Ann Nocenti

When I first started writing comics, in the way-back days, Typhoid Mary was my explosive response to women characters in comics - I made her an innocent virginal type, a clever, dark, liberated woman, and as Bloody Mary, a feminist bent of punishing men - all in one character. She was an instinctual rather than a calculated creation.

American Journalist

Andrea Riseborough

I don't relate to people that look like me. I find it deeply unsatisfying to play a version of myself. It was something I had to figure out really early on, when I was at RADA, because I was being cast, over and over again, as the young, virginal thing. When I left RADA, I was on an absolute mission to never wear make-up.

English Actress

Frank McCourt

There was a kind of madness in the country. Eamon De Valera, the prime minister, had this vision of an Ireland where we'd all be in some kind of native costume - which doesn't exist - and we'd be dancing at the crossroads, babbling away in Gaelic, going to Mass, everyone virginal and pure.

Irish Author

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.

English Musician

Bel Powley

When I was young, there weren't any teenage girls I could relate to in film. They were all put in boxes: the virginal good girl, the really sarcastic asexual one. I wanted to do something that represented how I felt then.

British Actress

Vanessa Kirby

I've always been so uninterested in playing any kind of archetype of some pure, innocent, virginal woman. I just don't believe it.

Mia Goth

So often, in films, there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite.

Rita Moreno

If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.

Puerto Rican Actress

Virginal often conveys innocence and purity in a positive light, suggesting something pristine.

Emotional Tone

The term 'virginal' is specifically used to denote something that has not engaged in sexual activity.

Not Sexual

'Virginal' can be used metaphorically to describe objects or concepts that are untouched or unexplored.

Metaphorical Use

The virginal is a historic keyboard instrument, and it's rare and old-fashioned today.

Historic Instrument

A virginal looks similar to a small piano but has a distinct sound and playing technique.

Visual Similarity

Virginals were popular during the Renaissance and often feature in music from this era.

Renaissance Music

 undergoing hymenoplasty. Hymenoplasty is a surgical procedure which restores the virginal state, allowing her to adhere to certain cultural expectations regarding virginity and marriage. So it essentially reconstructs a ruptured hymen,