My body. My choices. If I wanted to hold on to my virginity until I’m a hundred and die an old spinster without ever giving it away, then it would be my decision, and no one would make it for me. From that moment on, I made a promise to myself. That when the time came, I would give my virginity to whomever I felt ready to without consequence. No one would control me by guilt or archaic expectations. I took the ring to a jeweler and had the phrase “De meo arbitrio” inscribed inside of it in Latin, which means “from my will.” Fuck the patriarchy and their arbitrary roles that women should play.
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