The Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit has been causing a legit uproar in Egypt. What's in the phony purity pack? Why, a diaphragm that trickles a blood-like liquid, of course! And it's all in an effort to trick new hubbies into thinking their brides are carrying a V-card.
The kit is seen as a tool of empowerment to some, but Egyptian conservatives believe it promotes promiscuity and ultimately threatens Islam. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood (who control 20% of the seats in Egypt's parliament) have called for a ban on the kit and jail time for anyone that is caught peddling it.
I haven't found any stats on how many have actually been sold (if any). But I do know that the $30 kit is produced by a Chinese company called Gigimo, who promotes the product through mail-order ads that advise women: ''Add in a few moans and groans, you will pass through undetectable.'' Moans and groans of pleasure or discomfort? It sure would be nice to put a ban on placing so much value on virginity.
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written by Jasmine, October 08, 2009
written by mlp, October 09, 2009
written by Jennifer, October 09, 2009
written by Bjorn Roche, October 11, 2009
Surgery is already used by affluent women in many countries for this purpose (including the US), and I think the potential high availability and low cost of this product, along with its brazen ad campaign, are large parts of the objection.
written by Kim, October 15, 2009
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written by Nikki Feuerstein, October 15, 2009
Ladies, almost all of us still have our hymens intact.
I work in sexual assault, and this what the SART nurses taught us. I figure they see more hymens of different ages than anyone else does, so I trust them on it.
Do any of you remember breaking your hymen? If you did experience some blood, it was probably more do to vaginal tearing.
Its silly that we have a product out there that acts as a myth for a myth.
written by Shona, October 15, 2009
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written by Glynis, October 15, 2009
Call it deceit or just a clever way of duping foolish men. Or even giving women who had their virginity taken away a second chance. Now virginity comes with a price tag of $30.
written by Kim, October 15, 2009
written by Carol, October 15, 2009
written by Sheryl, October 15, 2009
It sickens me to think there is a need for this product. The only acceptable way there should be a market for this is for healthy role playing between consenting partners, respecting one another. Any other reason amounts to women being abused and held down as second class citizens, or worse, property of the husband. We haven't come that far, baby.
written by mariam aryai rivera, October 15, 2009
i could be wrong, but a Muslim woman could be badly beaten or even killed if found that upon being married she had already lost her virginity"
you are wrong, this is am opinion formed from years of mainstream media working on your brain...it's just that chastity is ridiculously high priority in the CULTURES of the middle east, not to be confused with the religion. don't get me wrong, virginity is equally as "important" in islam as it is in christianity and judaism and hinduism and seikh religion...
oh wait a sec...that's right, almost ALL religions with problems involving womens' issues are developed around pre-religious misogyny! man finds away to absorb the religion and apply to it oppression of not just women, but all people in the "minority".
i am iranian, in iran women sometimes get the hyman operation, or ask for penetration else where in the name of fucking chastity...but alas, where is the third argument?? the argument is for us women, not whether or not this kit should be available by egyptian law, but why should woman feel the need to use this?? this is the indicator of fundamental problems in the society. society is the issue, not this fucking chinese kit, which will probably be recalled in six months for scaring women due to composition of illegal materials (just kidding, but not really).
women of this region, women all over must stand out loud and say "NO, we don't want this device for one reason...our body belongs to US and it's not your concern." accepting this device is to say we stand by the idea that chastity is everything in our identities. even women that want to stay virgins until marriage must acknowledge that this is an attack on their identity as well. women who are virgins but don't bleed (which is so damn ignorant anyway and unscientific to assume all women a)even have a damn hymen and b)bleed when it's broken)are being accused of being pre-maritally sexually active. and for the men of the muslim brotherhood who have done that, here is a quote for the Qu'ran that i think will earn a few brothers an ass whooping:
[Noor 24:4] And those who accuse chaste women and do not bring four witnesses to testify – punish them with eighty lashes and do not ever accept their testimony; and it is they who are the wicked.
written by sarah, October 15, 2009
Yes, this product would in some ways be liberating, but it promotes lying instead of standing up to the idea that women have to be virgins before marriage. We should be acting to oppose that ideal, instead of passively accepting it and then using this product as a precaution.
written by Cathy, October 15, 2009
Ms. Rivera makes an excellent point! I believe that as long as women's chastity is commodified there will always be a market for such products as the Gigimo.
written by sierracanbe, October 16, 2009
written by Jenn, October 16, 2009
written by J. Teeple, October 16, 2009
I do wonder if maybe it's dangerous to use though. If the woman has good reason to be AFRAID of #2 finding out he's not #1, lies about it by use of this product, and then maybe #2 finds out the truth some other way, it seems probable that something worse than jail time might happen as a result.
written by hedy, October 16, 2009
I had more sex partners than my husband before we married. What I did before him should not - and does not - matter. If it's mutual and you use protection, who cares about the number?
written by Lauren, October 17, 2009
written by Tessa, October 19, 2009
Very well said. How sad that we're still living in such a sexist world, still. Guys can fool around as much as they want, but the poor girls have to save themselves for their one and only.... sucks. And as for me, I never experienced blood either.
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