forgive me for using anal sex to preserve my virginity."

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Another old variant, only four lines long: [http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/noa/pdf/27636_Rest_U07_Prior.pdf A True Maid].

 

* Hilary, the daughter on the sitcom ''[[The War at Home]]'' referred to herself as this in one of the show's fourth-wall segments, adding that villagers probably wouldn't be sacrificing her to any volcanoes.

* In one episode of ''[[Lexx]]'', a virus causes everyone aboard to change genitalia. The resulting hormone imbalance causes Stan and Xev to yield to temptation. When the Lexx's immune system generates a cure, changing everyone back, Kai (who was not affected, being dead) explains that "technically", because their genitalia were in a state of flux, Xev is still a virgin. But Stan ''isn't''.

* Lissa on ''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]'' has taken a vow of chastity but is perfectly willing to give her boyfriend hand jobs and even offer him anal sex.

 

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Jamie of ''[[Girls with Slingshots]]'' insists that she's a virgin, even though she's "slept with like eight thousand people" (what, precisely, she does instead of coitus isn't specified). [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws128/ These] [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws129/ strips] [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws130/ detail] [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws131/ it].

* Ginny from ''[[Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell]]'' is a huge draw down at the off-leash unicorn park. The unicorns make somewhat obscene comments between themselves about exactly how pure she is. For whatever supernatural metric the unicorns use to rate her, being an active lesbian doesn't apparently count.

* Mentioned in ''[[Filthy Lies]]'': [[Crosses the Line Twice|"Joseph just needed good aim on his money shot."]]

** She remains a technical virgin right up until she meets Denny. But she and Donte "came really close." Don "the Psycho" Mendoza attempts to rape her ''twice''. But he didn't get deep enough in her to do any damage before she fought him off.

*** The book averts this mess, or subverts it. Candi's hymen is ruptured the first time she's raped by Don. She fights back and gets rid of him before he can ''ejaculate'' inside her. Wayne "the Vampire" Norfine [[Gratuitous Rape|also attempts to rape her]]; but also doesn't get very far before she fights him off. Denny gets her pregnant almost immediately, {{spoiler|but then dies}}. After her [[Pity Sex]] with [[Stalker with a Crush|Jack "the Jackrabbit,"]] she rescues Donte. And since she's "[[Defiled Forever|been ruined]]" at that point, he gives up on trying to protect her "integrity." He offers her a full week to "[[Unusual Euphemism|sort out her differences]]" with Jack, and Jack agrees after that week to leave Candi alone. Donte, returning from chemo, forgives Candi for everything and takes her back. They end up [[Happily Married]].

 

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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[[Category:Sex Tropes]]

[[Category:Virginity Tropes]]

[[Category:Truth in Television]]