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Virginity Rocks is a catchphrase typically found on t-shirts given out by Christian organizations to promote abstinence. As early as 2008, some have worn the t-shirts ironically which led YouTuber Danny Duncan to produce merchandise using the phrase in 2018.

Origin

Since the mid-2000s, various Christian organizations have offered "virginity rocks" t-shirts.^[2] In May 2008, CBS reported online that many students in in one Virginia school system claimed that they were told they can't wear their "virginity rocks" t-shirts at school.^[3]

Spread

On November 21st, 2008, in a Chronicle^[1] forum one user, kilpikonna, mentioned the t-shirt saying "Dudes, could it be an irony tee?" On August 4th, 2011, YouTuber Justin Lawrence Hoyt uploaded a comedy routine in which he wears a "virginity rocks" shirt (shown below). The video garnered over 2,900 views in eight years. On September 17th, 2014, CNN^[4] reported on another school system in Arkansas that was considering banning the shirts to its sexual nature.

Virgin Diaries

On July 8th, 2017, TLC UK uploaded a Virgin Diaries episode "Fun, Single and Ready to Mingle" (shown below). The video garnered over two million views and 16,000 likes and starred a man named Skippy that was wearing a "virginity rocks" t-shirt sincerely.

On August 11th, Redditor thearmedlemon posted an image macro of Skippy to r/2meirl4meirl^[5] (shown below). The image of Skippy has been caption and posted to various other subreddits since then.

Danny Duncan Merch

In 2018, YouTuber Danny Duncan known for his skateboarding and prank videos released merch using the catchphrase "Virginity Rocks."^[6] On May 19th, 2018, Danny Duncan uploaded "Virginity Rocks On The News!" (shown below) in which he travels to Roseburg Oregon after one high schooler was told that he couldn't wear a "virginity rocks" shirt. The video accumulated over 1.2 million views and 39,000 likes in a year.

On August 1st, Urban Dictionary^[9] user Kevinlovesdanny defined "Virginity Rocks" as "A motto used by Danny Duncan to encouraged his audience virgins. The only exception is to take another persons virginty." The definition gained over 160 upvoted and 50 downvotes in a year. Danny Duncan's Merch (shown below) has confused people enough that in September 2018, Redditor datsfuckedup2 posted to r/rant^[7] about the shirts and exactly a year later a similar post was uploaded to r/teenagers.^[8]

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