Yes, virginity very well still matters the same. The levels of mattering and it’s importance regarding virginity that has changed, are those of the people living in the now.
However, levels of importance and the mattering of rules/commands doesn’t change a bit. Nor do they shift gears or abide according to the way society decides to evolve, or because times regarding human ways, errors, practices, laws, theories, or whatnot may differ, repeat itself, or not change at all.
That of which has already been set into place accordingly, fairly, justifying, and righteously long before we humans knew what an opinion was, will still remain the same as so it is in the now present, as so it was then in the past, and as so it will be thereafter in the future to come.
Honestly and in all truth, it being the current situation that they are, one should remain a virgin if they don’t plan on or decide not to marry. On the other hand, one give up their right to remain a virgin after they’ve married, because part of the marriage contract is to engage in sexual intimacy; it’s part of the deal and both are forbidden to withhold or deprive their body from the other.
Why? Because once married, your body belongs to them and their body belongs to you. Period.
Neither one gets to override the rule, making up their own. They can try and think they do all of the time in today’s society, but consequences & discipline follows, whether they recognize it to be or not.
We are temporary renters of what we consider to be “our” bodies. We don’t own anything ourselves, including the skin we’re in. We didn’t create it and give it to ourselves, so who are we to steal the invention rights?
The same manner in which we’ve obtained “ownership” of assets on this earth: land, a home or homes, a vehicle, gold, silver, stocks and bonds, etc. and immediately & involuntarily release ownership after we’ve kicked the bucket because it’s impossible to do so, is the same type of “ownership” we have over our bodies. We reside with deception a around us and should refrain from being easy targets to be fooled.
I guess we could think of it as having partial ownership, meaning we aren’t allowed to do whatever we want to it, whenever we want, especially not after the “house” rules have already been set & agreed upon for us to abide. Our job of partial owner is to follow the rules as they are. That’s the best decision we get to make, aside of the ones we shouldn’t decide to choose, but do in these days and times.
Remember, our bodies were given to us for free, as a temporary loan since we can’t live in them forever, along with rules already attached that we’re supposed to come into knowledge thereof and follow.
And yes, we’re free to bend, break, and tweak the rules to our likings. However, the second attachment that came along were the consequences for our freedom of choosing to do otherwise, or rather making the choices that aren’t good at all.
The rules aren’t made to cause any harm to no one. They’re actually the opposite, and they’re what’s the absolute best to protect us. Doesn’t get better than best. Yet, freedom can be disguised as beauty, too.
Therefore, don’t get mistakenly caught up in mesmerism. Those disguises includes man’s point of view, which is often blurry, and tailored to the likes of what people prefer to hear, contrary to the truth. That’s the setter, and once you’re trapped, there may not be an escape.