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	<title>Comments on: I take everything back about Virgins</title>
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		<title>By: The Wandering Reader</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Wandering Reader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with LoveRomancePassion when they say that virgins, when handled correctly, can add a wonderful element to a story. However... 

I am tired (oh so tired) of every virgin/loss of virginity portrayed the same way. That it &#039;only hurts for an instant&#039; etc... or the reasons that a person keeps their virginity within a story seems so redundant. 

So yes, unless a virgin is portrayed is some other way than the typical, 
no more virginal heroines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with LoveRomancePassion when they say that virgins, when handled correctly, can add a wonderful element to a story. However&#8230; </p>
<p>I am tired (oh so tired) of every virgin/loss of virginity portrayed the same way. That it &#8216;only hurts for an instant&#8217; etc&#8230; or the reasons that a person keeps their virginity within a story seems so redundant. </p>
<p>So yes, unless a virgin is portrayed is some other way than the typical,<br />
no more virginal heroines.</p>
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		<title>By: Love Romance Passion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Love Romance Passion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Emmy. It&#039;s fine to wait for that special someone but at some point you have to stop placing roadblocks in front of yourself and say to someone, &quot;let&#039;s do it.&quot; 

Virgins in romances don&#039;t bother me. Handled correctly it could be/can be/has been hot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Emmy. It&#8217;s fine to wait for that special someone but at some point you have to stop placing roadblocks in front of yourself and say to someone, &#8220;let&#8217;s do it.&#8221; </p>
<p>Virgins in romances don&#8217;t bother me. Handled correctly it could be/can be/has been hot.</p>
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		<title>By: Mouse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um, there&#039;s also the idea of forced celibacy too you know, veinglory, wanting to have sex, but having no partner to have it with. It happens to a lot of disabled folks. They do have sexual needs as well, but can&#039;t find a single person willing to sleep with them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um, there&#8217;s also the idea of forced celibacy too you know, veinglory, wanting to have sex, but having no partner to have it with. It happens to a lot of disabled folks. They do have sexual needs as well, but can&#8217;t find a single person willing to sleep with them.</p>
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		<title>By: SonomaLass</title>
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		<dc:creator>SonomaLass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lori, my thought exactly!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lori, my thought exactly!</p>
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		<title>By: Lori</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did it say if she ever had a girlfriend?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did it say if she ever had a girlfriend?</p>
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		<title>By: veinglory</title>
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		<dc:creator>veinglory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I donlt think you can say there s anything all people should do, by any age or at all.  For a start a minority of people are innately asexual and have no desire to be sexually active.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I donlt think you can say there s anything all people should do, by any age or at all.  For a start a minority of people are innately asexual and have no desire to be sexually active.</p>
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		<title>By: Jessica Kennedy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jessica Kennedy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow. Good way to ensure your access to heaven?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. Good way to ensure your access to heaven?</p>
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		<title>By: Emmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m all for waiting for that special someone before you get nekkid and bump uglies.

But jaysus f*ck, by...say, 40... you gotta stop waiting and start getting busy. Love at first sight only happens 100% of the time in romance books. The rest of the time, love has to develop between two dear friends with common interests. 

If nothing else, get a vibe at least. Geez. 

Although...note that many long lived women have neither children nor men to help their death along a lil faster. Hmmm..die fast and happy, or live long and lonely?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m all for waiting for that special someone before you get nekkid and bump uglies.</p>
<p>But jaysus f*ck, by&#8230;say, 40&#8230; you gotta stop waiting and start getting busy. Love at first sight only happens 100% of the time in romance books. The rest of the time, love has to develop between two dear friends with common interests. </p>
<p>If nothing else, get a vibe at least. Geez. </p>
<p>Although&#8230;note that many long lived women have neither children nor men to help their death along a lil faster. Hmmm..die fast and happy, or live long and lonely?</p>
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		<title>By: MB (Leah)</title>
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		<dc:creator>MB (Leah)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I took care of a woman 85 years old who was a virgin. Her finance died in WWII and she never met anyone else. A life without knowing the bliss of sex? That&#039;s rather sad if you ask me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I took care of a woman 85 years old who was a virgin. Her finance died in WWII and she never met anyone else. A life without knowing the bliss of sex? That&#8217;s rather sad if you ask me.</p>
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