Recreating virginity in Iran
guardian
14-May-2009 (2 comments)

Hymenoplasty, the operation through which a woman's virginity is restored, is a surprisingly hot topic on Iranian weblogs. Vaginal reconstruction is a popular operation throughout the Middle East and among expatriate Middle Easterners of all religious backgrounds. The operation itself has been performed for centuries in a culture where girls are expected to be virgin on the wedding night. Traditionally, a groom's avowal that the young bride was not a virgin could cause great scandal. In 1865 the Jewish Austrian physician Jacob Polak, who worked for the royal court in Iran, reported that some grooms used this tactic to extort a larger dowry from the bride's family

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anonymous fish

so many things wrong with this

by anonymous fish on Thu May 14, 2009 11:00 AM PDT

first... the whole requirement of being a virgin at marriage to begin with.

second... the hypocracy of putting a woman through a surgical procedure to satisfy those requirements which serve absolutely no purpose except to exhibit control over the woman. 

 


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Proof of complete failure of IRI in EVERYTHING

by Rofoozeh (not verified) on Thu May 14, 2009 08:09 AM PDT

That proves how thoroughly unsuccessful Islamic Republic has been in every single aspect influencing Iranian lives ...

IRI gets an F in almost everything, almost since it got some Ds as well ... lol


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