I was getting a hard time from people in my late teens and twenties, and still get a hard time even after losing it and having some experiences just because I look like someone who hasn't had any. In the old days, you'd be set up with a wife, possibly unattractive, by age 18 and go about your business tilling the fields. We don't have to till the fields or marry who our parents match us with anymore, but the trade off is that it can be very difficult for some to meet their soul mate. Freedom has its price.