Seems virginity is trending at the moment.

#NoSex

Virginity pledges in the USA, 18-year old virgins making international news… is staying a virgin the latest thing?

Perhaps not… but this guy is particularly proud of his virginity.

A teenager at one of the country’s [UK] most prestigious private schools has outed himself as a virgin and is encouraging his classmates to employ the same restraint to avoid getting their hearts broken. 

Phin Lyman, 18, a sixth former at Wellington College, Berkshire, wrote an article in his school magazine warning peers that ‘casual sex never works in the long term’. 

Mr Lyman – a pupil at the £30,000-per year school which counts author Sebastian Faulks and broadcaster Peter Snow among its alumni – described sex as ‘the glue’ which connects two people ‘physically and emotionally’. [Daily Mail]

Lets face it, sex is as much about pleasure as it is about connecting with another person.

Reducing sex to romance is as problematic as reducing it to porn-inspired orgies.

In a country where many youths are reported to lose their virginity by their early teens, this change of tone might be just the tonic to reduce teen pregnancy and school drop-outs.

On the other hand, teaching teens to have a healthy relationship with their bodies and with sex in general is about more than just abstinence and maintaining your ‘innocence’.

That said, bringing this in as a legitimate option for young men across the globe may be beneficial when it comes to reducing the equation of masculinity with sexual promiscuity.

[Source] Daily Mail