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"A magisterial work of impeccable scholarship and an absolutely riveting read." - Dr. "Blank touches on virtually every aspect of the indefinable state and the result is something much more enticing than the actual experience of losing it." - Nylon A pleasure to read." - San Diego Union-Tribune

her history of virginity's importance to Western culture goes a long way toward explaining why, in the wake of the women's movement, the sexual revolution and the wholesale modernization of American culture, we have abstinence-only sex education, virginity pledges and admiration for chaste pop princesses. "A passionate polemic, brimming with a genuine spirit of emancipatory activism." - The Washington Post Blank is scrupulous about trying to understand why and how ignorant theories have developed and established themselves." - The San Francisco Chronicle and physiological factoids." - Entertainment Weekly She has juicy time cataloging cultural associations, historical trends. And in the process, she shows us just how humans have come to care so much about this fundamentally intangible state in the first place. She reveals the myriad ways virginity has been tested and contested, guarded and faked, and even restored. With keen insight, Blank attempts to answer some of the fundamental but complicated questions associated with the subject, including what exactly constitutes virginity's loss. VIRGIN provides an enlightening and entertaining look at one of our most unexamined taboos by delving into how and why we've become so obsessed with virginity. From the famous to the infamous, Blank introduces us to the significant players throughout time: the young martyred nuns of Coldingham Abbey, Elizabeth "The Virgin Queen," and more contemporary figures like Donna Martin from Beverly Hills, 90210, with her prime-time virginity loss.

VIRGIN: The Untouched History is a fascinating and wholly original look at the history of virginity throughout Western culture. antidote to our confusion." - The New York Times Book Review

In an era marked by a 'chaotic maelstrom of virginities,' Blank's book is a useful.