Look, we’re not perverts. This is a real thing that members of Gen Z are doing. The Onion asked people in their late teens and 20s why they are “resetting” their virginity, and this is what they said.
Gen Z Explains Why They Are ‘Resetting’ Their Virginity
Dustin Taylor, 18
“They said I had to at the conversion camp.”
Aiden Kelly, 24
“To make the sex stop glitching.”
Jada Tillery, 26
“I’m just generally into delusions.”
Jose Galazara, 26
“I didn’t mean to. I accidentally stuck my finger too deep into my belly button, and it just happened.”
Alyssa Bodner, 17
“Get out of my room!! I hate you!!!”
Brayden O’Neill, 26
“I finally got hot, so I don’t want those past 4’s and 5’s bringing the average down.”
Marissa Porter, 19
“Weird old men treat me way more nicely when I say I am one.”
Ava Patel, 22
“Because these complete bullshit trends arise every few years, and I am a mindless slave who must obey them.”
Patrick Hughes, 22
“I’m trying to make it look like I’m being one on purpose.”
Gigi Randell, 23
“Because it seems to be overheating. There’s smoke coming out, and it smells like rubber.”
Bailey Glick, 22
“With my Chase Freedom Unlimited card, I get cash back on every purchase I make, including hymen reconstruction surgery.”
Gianna McGregor, 20
“It increases my value on the black market, and while I don’t love the idea of being sold into sexual slavery, I’m very competitive.”
Catherine Bridges, 19
“It’s basically power-washing, but internally and for regrets.”
Sarah Kim, 21
“Why, howsoever else shall I become a vestal virgin in the highest temples to the gods of ancient Rome?”
Levi Ballard, 14
“Some guy on Roblox said he’d send me $2,000 if I did.”
Tanner Hunt, 19
“I black out every time I see my own penis.”
Dylan Friedman, 16
“Who told you I’m a virgin? It’s a lie! They’re lying!”
Isabella Cross, 21
“That’s what the global cabal taught me to do.”
Cameron Whitley, 25
“It was the only way the government would agree to forgive my student loans.”
Zoe Nguyen, 19
“I’m a deeply confused person, and I’m scared! All the time!”
Ciara Gables, 17
“My mom said I couldn’t keep living at home if I wasn’t one.”
Dan Greenwich, 46
“What did you just ask my 16-year-old daughter?”
Christian Bartow, 18
“Help, I reset my virginity too many times, and now I don’t have any genitals! Ahh! Ow, ow, ow, ow!”
Greta Thunberg, 21
“I inspired millions of protestors to participate in climate strikes in nearly every country on earth, and this is what you choose to ask me?”
Noah Brandt, 20
“I don’t remember losing my virginity, or anything else before the accident, for that matter.”
Doug Patterson, 63
“After I reset my virginity, I get to be a teenager again and sleep with as many of them as I want!”
Anderson Nash, 19
“Well, you see, I, like every generation before me and after me, have no idea what I’m doing.”