What does LOSING your virginity mean?? Can doctors tell? | Dr. Jennifer Lincoln

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Confused about what COUNTS as losing your virginity? What's the medical definition of it, and what exactly are you "losing"?! And can we tell if you've had sex before? Today board-certified OBGYN Dr. Lincoln answers these questions and clears up the confusion!

0:00 Intro
0:32 Virginity definitions
2:36 What about the phrase "losing" your virginity?
3:53 Purity culture
4:34 How to answer "Are you sexually active?"
5:07 Can we tell if you've had sex before?

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REFERENCES and RESOURCES to go deeper:

1. The World Health Organization. Eliminating virginity testing: an interagency statement. 2018. https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/eliminating-virginity-testing-interagency-statement/en/

2. Planned Parenthood. What's virginity? https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/sex/virginity

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