'The First Time' - there is hardly an event surrounded by as many myths, so feared and so eagerly anticipated, that often leads to total disillusionment. What is the reason for this? Partly because literature, art, and film present images of this event that one feels compelled to live up to. And then one often falls hard to the ground of reality. Not only in recent history, but since the beginning, cultural history has dealt with the theme of losing virginity, early on also addressing the discrepancy between fiction and reality. Renate Möhrmann and 24 colleagues delve deeply into relevant texts, films, plays, and artworks from Homer to the present day, thereby getting significantly closer to one of humanity's central themes.