Does "losing my virginity" make me "more of a man?"

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I've so far haven't lost my virginity but I can't understand why people are in some ways pressured to lose it at a certain age. There have been times when I've felt bad because I hadn't had that experience while at the same time sometimes worrying about STIs despite knowing that you can use protection. I don't know how I would feel any different if I did lose it right now or that it would somehow make a "changed" man because of it and I'll be happier than I am now.

No one cares man.

Not even your future girlfriend would care.

Only if all of your friends are still in high school.

Lol I had sex (lost my virginity) and I don't feel like a changed woman

In that sense, sex is overrated because people place SO MUCH stock & emphasis on it!

The things that would actually make me feel "more like a woman" are as follows...

-Getting a good job/career

-Learning how to drive

Getting to wear a fancy dress at an event (I will get my chance for this on wedding day!! !)

-Saving up money for a vacation to a foreign country

-Piercing my ears

And finally...

-Getting married and becoming a mother!

Notice how sex was NOT mentioned in that entire list yet motherhood was?

That's because even though penetrative sex is what leads to it, it is the actual process of becoming a parent that causes you to become more of a man or woman!! !

As nice as it would be if "becoming a parent" made someone "more of a man / woman", the reality is, it's no guarantee.

Family courts are full of men and women who most definitely did not become "more of a man / woman" simply cos they had a kid.

Having sex, "losing virginity" and even "having kids" just makes you exactly who you were before, but now you've done that other thing, too.

Some other people might conser you to be more of a man for losing your V-card during your high-school years but I highly doubt they'd suddenly consider you a man if they know you were to have sex for your first time today. They'd think you'd have to screw a lot more than that in order to catch up. I don't think I'd ever know what being a man would feel like even if I was having sex a lot more but I do not want to be a man. I associate being a man with acting like a macho jerk.

It won’t make you more of a man but having sex is a pretty important milestone for everybody. More important than people want to admit. It’s highly unusual for anyone to be 30+ and still be a virgin.

Depends on your definition of "being a man". If that means being something akin to a barbarian warrior, simply having had sex won't help much. However having sex with a consenting woman, who is then ready to consent to additional encounters, is highly validating.

No

I, for one, think Syrian culture has the best definition of "what it takes to be a man": can you win the love of a child?

I guess I'll never be more of a woman because I have no desire to marry, have kids, or wear a fancy dress to a life-changing event. The life-changing event will involve my having to wear a hospital gown and something to cover my head when my hair falls out because I just know I have ear tumors.

I would say that losing one's virginity doesn't really mean anything on its own - like one is more of a man. To my mind it's 100x moreso the case "ok, but what new dimension of this relationship has opened up?" The context is with the sexual partner, not what outsiders would now credit you for.