Essence Magazine:
By Dr. Jenn Jackson· Updated December 12, 2022
Growing up, I remember learning that heterosexual, romantic relationships were all about finding your one person and showing you love them by having sex. For young women, this often meant that we were taught purity politics and encouraged not to have sex until marriage. For many young people, this practice of romanticizing virginity places a premium on penetrative sex as a marker
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