[adiaireton8]

Or are you saying that there are other ways to lose one's virginity?

I'm saying that virginity is not only formal, but also material. The whole idea of the Church's belief that Mary remained a virgin in the very process of giving birth to Jesus, is not aimed principally at denying that sexual intercourse occurred during that process. Rather, it shows that the Church understood the material aspect of virginity, and not just the formal aspect of virginity.

-A8

[Texas_shutterbug]

What is to be understood about the "material" aspect of virginity? Can one claim that a virgin who is not a "material" virgin is any less virtuous than one who is not?

I think not in ANY way.