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Peculiarpen
Writer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
Writer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
Hymen and virginity.
<p>I've been thinking about some things lately Sha and part of it is, hymen and virginity.</p><p><br/></p><p>Imagine getting married, only for your husband to question your entire sexual history because you didn't bleed on your wedding night.</p><p><br/></p><p>Imagine having to defend your innocence over something your own body was never obligated to prove.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sounds unfair, right?</p><p><br/></p><p>But this is the reality some women face because of one persistent misconception: that every virgin must bleed the first time she has sex.</p><p>It's been bothering me for real and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of this right.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let's talk about it.</p><p><br/></p><p>The hymen is a thin, flexible tissue around the opening of the vagina. Its appearance varies naturally from person to person, and it can stretch through ordinary activities or sexual intercourse. Some people are born with very little hymenal tissue, too.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, here's what many people don't know.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not every woman bleeds during her first sexual experience.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some bleed. Some don't.</p><p><br/></p><p>And neither bleeding nor the absence of it can reliably tell you whether someone has had sex before.</p><p><br/></p><p>Read that again.</p><p><br/></p><p>A woman can have sex for the first time and not bleed. Another woman can bleed for reasons unrelated to virginity.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, why are we still using bedsheets to judge a woman's sexual history?</p><p><br/></p><p>Why are women expected to produce physical evidence of their virginity when the human body doesn't work according to that expectation?</p><p><br/></p><p>And why does this burden seem to fall so heavily on women?</p><p><br/></p><p>The truth is that virginity is a social and personal concept, not a medical condition that can be confirmed by examining the hymen. The World Health Organization has also stated that so-called virginity testing has no scientific merit.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your body is not a certificate.</p><p>Blood is not evidence of innocence.</p><p>And the absence of blood is not evidence of a sexual past.</p><p><br/></p><p>A woman's worth has never been hanging between her legs.</p><p><br/></p><p>If trust is the foundation of a relationship, why are we asking the human body to prove what only honest communication can address?</p><p>Now tell me, were you taught growing up that every woman must bleed on her wedding night? And do you think this misconception still affects women today?</p><p><br/></p><p>Let me hear your point on this. I'll be in the comment section.</p>
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