I am getting fed up with the number of comments, prayer requests, stories, etc on here and on the net at large that are written by people with the ridiculous opinion that you can have your virginity taken from you. Virginity is something that can only be given and not taken. It is more than a piece of skin or a flow of blood. I repeat. If you didn't give it up, you still have it. And if you have given it then you can regain it in a spiritual sense. It is ignorance that perpetuates this shame yielding idea that if someone is violated sexually they are no longer a virgin. It is even more ignorance that perpetuates the idea that this physical deflowering only occurs with sex. I hate be blunt, but if all you consider to be virginity is an intact hymen then you have just idealogically de-virginized a whole group of girls who had an awkward fall on her bike, used a tampon improperly, or had some other everyday accident that just happened to involve the wrong body part.
Come on people. Why are shaming people for this? It's not our jobs to judge someone's purity. We do not see their hearts. It's also not our job to define what Gods idea of purity it.
So girls, if you've had one of these accidents, or if you have been violated, this doesn't make you any less a virgin.