Now that I think about it, it seems more socially acceptable for a woman to die without ever having sex. Like if you have a 25 year old female virgin it doesn't seem as awkward as a 25 year old male virgin. I wonder why.
It may be because of some misguided theory of "purity" and how a woman being a virgin is seen to some conservatively minded people as somehow superior to a woman who has relationships and sex outside of marriage. A pretty stupid mindset but quite prevalent still.
There's the whole crazy catlady, old lonely spinster stereotype that still is a thing. And having frequented retirement homes to visit elderly relatives I can tell it's true in a way, because many of such elderly spinsters are no less lonely then an aging bachelor. Their friends around them all die or become immobile and unable to visit, and with no children or grandchildren to visit them they kind of wither away and cling at any human contact they can get.
In the end for both genders to die without ever having sex is not exactly a phenomenon that society views kindly. And in a way it makes sense because sex is pretty fucking awesome and to live eight or nine decades without ever experiencing it seems like a rather miserable way to spend a life. I don't believe in any of that no-sex-before-marriage bullshit and women who have sex aren't any less pure then men having sex. It's a fun activity to engage in, and people should never be ashamed to do so. Whatever goes on between two consenting adults having a good time, I think should be celebrated and embraced as long as it's not, say, furry deviancy or what-have-you.
There's this old saying, "always the bridesmaid, never the bride". I don't think for a woman to die a virgin is and ever has been truly respected, unless perhaps in certain religious cultures if she joined an order or took a vow. In most cases it is frowned upon for both genders to never get any.
Society generally expects guys to live up to some exalted image of manliness, and while it used to be a little more specific, these days you can easily pass by being successful in some way, not showing emotional weakness, and scoring some poon-tang. If you don't live up to this at least partially you're seen as less of a man, often being compared to a woman, and there are very few things in western culture that are considered more insulting than a man being likened to a woman (although less so these days).
People who live their lives according to what society demands of them, or what they
think demands of them, will wind up being miserable more often then not. People should do things because
they want to do things, not someone else. It's quite a weight off your shoulders to realize this.
