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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 .
Common reasons for FGM cited by women in surveys are social acceptance, religion, hygiene, preservation of virginity, marriageability and enhancement of male sexual pleasure. [129] In a study in northern Sudan, published in 1983, only 17.4 percent of women opposed FGM (558 out of 3,210), and most preferred excision and infibulation over ...
Rebel Wilson, 44, shares the lessons she learned after losing her virginity at 35 in her new memoir, 'Rebel Rising.' She used her weight to avoid intimacy.
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After the operation, the doctor just said, 'Bonjour, Mademoiselle', and I knew it had been a success." Another famous person to undergo male-to-female sex reassignment surgery was Renée Richards. She transitioned and had surgery in the mid-1970s, and successfully advocated to have transgender people recognized in U.S. sports.
In her new memoir released last week, Cher, recalls her reasoning for losing her virginity at 14 — and shared that she was motivated by anger. The “Believe” singer wrote that she had a crush ...
Artificial hymens do not mimic real hymens, but an false idealized popular image of hymens. While there is a popular misconception that hymens are either "intact" or "broken", there is no such distinction, and there is no medical or scientific way to prove or disprove virginity by the state of the hymen. Real hymens do not in fact "break", and ...