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How to Lose Your Virginity
“If Sex Sells Why Is Virginity So Valuable?”
4.5 / 10• 2013• 1h 5m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
It has launched both purity balls and porn franchises, defines a young woman's morality-but has no medical definition. Enter the magical world of virginity, where a white wedding dress can restore a woman's innocence and replacement hymens can be purchased online. Filmmaker Therese Shechter uses her own path out of virginity to explore why our sex-crazed society cherishes this so-called precious gift. Along the way, we meet sex educators, virginity auctioneers, abstinence advocates, and young men and women who bare their tales of doing it-or not doing it. "How To Lose Your Virginity" uncovers the myths and misogyny surrounding a rite of passage that many obsesses about but few truly understand.
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Therese Shechter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. How to Lose Your Virginity is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
