The Question of Virginity Testing in Turkey

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Şahinoğlu Kuş S.

BIOETHICS, cilt.13, ss.256-261, 1999 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/1467-8519.00154
  • Dergi Adı: BIOETHICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.256-261
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Pre-marital sex for a woman is regarded as wrong in my country. As aresult, it is socially forbidden for a woman to engage in this act. In orderto present a woman as a virgin on her marriage day, she is subjected topressure, and put under control both by her family and societal norms.However, a man is free and never made to suffer any of the above. Awoman found to be a virgin on her first night of marriage is seen as anormal person while one suspected to have lost her virginity is made toundergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.