Virgins, virgins everywhere. Couch jockeys with a taste for the chaste could tune in to “L.A. Law,” to watch unsullied attorney Jane Halliday thwart the advances of womanizer-at-law Arnie Becker. Or maybe “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” where the doc confided her virginity to a pal. Quinn portrayer Jane Seymour has been married four times–so much for art imitating life. And hormone-addled “Beverly Hills 90210” fans looked on in awe as Tori Spelling’s character, Donna, kept a tenuous grasp on her purity. Then again, Donna’s shacked up with a guy, so she must at least be doing the semi-nasty.
Real life’s trickier. College rock fave Juliana Hatfield spent all year dealing with her admission that “I’ve never gone all the way.” “I said that a year ago, and I was naive.” she said in September. “I didn’t realize journalists would be printing it over and over instead of letting it die.” Isn’t a good story also worth hanging on to for a while?
Some big names aren’t so shy. Take A. C. Green, of the Phoenix Suns. His body’s a booty-free zone, and now he’s founded Athletes for Abstinence along with fellow eager David Robinson and gridiron bruisers Barry Sanders and Darrell Green. They’ve put together “It Ain’t Worth It,” a video featuring a rap song urging teens to delay congress until marriage. A.C. says response has been good. “I even had a referee who came up and told me, ‘I just want to let you know that I’m really behind the message you’re sending out’,” says A. C. “And when you get a referee on your side–hey.” If only parents could get one in the back seat.
