Whether they see their virginity as a gift or a stigma to get rid of the first chance they get, today’s teens are desperate to learn about pleasure in “healthy” relationships, which means traditional sex education that beats the safe sex drum is no longer speaking to them, if it ever did.
It is this group [...]

The office of Bernard Paniel on the outskirts of Paris has for years been a mandatory stop for many Muslim women nervous about getting married.
An obstetrician-gynecologist for France’s public health system, Dr. Paniel performs an operation to reattach the hymens of women who want to appear as virgins. For such patients, virginity is a prerequisite [...]

Q: She’s been my friend for 14 years. We grew up together, dated a while, but remained friends. When she got a boyfriend, I became her protective brother. When he dumped her, she sought me for comfort. They got back together, lost their virginity to each other and he broke up with her again.
She dated [...]