“Are You My First?”, a reality dating show that dropped on Hulu last week, was clearly designed to be provocative. Well before it premiered, it drew controversy for its choice of hosts: reality and podcast personality Kaitlyn Bristowe shares the honor with Colton Underwood, a public figure most famous for being a virgin when he starred on “The Bachelor” and second-most famous for allegedly stalking the winner of his season. The show itself, which we have now watched in full, never ceases reminding viewers that its castmembers are virgins, and their lack of experience is frequently played for awkward laughs. Their full humanity, indeed any part of their identities outside of not having had sex, is not explored in any meaningful depth. From beginning to end, everything from the eliminations (“Virgin Sacrifices”) to the contestants themselves (consistently identified as “virgins” in their chyrons) are chastity-branded. But the idea of what virginity actually represen…
