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Post by maddogblues on Oct 9, 2009 10:50:03 GMT -5
www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/10/virginity-made-chinaEgypt may be up in arms over the latest stroke of Chinese manufacturing brilliance—a synthetic hymen—but according to Popular Science, it really is sort of cool. Developed in Japan and currently sold by a Chinese company called Gigimo, the product promises to give women back their first time for a cool $29.90. Though it's sold as an adult entertainment item, conservative officials across the Muslim world fear it might find more nefarious uses in countries where virginity is a prerequisite for marriage. Egypt has gone so far as to attempt a ban against the artificial hymen, calling peddlers "bandits" and charging that the device will corrode the moral standards of the country. Controversy over the device began after a Dutch radio station broadcast an Arabic ad for the product. The BBC calls it a cheap and easy alternative to hymen repair surgery. When inserted into the vagina, the device expands to fit the wearer, providing resistance and a small squirt of blood-like substance when punctured. In places where honor killings are practiced against women who can't prove they were virgins on their wedding nights, this little, seemingly innocuous sex toy has opened quite a can of worms.
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Post by Freedom on Oct 9, 2009 14:38:55 GMT -5
www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/10/virginity-made-chinaEgypt may be up in arms over the latest stroke of Chinese manufacturing brilliance—a synthetic hymen—but according to Popular Science, it really is sort of cool. Developed in Japan and currently sold by a Chinese company called Gigimo, the product promises to give women back their first time for a cool $29.90. Though it's sold as an adult entertainment item, conservative officials across the Muslim world fear it might find more nefarious uses in countries where virginity is a prerequisite for marriage. Egypt has gone so far as to attempt a ban against the artificial hymen, calling peddlers "bandits" and charging that the device will corrode the moral standards of the c. ountry Controversy over the device began after a Dutch radio station broadcast an Arabic ad for the product. The BBC calls it a cheap and easy alternative to hymen repair surgery. When inserted into the vagina, the device expands to fit the wearer, providing resistance and a small squirt of blood-like substance when punctured. In places where honor killings are practiced against women who can't prove they were virgins on their wedding nights, this little, seemingly innocuous sex toy has opened quite a can of worms. " Egypt has gone so far as to attempt a ban against the artificial hymen, calling peddlers "bandits" and charging that the device will corrode the moral standards of the c. ountry" What a laugh, as if the goverment of Egypt has a moral fiber to begin with, their minority sudanese, sub saharan Africans & coptic minority are persecuted on a regular basis, torture by authorities is common practice, not to mention the country just so happens to be a police state.....and they're worried about fake hymens ruining the moral standards of the country? ;D
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Post by tko on Oct 9, 2009 16:14:11 GMT -5
Exactly, what Freedom said.
I think it's atrocious that they would even need to fake their viginity in the first place. Talk about a double standard.
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Post by Freedom on Oct 9, 2009 22:00:00 GMT -5
Exactly, what Freedom said. I think it's atrocious that they would even need to fake their viginity in the first place. Talk about a double standard. I wonder if this fake hymen is available in Pakistan?
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Post by maddogblues on Oct 11, 2009 22:56:17 GMT -5
Virginity is overrated. Being a slut is one thing, but loving someone outside of marriage is something altogether different.
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