Born-Again Virgins
By Ellen Goodman | Friday, June 20, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…I remember when a subgroup of the abstinence-only movement came up with an escape clause called secondary virginity. The idea was that just because you had sex once didn’t mean you had to do it again. This prompted a cynical question from a young lawyer in my family: ‘Does that mean you can renew your virginity again and again? Or is it three strikes and you’re out?’
Well, now we are having a secondary argument over secondary virginity. This time the subject isn’t spiritual revival but surgical re-virginity. The furor comes from Europe where there’s a trend among women – mostly immigrants and mostly Muslims – to have their hymens restored for the marriage market….”…BS
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