TY - JOUR
T1 - The travesty of virginity testing
T2 - A jurisprudential review
AU - Ahuja, Anvita
AU - Rastogi, Prateek
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - The term “Virginity” has been defined in two senses: being 'chaste'1, that is, not having had sexual intercourse; and the other definition pertaining to the presence of hymen-a piece of tissue surrounding the vagina. For a thin, (barely 1mm thick)1 piece of tissue, a lot of faith is vested in the hymen. While there is a plethora of known methods currently in practice to test the virginity of a woman, there might be more, existing in remote communities that we are yet unaware of. This article deals with the credibility of virginity testing and the impact it has on the examinee.
AB - The term “Virginity” has been defined in two senses: being 'chaste'1, that is, not having had sexual intercourse; and the other definition pertaining to the presence of hymen-a piece of tissue surrounding the vagina. For a thin, (barely 1mm thick)1 piece of tissue, a lot of faith is vested in the hymen. While there is a plethora of known methods currently in practice to test the virginity of a woman, there might be more, existing in remote communities that we are yet unaware of. This article deals with the credibility of virginity testing and the impact it has on the examinee.
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U2 - 10.5958/0974-083X.2020.00082.5
DO - 10.5958/0974-083X.2020.00082.5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089658402
SN - 0972-5687
VL - 20
SP - 168
EP - 171
JO - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
JF - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
IS - 1
ER -