Journey Ahead Cultural change is a long process, but every journey starts with a first step, and this is ours at SGBV clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: dismantling myths about women's virginity. Conflict of Interest The author declares a conflict of interest as she has been involved in the establishment and management of the SGBV Pran Men'M Klink and has collaborated to the project on debunking virginity myths that is presented in the article. Acknowledgements Special thanks as well as my deepest and sincere appreciation go to the entire team of the Pran Men'M Klinik in Port au Prince, Haiti.
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Soc Probl. World Health Organization. Geneva: WHO; Transforming the healthcare response to intimate partner violence and taking best practices to scale. J Womens Health Larchmt ; 21 —9. Virginity testing beyond a medical examination. Glob J Health Sci. Virginity testing: A systematic review. Reprod Health. This can be from sex, or from gymnastics or riding a bike or any number of other things. This is so that they know whether to recommend STI testing , talk about birth control , and bring up other sexual health issues.
This is also your opportunity to ask any other questions you have about your sexual health. If your mom will be there for the appointment, make sure you have some alone time with your doctor. Your gynecologist should ask your mom to leave the room for part of the appointment, so that you can talk with her alone.
The good news is that what you talk about with your doctor is private and confidential. This means that it would NOT be ok for your doctor to tell your mom or anyone else what you talk about during your appointment. They can tell you more specifics and answer any questions you have.
Virginity tests can have damaging psychological consequences for girls and women. They can cause feelings of guilt, self-disgust, depression, anxiety and a negative body image, several UN agencies said in a statement calling for an end to the practice. In many cases, they're performed at the request of family members or partners, often without consent. Because there's no equivalent for men, virginity tests imply that sex before marriage is only unacceptable for women.
Sometimes, the consequences of virginity testing are physical. The sexual stigma perpetuated by the tests can drive women to risky behaviors. They might opt for oral or anal sex to preserve their virginity, doctors say, which can lead to sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, if practiced without protection.
It's based on a narrow definition of sex. People who request virginity tests as evidence of whether a girl or a woman has had sex are missing the point, Mishori said. There are many other ways to have sex besides vaginal penetration, and simply inspecting the hymen will not yield any instructive answers about whether a woman is sexually active, she said.
According to Dr Anuradha, no one can tell about your sexual history. This is because the vagina is an elastic organ. Once it adjusts itself according to a penis size during sex, it returns to its original state immediately after the sexual session.
Dr Loveleena also said that there are tests that examine if hymen is torn or not. But due to certain lifestyle factors, such as horse riding, gymnastics and biking, there are chances that even without any sexual contact, hymen may break. Both the doctors said that no matter what your sex life is like, looking at a vagina is never enough to be able to tell that.
This is also so because of the same reason - a vagina regains its size as soon as sex is over, no matter how long and how many times you do it. Because of increased blood flow, it enlarges in size and once it gets relaxed, it comes back to its normal size.
No matter what size the penis is, vagina naturally lubricates itself and gets stretched. It just had expanded according to the penis and returns soon to its original state.
The only two times you may really feel loose down there is after childbirth and menopause. However, even in case of childbirth, the vagina comes back to its original shape in the next six months. In case of menopause too, certain medication and exercises can be done to maintain a tight vagina. ANSWER: This proves that no matter how many sexual partners you have been with, no one can actually tell that besides you, not even a gynaecologist.
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