Elizabeth I is probably one of the most famous reported virgins in history. Her status as a virgin was so integral to her reputation that she was dubbed The Virgin Queen.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age Americans lose their virginity (defined here as vaginal sexual intercourse) is 17.1 for both men and women. The CDC also reports that virgins make up 12.3 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males ages 20 to 24.
A '120-year-old' monk who claims to be the oldest man alive has credited celibacy for his long life. Swami Sivananda was born on August 8, 1896, according to details in his passport.
With that in mind, the average age of virginity loss for American men is 16.9 years old, and the average age for American women is 17.2 years old. The percentage of Americans who have never had sex is consistently higher for young women than young men between ages 15-18.
Virginity is also quite common among adults 18 to 24 in the US, at 53%. After age 25, fewer global adults are virgins (18% of adults 25 to 29, 9% of adults in their thirties, 6% of adults in their forties).
The average age for losing your virginity in Australia is somewhere between 16-18 years old, and now that Louise is 22, she's starting to really freak out that she's still a virgin. "I feel like I'm getting a bit impatient waiting for the right person," she told The Hook Up.
Roughly 40 Percent of Teens Haven't Had Sex by Graduation
Only about 1 in 4 ninth graders report that they have ever had sex. That figure climbs steadily throughout high school, culminating in the 12th grade, when about 60 percent claim to have had sex.
For example, people who live in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland are believed to lose their virginity as young as 16 years of age. In Iceland, which is not far from Scandinavian countries, it is believed that children there lose their virginity at about 15 years of age.
According to a study by the University of Maryland, when you have less sex or no sex at all, you become slower with your thoughts. Your neuron functioning is affected. Your ideas are not so bright.
At the time, the study found that the average age of virginity loss is 17.4, whereas the average age of sexual awakening (“a sudden realization of sexual feelings and urges”) is 15.2. Planned Parenthood also says that the average age for teens' first time is 17.
The relative risk of dying for a virgin male at a particular age was 2.116 [99% confidence interval: 1.317, 3.398] times that of a virgin female. No significant differences on expectation of survival times between virgin and mated females, and between virgin and mated males were found.
Steve Carell was 43 years old and a father of two when The 40-Year-Old Virgin was released. Carell's four-year-old daughter was “a little freaked out” at seeing her father on billboards promoting The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Results: A total of 275 (5.3% (95% CI: 4.7-6.0), 58% males) were virgins. Virgins had higher odds of being male (aOR: 2.27 (95% CI: 1.62-3.17)) and reporting poorer health (1.43 (1.07-1.92)).
This has traditionally been tested by the presence of an intact hymen, which was verified by either a physical examination (usually by a physician), who would provide a certificate of virginity or by a "proof of blood", which refers to vaginal bleeding that results from the tearing of the hymen.
There are no physical signs that a person has had sex for the first time. Although some people claim that a torn hymen is a sign of “lost virginity,” this is not true. Many people tear their hymen before having penetrative sex, and others never tear theirs.
On the first occurrence of sexual intercourse, a small flap of vaginal skin called the hymen is often stretched and broken. The minor bleeding this causes can last 1 to 2 days.
Reference to "72 virgins"
The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a.
Last month, two virgins came to a virginity auction. A man named Alex Stepanov, and a girl named Catarina Migliorini. The man's virginity was sold for US$ 3,000. The girl's virginity fetched $780,000 —260 times the selling price of the man's.
"an unmarried man, 30 years or older" as mentioned by the OP, can be referred to as "a celibate" no matter his sexual status. A young man who never experienced sex, as mentioned by Jasper in his answer, is a "virgin".
This counsel refers to the parable of the ten virgins, which illustrates how we are to prepare for Christ's Second Coming (see Matthew 25:1–13).
The most basic definition of virginity is never having had sex.
Virginity is not a psychological problem. There is no “normal” age at which to have sex or appropriate amount of sex to have. Yet misleading and conflicting social norms about sex can lead to a toxic stew of self-doubt, sexual shame, mistaken notions about sexuality, and relationship frustration.
And people younger than 20 are reporting fewer instances of first-time sexual intercourse than in previous generations. So scientifically speaking, being a virgin once you hit 20 is pretty damn normal for the men and women of my generation.
Turning to the question of virginity, there is absolutely no way in which the doctor could tell whether you have had sex. The only exception would be if he found that you had a sexually transmitted infection, since this would obviously indicate that you must have caught it from somebody.
Virginity Testing: Facts versus Myths
“So, doctor, can you check my daughter's virginity? can you tell me if she is still a virgin?” No, we cannot. There is no physical sign that indicates the virginity of a woman: in fact, no physical examination will be able to evaluate the virginity of a human being, man or woman.