Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
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Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what we think, not what we care about and work for. Just if/how/whom we have sex with. That's all.

— Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
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