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Vaginal lacerations that happen during consensual or non consensual intercourse might need surgery, but victims of a forced assault will need additional services such as police intervention and trauma counseling. [2]
Hymenorrhaphy or "hymen reconstruction surgery" is the surgical alteration of the hymen, with the goal of producing bleeding on intercourse and a tight vaginal introitus, falsely believed to indicate virginity. The term comes from the Greek words hymen meaning "membrane", and raphḗ meaning "suture".
The surgery itself is controversial, and critics refer to the procedures as "designer vagina". [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In the article Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis, she talks about the modification of woman's vagina and the outside influences women are pressured with, which can cause them to feel shame towards their labia minora .
The hymen is often attributed important cultural significance in certain communities because of its association with a woman's virginity. In those cultures, an intact hymen is highly valued at marriage in the belief that this is a proof of virginity. [7] [34] [35] Some women undergo hymenorrhaphy to restore their hymen for this reason. [35]
Cher is opening up about losing her virginity as a teenager.. In her new memoir Cher: The Memoir, Part One, which was released on Tuesday, Nov. 19, the singer and actress recalls the circumstances ...
A study of adolescents in Ethiopia found that among those who reported being raped, 17% became pregnant after the rape, [7] a figure which is similar to the 15–18% reported by rape crisis centers in Mexico. [8] [9] Experience of coerced sex at an early age reduces a woman's ability to see her sexuality as something over which she has control.
At the time, the study found that the average age of virginity loss is 17.4, whereas the average age of sexual awakening (“a sudden realization of sexual feelings and urges”) is 15.2.
In case you missed it and/or blocked it out, Prince Harry described losing his virginity as an “inglorious episode with an older woman” in his memoir Spare. “She liked horses, quite a lot ...