Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters-not what we accomplish, not what we think, not what we care about and work for. Just if/how/whom we have sex with. That's all.

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women (ed. Seal Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780786744664