Four thirtysomething virgins explain how they deal with the stigma Tue 18 Jun If it seems as though taboos about sex have lifted in these ostensibly open-minded times, there is one that holds steady: the stigma over never having had sex. It may be that later-in-life virginity is dismissed as a problem with an easy fix. And the most recent data available, fromsuggests that just 2. Yet there are many reasons that a thirty or fortysomething might never have had sex, says Libby, a year-old Canadian. It could be due to a childhood of abuse, or physical health issues like cerebral palsy, or a religious upbringing, or even lack of comprehensive sex education. He is now on antidepressants and — following substance abuse in his 20s — sober. Dating apps are no solution — for him or many others. He is articulate, even wryly humorous, about his virginity, even as he says it causes him day-to-day unhappiness.
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