According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age Americans lose their virginity (defined here as vaginal sexual intercourse) is 17.1 for both men and women. The CDC also reports that virgins make up 12.3 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males ages 20 to 24.

What is considered losing your virginity?

Losing your virginity means having sex for the first time. The idea of virginity can apply to people of any gender or sexual orientation. There is no strict definition of virginity, because there is no strict definition of sex.

What percentage of 14 year olds are virgins?

Specifically, only 5.4 percent of 13-year-olds, 11 percent of 14-year-olds, 20 percent of 15-year-olds and 33 percent of 16-year-olds report having had sex. Whats more, 25 percent of both males and females have not had sex by age 20.

What does a girl feel after losing virginity?

EMOTIONAL ISSUES: Post losing your virginity, you may have emotional outbursts, both happy and sad. This is due to the hormonal changes and can make you feel extremes of either of the emotions.

Can a boy know if a girl is virgin?

Will he be able to tell youre a virgin by looking at you naked? No. In fact, some experts say there may be no way to tell if a woman is a virgin, even with gynecological tests.