how the hookup culture is another key source, as it emphasizes the notion that, besides being pressured to remain a virgin until marriage, those in society try to push the idea of “hooking up” on women so they engage in the same activities the rest of society does. For this reason, it is important that girls do not feel constrained to make decisions about their sex life based off of the judgment of others. If they feel as though they want to rebel against religious viewpoints and engage in the hookup culture, there should be no one standing in their way. What a woman does with her body should not be scrutinized by those around them, because at the end of the day it is her choice to engage in whatever sexual activity she wants. No one should be able to decide what is morally the right way to act, as everyone has grown up in a different environment where their beliefs vary. Just because there may be a universal definition of a virgin, that does not allow for society to entrap women into thinking they must act a certain way. Just as with the glass-ceiling concept that constrains women from achieving success at work, an intangible barrier must not be put up to try to mold all women to act “pure” until marriage. WORKS CITED "Adam Ruins Sex." Youtube, uploaded by Adam Conover, truTV, 7 Dec. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ikXim4wevc. Accessed 7 Apr. 2019. Carpenter, Laura M. "Gender and the Meaning and Experience of Virginity Loss in the Contemporary United States." Gender and Society, vol. 16, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 345-65. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3081783?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents. Accessed 4 Apr. 2019. Edger, Kailla. "Evangelicalism, Sexual Morality, and Sexual Addiction: Opposing Views and Continued Conflicts." Journal of Religion and Health, vol. 51, no. 1, Mar. 2012, pp. 16278. Springer Link, doi:10.1007/s10943-010-9338-7. Accessed 30 Mar. 2019. England, Paula, and Jonathan Bearak. "The Sexual Double Standard and Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Casual Sex among U.S. University Students." Demographic Research, vol. 30, 29 Apr. 2014, pp. 1327-38. Demographic Research, DOI:10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.46. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019. Eriksson, Jonas, and Terry P. Humphreys. "Development of the Virginity Beliefs Scale." Journal of Sex and Research, vol. 51, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 107-20. EBSCO Academic Search Premier, DOI:10.1080/00224499.2012.724475. Accessed 31 Mar. 2019. Gross, Terry. "Memoirist: Evangelical Purity Movement Sees Women's Bodies as a 'Threat.'" National Public Radio, 18 Sept. 2018, www.npr.org/2018/09/18/648737143/memoiristevangelical-purity-movement-sees-womens-bodies-as-a-threat. Accessed 30 Mar. 2019. "Hymen." Merriam-Webster, www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/hymen?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jso nld. Accessed 7 Apr. 2019.
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