By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- t — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- t — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- t — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- t — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- t — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
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By fetishizing youth and virginity, we're supporting a disturbing message: that really sexy women aren't women at all- they're girls.

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