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but there is more. losing your virginity usually means having intercourse for the first time, and most often this will break your hymen, and this in turn causes some pain, (it is different with different people), and also can cause bleeding but not always does.
The thing is that sometimes a hymen is broken long before a girl has sex. (the hymen is sort of like a tight wall by the entrance of your vagina.) Some are very tight and you can't even insert a tampax junior. Others have no problems with tampons even if they are still virgins.
But to get back to what I said previously. A doctor may tell you you are no longer a virgin based on the fact that your hymen is broken and that is not always true. Some other things besides sex that can break your hymen is horseback riding, for example, and certain gymnastics as well, and I am sure there are others, including using tools for masturbation.
To summarize, no, you need not bleed, a condom makes absolutely no difference, and usually by 'virginity lost' we mean intercourse has happened vs. petting, etc.
Hope this helps.
the way a girl can know her virginity is lost is if there was a penis in her vagina. simple as that. if you had sex you're not a virgin.