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In these modern times, women’s liberation is no longer a fancy word and many women are boldly stepping into territories once dominated by men only. That has made them very confident and outgoing and premarital sex is no longer considered taboo by them. They are no longer willing to accept that premarital sex is not appropriate or engaging in it is not in their best interests as they feel any form of sexual attraction must be duly fulfilled. They consider themselves fully equal to men in all respects and if men can sleep around before marriage, so can they.

However they could be mistaken, for we still live in a society which has got set ideas about things and most men are loathe considering a woman who is not a virgin as somebody compatible for them when it comes to marriage. Men still want their potential life partners to be coy virgins and they see it as a challenge to prove their sexual prowess. Many get sexually excited at the prospect of deflowering a virgin, though they may not have had prior sexual experience. In fact this fixation with an intact hymen on the part of men is causing many women to rectify any tear in the hymen caused due to either sexual contact or otherwise so that they can present themselves as the typical virgin sought by their partner. This way they are able to satisfy the requirement of their partner and also keep their family happy.

Let us at this point understand the function of the hymen?

The female sexual system by virtue of it being outside the body has in the vagina, an organ that is capable of cleansing itself. But it is the tube that leads from the vagina to the uterus which is about half a foot long that is susceptible to infection and bacteria can easily deposit themselves on this canal, making their way from unhygienic toilet seats or tampons. This leads to uterus infection and women are thus very prone to urinary infections. The outcome of a urinary infection is smelly vaginal discharges, fever, pain and some spotting of blood.

To prevent such an occurrence, nature has provided women with the hymen that is a film of tissue acting as a gatekeeper to the vaginal canal. This gate prevents easy entry of any bacteria and keeps the canal clean and safe. But since no two individuals are the same, it is possible that some women may have no hymen at all or just have half a hymen. The appearance of the hymen is also different in each woman as is clear from the picture below. This tissue can be split or can suffer tear due to hectic physical activity like sports, gymnastics, and practice of martial arts that involve a lot of stretching. Other similar hectic activities like horse riding or cycling or through use of tampons can also lead to a ruptured hymen.

What are the medical terms for different types of hymen?

It is a misconception that an intact hymen means the woman is a virgin. The hymen can be of different shapes and sizes and depending on them, they are known by various medical terms such as the annular hymen where the hymen manifests itself as a ring around the vaginal opening, septate hymen where the hymen acquires a split down its middle making the vagina look like it has two openings, the rigid hymen, which is quite tough to penetrate and so on.

This tissue or hymen does not fully cover the vaginal canal as the menstrual fluid has to seep out and in cases where the hymen has blocked the opening, women have found it difficult to go about their natural body functions such as urinate, dispose off menstrual fluid, wear tampons and have satisfactory sex. In such rare cases, there is no option but to surgically cut the hymen off.

So why is an intact hymen so important from a cultural standpoint?

Since time immemorial, the intact hymen has been proof of a woman’s virginity and this fact was even checked by somebody neutral to both the parties before finalizing the marriage. Even in today’s times, it is the mother and mother in law who together inspects the girl and make sure that the groom is getting a fresh piece, so to say. If by any chance, the hymen happens to be ruptured, then it is not uncommon for people on the bride’s side taking their life to express their guilt and shame over this and this is prevalent essentially in Pakistan and India. Other countries which still lay a great emphasis on an intact hymen are the Muslim countries of Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

All along the focus has been skewed towards the man marrying somebody who has been sexually untouched. The latest example of this played out in a court in France when the marriage was annulled because the bridegroom discovered on the nuptial bed that his bride was not pure, as in her hymen had ruptured. In fact, this groom immediately went and deposited his bride at her parent’s place. The incident is more shocking when you consider that the groom in question was of French nationality and had an engineering degree. Moreover, he was thirty years old with a lot of sexual experience of his own, as discovered by the tabloids at a later date. Sociologists feel that this fixation with an intact hymen is usually in countries where the people are suffering from poverty and are also dependant on a strong hierarchical system. Hence it is deemed important for the bride to be a virgin so that the progeny does not have genes from outside the clan. This is all the more so since they cannot afford the costly process of DNA testing and there is no other way to ensure this purity of the progeny that is about to be conceived.