童貞が許されるのは小学生までだよね - translation of まで


I'm interested in an exact translation of the particle まで used in this
Internet meme:

![童貞が許されるのは小学生までだよね](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zW66z.png)

In case you can't read the image, here's a transcription:

> 「えーマジ 童貞!?」  
>  「キモーイ」  
>  「童貞が許されるのは小学生までだよねー」  
>  「キャハハハハハハ」

Intuitively, the translation should be something like this:

> Only elementary school students are allowed to be virgins

This translation is backed by the translation of a variation of this phrase
found on [Touhou
Wiki](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lyrics:_%E6%82%A3%E9%83%A8%E3%81%A7%E6%AD%A2%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%99%E3%81%90%E6%BA%B6%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B_%EF%BD%9E_%E7%8B%82%E6%B0%97%E3%81%AE%E5%84%AA%E6%9B%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%99%A2):

> イージ[sic]モードが許されるのは 小学生までだよねー
>
> The only people allowed (to play) in easy mode are elementary school kids.

However, according to the grammar guide and [goo
jisho](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/208999/m0u/%E8%BF%84/), まで can
only mean "even", not "only". Following a [dictionary
example](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/71830/m0u/%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7/):

> 老人まで踊っている
>
> Even the elderly are dancing.

I could try translating it as:

> Even elementary school students are allowed to be virgins (?)

But it does not sound right.

Could it be that by saying "小学生まで" we imply "生まれた時から小学生まで"?

> Only elementary school students **and younger children** are allowed to be
> virgins

So, how should まで be translated here and why?




まで means "until, up to":

> You can get away with being a virgin until elementary school. _or_  
>  Virginity is allowed up to elementary school.

When まで is translated "even" it is used in the same sense as "until/up to and
including, e.g.

> 老人まで踊っている  
>  People up to and including the elderly are dancing. = Even the elderly are
> dancing.




まで means "until, up to":

> You can get away with being a virgin until elementary school. _or_  
>  Virginity is allowed up to elementary school.

When まで is translated "even" it is used in the same sense as "until/up to and
including, e.g.

> 老人まで踊っている  
>  People up to and including the elderly are dancing. = Even the elderly are
> dancing.

