A mom has been praised on TikTok for teaching her five daughters that virginity doesn't actually exist.
Virginity, like many of our concepts about sex, gender, and relationships, is a completely made-up phenomenon. The idea, for example, that women "pop their cherries" when they have sex for the first time has widely been debunked as a myth.
Now, Cayce LaCorte, a mom of five daughters, has taken to TikTok to share this exact message - virginity doesn't exist.
Cayce's video was a response to a question by another TikTok user, @nevadashareef, who asked parents to name something about the way they have raised their children, that other people find weird but they, as a parent, think is actually healthy.
Check out the video below:"I'm going to get a lot of s**t for this," Cayce admits at the start of the video.
"I'm raising my five daughters to believe that there is no such thing as virginity. It is a patriarchal concept used to control women and serves no purpose - other than making women feel bad about themselves.
"Just because some guy randomly sticks his penis in you at some point in your life does not change your worth, it does not change who you are, it doesn't do anything other than it happened.
"Sex is important. It's a big deal. It should always be a big deal. It has nothing to do with your first time...it's just ridiculous. The whole concept is ridiculous.
"And I get a lot of c**p from other moms saying 'oh don't you think it will make your daughters promiscuous' I was like no, I'm raising them to be good people and have solid foundations and make their own choices and make smart, intelligent choices, not because some book says not to."
So far, the thought-provoking clip has managed to rack up an impressive 2.3 million views and nearly 500K likes. Needless to say, a number of people took to the comments to praise Cayce's healthy message for young women.
One person said: "Love this, I've always taught my daughters that it is more important to protect their credit score than their virginity."
Another said: "We need to normalize this!!! You just shifted my perspective in 15 secs, it makes so much sense. Thank you so much."
A third said: "Omg!!! As a therapist, there is much praise I want to drop here for you!"
A fourth wanted to know: "So how do you discuss 'the right time'? Like did you set an age requirement or anything? I love this and want more information on how it's working!"
What do you think about LaCorte's approach to sex? Let us know in the comments section.
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