The question of virginity testing in Turkey |
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Authors: | Pelin Serap Sahinoglu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medical Deontology, Ankara Medical Faculty |
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Abstract: | Pre-marital sex for a woman is regarded as wrong in my country. As a result, it is socially forbidden for a woman to engage in this act. In order to present a woman as a virgin on her marriage day, she is subjected to pressure, and put under control both by her family and societal norms. However, a man is free and never made to suffer any of the above. A woman found to be a virgin on her first night of marriage is seen as a normal person while one suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation. |
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