But Valenti's ideas would destroy that delicate balance and, in the long run, materially harm the American family.

That doesn't matter, Warner; the women would be happy! (so she says) and that's what counts!

The selfishness of this society is almost overwhelming. For years I have been disgusted at women who have babies with men they are not married to,  kick the fathers of their children out, move from man to man in their own search for "happiness," dragging their kids along behind them like so much wheeled luggage, and expecting the kids to "adjust" to all the new men in their lives.

This is the crap that feminists like Valenti feed to women.  Telling them that their own happiness comes first, and damn the kids! In their unending assertion that they have a "right" to be happy, they think that "right" entitles them to make others miserable in their quest.

The same with men. They leave families to start new families with new women.  Then they complain that they can no longer afford to care for their children from their previous marriage, because they have a "new" family to take care of. 

What about the kids' right to be happy? Their right to a stable home?

What the hell is wrong with these people?

<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>

I have to quit ranting before I cease making any sense at all.

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

What is Valenti thinking? And what is Today thinking?  The show that often promotes families and children betterment is turning its tide completely.  Valenti is sending the wrong message.  She is sending the wrong message to any impressionable minds that hear what she is preaching.  Like metioned above, what about the rising STD rate? What about kids born into unstable homes because of what is being advocated?  Saying that girls are never virgins is not going to break down any barrier between boys and girls or men and women.  It may, however, give boys an idea that there is nothing wrong with pressuring girls because they are no different than the boys.

The spread of various types of diseases should prove that sexual promiscuity among men or women is dangerous and unnatural.  If you believe in Darwinism it will lead to the thinning out of those individuals.  This past year there was an article in Reader's Digest about a man who had esophogeal cancer.  Formerly seen in GI's who smoked heavily, in him it was traced to oral sex with a multitude of partners.  Apparantly it's like the virus that causes cervical cancer.  Why isn't the media covering these stories?  There is a definate link between promiscuous behavior and death.

That is what I teach my children, and it's very scientific. 

There are also no such things as:

'teen pregnancies'

'sexually transmitted diseases'

'lying'

'supply and demand'

'lawfully armed self-defense'

'illegal immigration'

'leftwing bias'

'Islamic extremism'

'terrorism'

'enemies'

or 'gravity'.

See how easy it is to be a liberal?

Anyone can stick their head up their ass and ignore reality...popping out just long enough to demonize any who would remind them it exists whether they will or not.

NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE

Oh really now? Is that why almost every culture on Earth has a word that relates to what we identify as virginity and often hold it on some high ground? Oh yeah made up word. Fail some more Valenti.

I am all for a girl being able to look at themselves and be happy with who they are physically even if they don't meet societies visual idea of the perfect girl du jour.  Its caused a lot of problems with girls having trouble with eating disorders and a myriad of other disconnects with their body image.

That said, I think HOW you treat your body is just as important.  There are a jillion things women do everyday from a simple hair brushing and a wash cloth to the face to a half hour with the curling iron and a complicated skin regimen ...and of course daily excercise and eating right - all to be satisfied they are taking care of themselves.  It differs for each person. 

I think that your sexual self should be tied to how you percieve the treatment of your body as much as how you eat right and excercise.  Just like cramming down a donut and some coffee for breakfast shows a hurried apathy toward your body/mind's well being so does casual sex.

Removing the concept of virginity just takes away the 'A grade' from those who have not taken the apathetic approach to personal sexual care.  People who have taken the effort to make hard choices and stick to a goal shouldn't have that personal kudo taken away because someone else feels some how less of a person for having made a different choice.

People who run everyday are amazing people but that's not my thing.  My 60 year old mother hikes three times a week. I am in reasonable shape - on my feet 5 hrs a day at work - but I am far from athletically sound.  I'm kinda lazy when I get home from work and that's my choice.  I do feel dissapointed in myself once in awhile but I am not going to go tearing down someone else's life because I want to feel better.

I've have two teenage girls and we're not religious folk but I've taught my daughters to respect their bodies (food, diet, excercise -and eventually - sexual activity) and make good informed choices and make certain whomever they choose in life should do the same.

I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless   ~Dennis Miller

"There is no such thing as "virginity." Here is how you explain this statement.

She is talking about the social definition of the word not the physical definition.

In the past is was socially correct to "stigmatize" certain things: fornication, homosexuality, infidelity.

Today it is politically incorrect to stigmatize anything even teen sex, adult/child sex, beastiality, etc.

So she is correct in saying that "there is not such thing as virginity" in the social sense that virginity is no longer a virtue. (Note: liberals have no virtures, or at least no positive, socially improving virtues.)

Note also that the story only got a 2.5 rating at Today. I didn't bother reading any of the comments.