So we all know the abstinence movement has created an opportunity for young women to become "born again virgins" by reciting some new pledge to god or something, but apparently, you can have surgury to reattach your hymen.
I'm not joking. From an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Virgin Territory: U.S. Women Seek A Second First Time":
For her 17th wedding anniversay Jeanette Yarborough wanted to do something special for her husband. In addition to planning a hotel getaway for the weekend, Ms. Yarborough paid a surgeon $5,000 to reattach her hymen, making her appear to be a virgin again.
"It's the ultimate gift for the man who has everything," says Ms. Yarborough...
Excuse me? This is so disturbing I'm finding a hard time finding the words.
The story continues:
A 26-year-old Latin American woman who lives in New York's Queens had a hymen repair in 2001 and says it took almost two months for her to feel comfortable again. It took even longer for her to enjoy sex.
The married mother of two says she's glad she had the surgery nonetheless. She says her husband wanted to experience intercourse with a virgin. "If a woman isn't a virgin when she gets married, a man can always put her down for that," says the woman, who does part-time clerical work for Ms. Vanegas's Ridgewood clinic.
What is the world coming to? Thoughts? I can think of a lot of things I'd rather have for $5000. Is it time for us to bring back the tradition of checking out the "wedding sheets" for a bloody stain after the "marriage act." Gross. Gross. Gross.
3 comments:
I'm too disturbed and dumbfounded to have a reaction to that - i am stunned. WTF is right. if i ever get over this stunned state, i imagine i would have many choice words for idiots that partake of this surgery and their partners, especially. But for the moment, I'm too grossed out.
aj
So are they saying that if I broke my hymen when I was four-years-old and fell on a bunkbed ladder (rung in my cha cha with legs on either side) that I now should be considering surgery so my "husband" will feel like a real man. I don't know what gives me the heebies more, remembering the above incident, or the concept behind this surgery.
They've already got us waxing to look like 12-year-olds. Now this!
Hymen free and loving it,
Kalilaw
Oh perfect - I was looking for that example of how this world is falling off it's rocker. I was looking for a reason to show the ignorant (who clame "we've come so far...") that women are treated like showcases, prizes, and playtoys. I was looking for an example of how ridiculous the wacko religions have become. And finally, I was looking for just another example of how women aren't to choose for their OWN BODIES how it should be treated. I can find all this in one article in the NY Times. Perfect. Just. Perfect.
I lost my hymen by attempting a cartwheel into the pool (while everyone watched) and instead of landing in the pool, I landed straddling the edge of the pool - one leg in, one leg out. It still hurts me to think about it.
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