The vestal virgins of ancient Rome had to remain virgin .They could lose it on the risk of getting buried alive.
A Hindu father performs A ‘kanya daan’ when a daughter is married – signifying a virgin being given in marriage.
Islam considers virginity of the girl before marriage to be the greatest asset.
The oracles of Egypt, believed to have magical powers, used to be virgins. The powers could vanish only if the maidenhead of the Oracle was destroyed.
The wedding gown till date is white because the colour signifies purity and virginity.
The Americans have a practice called ‘purity ball’ in which they encourage their six year olds to remain virgin till married officially.
The state of M.P. in 2009 made the girls endure a virginity test before meriting admittance in a mass wedding ceremony.
Women from Asia were forced to undergo virginity tests at Heathrow before allowed in England. It was officially banned only in 1979 after a media uproar.
Thousands of educated young girls of Zululand take part in a ceremony in which a certificate is given after a successful virginity test.
There is a new surgical procedure termed hymenoplasty developed with the sole aim of helping a girl pass the virginity test on the honeymoon bed.
The world has moved upscale in every way except in relation to this medieval male obsession for Virginity. It is still a mark of purity. This male obsession is illogical and the test for its provenance highly unscientific. It is possible to lose the hymen even by a sexually innocent girl. Here come all the efforts developed through centuries to fake the test of virginity through various artificial methods.
This leads to a pertinent question. What about the male virginity? Well, there is no test for it. There is no ban on males for having premarital sex. The taboo is reserved for girls only.
The reason behind this male obsession is incomprehensible. If the singularity of physical relationship is expected after marriage it can be understood because therein lies the future of the family. But to make an intact hymen a precondition of purity is what Voltaire called an ‘infantile superstition’ only.
Virginity of women has been used by all the cultures as a trading article. It has the seeds of bargaining of a hot property between two parties. It is feudalistic, medieval, and illogical and yet it holds sway over a large section of society the world over even today.
Another reason for this obsession could be man’s ingrained fear of competition. A man will not like a bride to have the knowhow to compare him with another man. A virgin will have no such knowledge. So, the Male obsession for only a virgin to have marital bond may have stemmed from the fear of failure in the act of consummation of marriage. This fear in male psyche must have given rise to this tradition.
A Hindu father performs A ‘kanya daan’ when a daughter is married – signifying a virgin being given in marriage.
Islam considers virginity of the girl before marriage to be the greatest asset.
The oracles of Egypt, believed to have magical powers, used to be virgins. The powers could vanish only if the maidenhead of the Oracle was destroyed.
The wedding gown till date is white because the colour signifies purity and virginity.
The Americans have a practice called ‘purity ball’ in which they encourage their six year olds to remain virgin till married officially.
The state of M.P. in 2009 made the girls endure a virginity test before meriting admittance in a mass wedding ceremony.
Women from Asia were forced to undergo virginity tests at Heathrow before allowed in England. It was officially banned only in 1979 after a media uproar.
Thousands of educated young girls of Zululand take part in a ceremony in which a certificate is given after a successful virginity test.
There is a new surgical procedure termed hymenoplasty developed with the sole aim of helping a girl pass the virginity test on the honeymoon bed.
The world has moved upscale in every way except in relation to this medieval male obsession for Virginity. It is still a mark of purity. This male obsession is illogical and the test for its provenance highly unscientific. It is possible to lose the hymen even by a sexually innocent girl. Here come all the efforts developed through centuries to fake the test of virginity through various artificial methods.
This leads to a pertinent question. What about the male virginity? Well, there is no test for it. There is no ban on males for having premarital sex. The taboo is reserved for girls only.
The reason behind this male obsession is incomprehensible. If the singularity of physical relationship is expected after marriage it can be understood because therein lies the future of the family. But to make an intact hymen a precondition of purity is what Voltaire called an ‘infantile superstition’ only.
Virginity of women has been used by all the cultures as a trading article. It has the seeds of bargaining of a hot property between two parties. It is feudalistic, medieval, and illogical and yet it holds sway over a large section of society the world over even today.
Another reason for this obsession could be man’s ingrained fear of competition. A man will not like a bride to have the knowhow to compare him with another man. A virgin will have no such knowledge. So, the Male obsession for only a virgin to have marital bond may have stemmed from the fear of failure in the act of consummation of marriage. This fear in male psyche must have given rise to this tradition.
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