Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Illusions Of Virginity: Muslim Women Practicing Deceit

The surgery in the private clinic off the Champs-Élysées involved one semicircular cut, 10 self-dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900.
But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of Moroccan descent from Montpellier, the 30-minute procedure represented the key to a new life: the illusion of virginity.


"In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt," said the student, perched on a hospital bed as she awaited surgery Thursday. "Right now, virginity is more important to me than life."

"If you're a Muslim woman growing up in more open societies in Europe, you can easily end up having sex before marriage," said Hicham Mouallem, a doctor in London who performs the surgery. "So if you're looking to marry a Muslim and don't want to have problems, you'll try to recapture your virginity."

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Some questions:
-If virginity is more important than life, then why practice premarital sex?
-Do you find these types of surgery a chasing after the wind?
-Does this do anything other than make the lie you tell to your husband easier to believe?
-If you are a woman would you do it? Why?
-What marital benefit comes out of a surgery utilized to cover up the past and hide the truth?

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