How Did We Go From Hot Girl Summer to Virgin Summer?

Break out the chastity belts! There's an abundance of content centered on people ready to flex their yet-to-be-deflowered power

- MOLLY MCGUIGAN

It’s been six years since Megan Thee Stallion officially declared it “Hot Girl Summer” with her hit single of the same name, and a lot has changed.

For one, we've survived a global pandemic. But more than that — or maybe because of that — society’s feelings on sexuality have shifted dramatically. Look no further than Virgin Summer for proof.

It all started when Lorde announced her highly anticipated fourth album in April, titled Virgin; when it was released in June, the album art featured an X-ray of a pelvis, IUD fully in view. The V-word made another appearance in June when TLC premiered the reality series Virgins, which is about (guess!) people in their 30s and 40s hoping to finally have sex. Hulu followed suit by announcing the August show Are You My First?, a reality dating series co-hosted by Bachelor Nation’s Colton Underwood and