Arab writer and social commentator, Sana Al Khayat believes the whole issue has much to with the notion of “control”.<\/p>\n
“If she’s a virgin, she doesn’t have any way of comparing [her husband to other men]. If she’s been with other men, then she has experience. Having experience makes women stronger.”<\/p>\n
It may be the 21st Century but the issue of virginity in Arab culture can still be a matter of life and death, especially for women like Sonia and Nada.<\/p>\n
And while hymen repair may be a quick fix, it can’t reconcile centuries of ingrained tradition with the attitudes of modern society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I can’t speak for non-Christian traditions, but it’s awfully hard to make this argument with respect to Christianity, given that the clear New Testament teaching is that men are also expected to enter marriage as virgins\u2014how then is it about “control” of women?<\/p>\n
Likewise, how does having sexual “experience make women stronger”? This statement is made with no explanation, no defense, as though it were an established truth. Amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The BBC News has published an article on what they are calling “the virginity industry“\u2014(mainly Arab and some Asian) women choosing to get hymen restoration surgery in order to hide their past sexual activity prior to getting married, avoiding the social consequences of not being a virgin on their wedding night. It is indeed a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4,18],"tags":[23,38,61,299,347,354],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
BBC: \u201cThe Virginity Industry\u201d\u2014Some Backward Cultures Still Advocate Virginal Marriage! - Jason Staples<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n