"Flower Girls"

So, I was thinking about phrases and references we use alot, while I was brushing my teeth, and I came to the referencing of a girls virginity as her "flower." As if this reference wasn't slightly wierd and creepy, then one wonders about the realationship between this reference and the role of a "flower girl". You know the little girl at the wedding, the little girl scattering her "flowers" wherever they may fall. Hmmm? Some how assigning a girl to this role to me would seem like putting a pretty bleak outlook on her life. Just sign her up for Future Whores of America instead of Brownies, and her life is pretty much set!