Religion

"You're a woman now, {Amy}, do you think you might be holding onto your ideas about virginity because of something that happened when you were younger?"

I look at the floor and say "Well, I just really liked following the rules, and singing, and going to church. I heard all these stories about Jesus and God, and the Virgin Mary... It really made me feel like my virginity was the most important thing I had, but it's like, everyone else just keeps living life after having sex. I don't know why I'm so afraid of it. I guess something about going to hell, but I don't think that's literally going to happen."

Connie asks me to write down 10 things I've been taught about sex. We talk about how a lot of them have to do with sin and being unclean for wanting it...