According to studies, many respondents agree that a woman's virginity is a loss only "if her vagina [has been] completely penetrated by a penis" and that the sex is "penile vaginal intercourse" (Carpenter). However, this definition does not fit same-sex couples, who may not have vaginal sex. This raises the question of whether same-sex couples would be considered virgins or not. Today, homosexual men and women have begun to redefine sex and virginity to “include the sex of same-sex partners” (Carpenter). Instead of describing these terms as vaginal intercourse with the penis, sex is now defined as sexual intercourse without the need to penetrate the vagina with a penis. For many college students, oral-genital contact and anal-genital contact are considered sex today, and loss of virginity as the first time someone experiences some form of sexual intercourse. The definition of sex and virginity has changed based on one's sexual identity, making it more ambiguous today as more and more people accept these identities and change how they define them