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 may be href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNs8Rni8PgIq8oij8K0JrdFT8YZQD9B51ILO3">up
in arms over the latest stroke of Chinese manufacturing brilliance—ahref="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-fake-hymen7-2009oct07,0,6868813.story">
synthetic hymen— currently sold by a Chinese company called Gigimo, the product promises to give
women back their first time for a href="http://www.gigimo.com/main/product/Artificial,Virginity,Hymen,2299.php?prod=2299">cool
$29.90. 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. 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 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing">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 href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/egypt-fake-hymen-kit-may-_n_309737.html">can
of worms. |
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