Why is "technical" virginity so important to people?

Because their mature enough to wait till they are married before they sleep with someone and have unexpected babies with them.. To sleep with someone is to make babies and start a family not for your own self-righteous pleasure… Teens trying to be like adults are over populating this place with their mistakes.. Sad to say..

Much of the concept of virginity has been altered completely in contemporary society. It also depends on the environment in which one grew up. Virginity is a purity and something that someone can never regain, once one has lost it. I think much of the tip toeing around as you so eloquently put it, has to do with the conflict between ones own inner desires and curiosities and the purity of the child's soul. It's a battle between doing what grown ups do and still having the innocence of a child. Once you lose your virginity, you are no longer a child. In terms of religious communities, a girl's virginity symbolizes said purity as well. Back in times when such things mattered, the feeling of being "untouched" was a prized possession. I think much of it has to do with our ego. Many men feel their egos inflated when they become a girl's/boy's first. I totally get your point and it's actually very interesting. In truth, in terms with a girl, you lose your virginity when you have penetrative vaginal sex, because the hymen within a girl's vagina needs to be penetrated. The hymen is the last line of "defense" against the rising of adulthood. Although given there are some cases where a girl's hymen will be penetrated due to some sort of sport or exercise but it is rare. With men, it is basically the same. You lose your virginity when you have vaginal sex. Much of this is rooted in religion because for centuries sodomy or anal sex wasn't considered sex and wasn't supposed to be done at all, thus leaving vaginal intercourse as the only one left. I hope this helped a bit.

It's a personal decision. Some people choose to preserve "virginity" for personal reasons, others for religious or cultural reasons. What people decide to do for religious reasons is between them and their god. It's not up to us to pick it apart or judge.

There's nothing wrong with doing some things and not others. I'm a little confused about why this is such a big deal to you.

Relgious reasons, prefrence, they aren't ready

You remember who you lost your virginity to forever