Is there a virginity test

India: The fight to end 'virginity test' for newlyweds

Virginity testing: a systematic review

Why is the concept of virginity still so revered?

So-called virginity testing, also referred to as hymen, two-finger, or per vaginal examination, is the inspection of the female genitalia to assess if the examinee has had or has been habituated to sexual intercourse. This paper is the first systematic review of available evidence on the medical utility of virginity testing by hymen examination and its potential impacts on the examinee.

The fight to ban a 'humiliating' virginity test for newlyweds - BBC News

Youth from Kanjarbhat tribe run 'Stop the V-Ritual' campaign against custom that forces 'virginity tests' on brides. Pune, an industrial city in the west of India , home to many IT giants and also the first Trump-branded apartments in the country, is a cosmopolitan hub.

Virginity test - Wikipedia

Virginity testing is a hugely sensitive subject since it is not only related to sexual behavior of a person but is intrinsically associated with far more complex questions of gender, sexual politics, history, religion and culture. While folklore has several, and many of them bizarre, theories about how a girl should behave if she is still a virgin, modern proofs of virginity for girls centers around an intact hymen and gynecological examination.

The shame of Afghanistan's virginity tests - BBC News