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“When I started CEGEP, there were a few of us who were still virgins at 17 but then at the end, like right now, I’m the only one from this group of 10 girls. … Some days I feel like it sucks — because of the fact that I do wanna discover it and I feel like I’m missing out on some part of the human experience. And because I’m so sick of the judging.”

— Jade, a virgin at 26

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The poster, stuck to the wall of a washroom at Concordia University’s downtown campus, asked in boldface upper case lettering impossible to miss: ARE YOU A FEMALE VIRGIN?

Posting such a notice in a private place like a washroom would give those wishing to respond the opportunity to do so discreetly, figured Melissa Anne Fuller, a graduate student in the department of sexology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She was recruiting heterosexual women ages 24 to 29 who consider the fact that they’re virgins a part of their identity for a study exploring their personal experiences of virginity.