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Popular media often uses sexual initiation as a central rite of passage in "coming-of-age" stories. How Female Filmmakers Are Redefining Virginity Tropes

The portrayal of teenage virginity in popular media has evolved from 20th-century "gross-out" comedies to a modern focus on diverse sexual scripts and a growing Gen Z preference for platonic "nomance" narratives.