Flutterby™! : Morford on virginity

Because the occasional Mark Morford link is good for the soul: Christian Virgins Are Overrated — Think sex and drugs destroy America? Try naive chastity. Oh, and "Purity Balls":

Let's just say it outright: The superiority of virginity myth, it is a massive, underreported disaster. It is a ridiculous and exhausting misconception that must be eradicated like a cancer. Perhaps French philosopher Voltaire said it best, nearly 300 years ago: "It is one of the great superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue." So true.