Poll: How do you see virgins?

[Ledan]

It depends on why they're a virgin. I find the whole abstaining until marriage or even treating virginity as something special to be extremely pretentious.
"It is the infantile superstition of man that virginity be seen a virtue rather than the barrier separating ignorance from knowledge" - François-Marie Arouet
For the sake of argument I've tried to refute that, but I can't think of a single thing that makes willed ignorance virtuous.

Sex isn't knowledge, its an action. To say a virgin is ignorant is to say a man is ignorant because he never killed someone.

You are ignorant about death until you have personally killed something. Sure, you can think about it, but you won't know what it is until you've seen something die. Same as a roller coaster, you are ignorant about rollercoasters until you have ridden one.
Same for sex. You are ignorant about sex until you've had it. And since sex is one of the underlying emotions and desires of people, you are slightly ignorant about people until you have had it.

Too bad we have access to knowledge. You don't need to experience an action to understand it.

Death: Depends on death. The poison of the horse shoe crab's eggs paralyzes the muscles, including lungs, which causes you to suffocate.

Roller coaster: The body excretes adrenaline that creates a temporary high in the individual.

Just because you didn't experience an action, doesn't mean you don't know about it. Science has brought us past that point.

So by reading about a roller-coaster you now have all the knowledge about roller coasters? You only have second-hand knowledge, and still don't know how a roller coaster physically feels like, nor can you draw your own knowledge from the experience.

By your "we have access to knowledge. You don't need to experience it", are you saying that you will understand karate without having done karate? Are you now a karate expert after having read a book about karate? Are you a military genius after having read "The art of War"? Can you dive or have any knowledge of what it feels like to be 20 meters under the water by reading a diving book?
There is a significant difference between theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge. And though theoretical knowledge is great, it does not trump practical knowledge. I theoretically know how to write programs, yet without ANY experience in programming I will be unable to use this theoretical knowledge until I have gained practical knowledge in the matter.

 

[LightningBanks]

I actually like them more than non virgins if there around my age, generally because most people I know turn into twats after they lose it (This is on the basis that I dont know said person, I wont instantly hate you if your not a virgn, and as soon as I talk to people initial mind thoughts like these go straight out the window)

It depends on why they're a virgin. I find the whole abstaining until marriage or even treating virginity as something special to be extremely pretentious.

Just because of the fact that id probably remember it, I wouldnt like my first time to be a regretable one, other than that, It wouldnt be special to me.

 

[Julianking93]

Perfect for a blood sacrifice....

...as if that joke hasn't been said enough. >.>

OT, I am a virgin, so I view them as... well me. I'm in no rush to have sex as I wish to wait for someone I truly love and it's kinda nice when I see that in other people rather than caving to peer pressure and just fucking for the bragging rights.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I don't really see them as any different than someone who's had sex before, except for the one glaringly obvious one. I don't really think about it, but if the subject ever comes up, I might be surprised one way or the other, but it doesn't really change how I view them.

Now, when I see two people who've been dating for a long time and one tells me that they haven't slept together yet, I call bullshit because it would be unusual (not impossible, but extremely unlikely) that they would be together for 1-2 years without some form of action going down. I don't mind if people don't tell me, but don't lie about it. XD

 

[KING POJO]

I loled hardcore.
XD

 

[HentMas]

If they are females, cute and of age, i see them as potential couple for me... although i think about that regardless of "virginity"

if they are males i see them as cool guys with a lot of self control

i dont really mind either way really.

 

[LoFr3Eq]

The whole concept is outdated and archaic, shouldn't there be better things to discuss that whether someone has performed a certain act?

I prefer the term for said people "Involuntary Celibate".

 

[PatSilverFox]

I think that virgins can be very clingy to the first person who gives them action.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Considering I am one, I'm obviously am not going to be judging them too harshly.

 

[LobsterFeng]

Waiting for that special someone?

 

[GroovyV]

Well, speaking as a former virgin (time slowed to a crawl once college started, so even though i'm 20, lost the big Virginity at 18 -17 if you wanna get technical-) i still clearly remember being a virgin and everything. Wasn't too big a deal really, except that once you become (Sexually Active) you can easily start craving more sex to fill the void, and though it's true that many people can cling to their first (shag/fuck/fling/etc.) i certainly didn't. Asshat that helped me wasn't a virgin, but he still kept my underwear and got all weird on me.

Sometimes those who haven't had sex yet see things clearer. Sometimes, they're more naive than they should be, as well.

 

[Grabbin Keelz]

They're a lot like non virgins, only if you ask them if they've had sex they'll tell you no.

.....I haven't had sex by the way

 

[Grabbin Keelz]

They're a lot like non virgins, only if you ask them if they've had sex they'll tell you no.

.....I haven't had sex by the way

 

[Mister Benoit]

Considering I am one, I'm obviously am not going to be judging them too harshly.

QUIT JUDGING SO HARSHLY!! I SEE YOU!

I see them as other people, no difference that would affect me in anyway.

I lost mine at 15 with a girl whom I dated for almost 4 years afterwards and I never talked about it with friends, just wasn't something I felt I needed to share with anyone.

 

[Megacherv]

I view them as me. Because I am one.

Wait, then I am you? But how can I be there AND here? Hang on a second...

Alert the forces! Another clone has escaped!!!

 

[Archindar]

I view them as me. Because I am one.

Wait, then I am you? But how can I be there AND here? Hang on a second...

Alert the forces! Another clone has escaped!!!

Haha ^^ i laught at that one

 

[Baradiel]

I view them as someone who hasn't had sex. I've never understood the stigma associated with being a virgin.

 

[Lambi]

I view them as equals, as individuals who have not yet shared their love with a partner, loving or not, though preferably a loving one.

I am one myself, so. Doesn't make me any different than the non-virgins, except for that one tiny bit.

 

[DevilWolf47]

Virginity isn't as big a deal as people might think. True there are some people who try to get laid but fail miserably because of social retardation and hideous physical appearances (The fact that i have a girlfriend is something that horrifies me at times), but on the other hand you've got people who are attractive and friendly and very capable of finding someone who would want nothing more than to fuck them senseless, but just don't have the time for one reason or another. Without more context, i can't really give a conclusive statement.