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Within American culture in particular, male virginity has been made an object of embarrassment and ridicule in films such as Summer of ' 42, American Pie and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, with the male virgin typically being presented as socially inept.

However, some have challenged the negative connotations regarding male virginity, as well as the belief that males should want to lose their virginities at earlier ages than their female counterparts.

Noted are surveys and studies where adolescent males reported depression after losing their virginity, such as when discovering that their partners did not care about them and rather wanted " bragging rights " for having bedded a male virgin.