Read Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences Online
Authors: Laura Carpenter
TABLE 1
Profiles of Study Participants
Name | Age | Gender | Sexual Identity | Race/ Ethnicity | Religion | Social Class |
Chris Albrecht | 18 | M | heterosexual | White | Southern Baptist | middle |
Ettrick Anderson | 19 | M | gay | African American | various Protestant | working |
Marty Baker | 26 | M | heterosexual | White | Presbyterian | working |
Matt Bergquist | 24 | M | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | middle |
Missy Blum | 24 | F | bisexual | White | Jewish | middle |
Charlotte Brandt | 28 | F | heterosexual | White | none | middle |
Jason Cantor | 24 | M | heterosexual | White | Jewish | middle |
Kevin Cleary | 22 | M | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | middle |
Hannah Cooper | 29 | F | heterosexual | White | mainline Protestant | middle |
Don Coulter | 32 | M | heterosexual | White | Presbyterian | working |
Tim Davis | 18 | M | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | middle |
Terence Deluca | 27 | M | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | working |
Paul Duval | 25 | M | heterosexual | Haitian American | Roman Catholic | working |
Alyssa Edwards | 21 | F | heterosexual | White | Lutheran | middle |
Sean Farris | 29 | M | gay | White | Roman Catholic | middle |
Heather Folger | 28 | F | heterosexual | White | Unitarian | middle |
Fernando Garcia | 21 | M | gay | Cuban American | Roman Catholic | middle |
Marcy Goldberg | 27 | F | heterosexual | White | Jewish | working |
Jennifer Gonzales | 25 | F | heterosexual | Latina | none | middle |
Bill Gordon | 31 | M | heterosexual | White | Methodist | working |
Dana Hagy | 30 | F | heterosexual | White | (Lutheran) evangelical | middle |
Tony Halloran | 21 | M | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | working |
Tom Hansen | 24 | M | gay | White | evangelical Protestant | middle |
Wendy Hargrave | 18 | F | heterosexual | White | Roman Catholic | working |
Tessa Hauser | 32 | F | lesbian | White | Episcopalian | middle |
Kendall James | 28 | M | gay | African American | Baptist | middle |
Dave Jeffries | 26 | M | heterosexual | White | Lutheran | middle |
Linda Jenkins | 26 | F | heterosexual | White | Presbyterian | middle |
Juliette Jordan | 19 | F | lesbian | African American | Baptist/Roman Catholic | middle |
Jay Karoulis | 18 | M | bisexual | White | Greek Orthodox | working |
Brenda Kim | 25 | F | bisexual | Korean American | Presbyterian | working |
Karen Lareau | 21 | F | heterosexual | White | Episcopalian | middle |
Jon Laumann | 27 | M | heterosexual | White | Lutheran | middle |