Intimate surgeries for the sake of religion? Count me out.
Sei un po’ di.me (or my title: “Not everyone sheds blood the first time they have sex.”)
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In a time we are increasingly more able to relocate, why do some decide to stay somewhere that does not represent the ideals they have? For example, the increasing number of Muslims in Europe who which to return to a traditional Muslim lifestyle, but remain in liberal western Europe?
I’m not saying that one group of people should be disallowed to live or be in a certain place, but wouldn’t they rather live amongst those that share the same value system? I don’t enjoy corporate America, so I left the pseudo-non-profit (corporate) lifestyle to hopefully move into a house in a rice field where I can hopefully grow crazy Taiwanese veggies and flowers. Lesbians flock to Park Slope, and apparently Utah (go figure!), because…well…there’s other lesbians! (and Park Slope has services geared for the population, which is my overall point.)
These thoughts come while reading the NYTimes piece about Muslim women in Europe surgically re-establishing their hymen. “In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt,” said the student, perched on a hospital bed as she awaited surgery on Thursday. “Right now, virginity is more important to me than life.” Gyn’s are giving out certificates of virinity. Hey…when you have sex, you mentally and phyiscally de-virginate (de-virginize?) yourself. You cannot go back to the innocence.
A comedy film just released on the topic and the director had something relevant to this post to say…
“We realized that what we thought was a sporadic practice was actually pretty common,” said Davide Sordella, the film’s director. “These women can live in Italy, adopt our mentality and wear jeans. But in the moments that matter, they don’t always have the strength to go against their culture.”
After reading the article, I’m thinking that I like America’s way of releasing tradition. America lets you start new, forget your past, let go of old baggage. Many of the women mentioned in the article are worried about their families. What is dad going to think? Well, lady…you’ve been in an 8-year relationship. You’re 32 years old. You dad is DELUSIONAL if he thinks you are still chaste. Instead of you going to the doctor, maybe dear old dad should.
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Surgery Offers Muslim Women Illusion of Virginity
An increasing number of Muslim women in Europe are having surgery to create the illusion of virginity.
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