I came across an interesting article over on NewsVine. It seems that young Muslim women are having their hymens repaired, to avert being beaten and possibly killed by their future husbands. If you don’t know what a hymen is, I’m not telling you, go find out for yourself. Anyhow, it is sad that they are having to do such a procedure to keep from being ridiculed. I am not making fun of their culture, nor am I being disrespectful, for I know and respect quite a few Muslim people. The article takes place in Saint-Denis, France, but it also is practiced here in America. Wherever it is practiced, it is done secretly. What’s your say on Chastity?
Such ploys have saved many a young woman from scorn and worse. But
they also clash with the more liberal social mores of France and
Europe, where some decry it as an attack on human rights.The
procedures are legal but shrouded in silence — "something that passes
through nonofficial channels," via friends or the Internet, said Dr.
Nathan Wrobel. "There are circuits that lead women to me."
Wrobel
is one of an unknown number of gynecologists in France who are willing
to repair hymens, the membrane usually broken by the first act of
sexual intercourse. He was one of the few doctors willing to talk about
it.Wrobel says women come to him having convinced themselves
that the procedure will somehow reverse the irreversible. "They tell
me, ‘I’ll be a virgin again. You will make me a virgin,’ which in
reality is totally false …. It’s a secret we share."
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