“The concept of female "virginity" has a complicated history, having often been (incorrectly) linked to breaking the hymen. Bleeding after intercourse was thought to be proof of an unbroken hymen, and thus, proof that a woman had not had sex before. The reality, however, is that the state of your hym…”— Cheryl Wischhover, teenvogue.com
“It is great that Kim Kardashian feels #empowered by posting nude selfies to Instagram, but in doing so, she sends the message that a woman’s self-worth relies on her sex appeal. Her meticulously filtered and posed production does nothing to challenge the dominant paradigm.”— Lily Chen, thoughtcatalog.com