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Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by Datelineng(m): 9:48pm On Jan 27, 2020
Campaigners are urging the government to outlaw “virginity repair” surgery.

Many Muslim women risk being outcast, or in extreme cases killed, if their spouses or families discover they have had sex before marriage.

And some are opting for a medical procedure in which doctors restore a layer of membrane at the entrance to the vagina.

But there are concerns a ban would increase the dangers to Muslim women by driving the procedure underground.

Guidelines from the General Medical Council (GMC) state a patient’s consent to undergo a procedure should come into question if it is suspected of being “given under pressure or duress exerted by another person”.

‘Living in fear’

Halaleh Taheri, founder of Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation told BBC News of a Moroccan student in hiding in London after being told her father had hired someone to murder her.

After coming to the UK in 2014 to study, the woman, now 26, had met a man and they had moved in together.

But when her father had found out about their relationship, he had demanded she return to Morocco, where he had taken her to a clinic for a “virginity test” and discovered her hymen was no longer intact.

She fled back to London but now lives in constant fear her father will find out where she lived.

A Moroccan-born assistant teacher, 40, told the BBC that after being forced to go through with the procedure in her 20s, she could not imagine pressuring her children into doing the same.

“I would never, ever do such a thing to them. I try to teach them to be free.”

Wedding night

There are currently at least 22 private clinics across the UK offering hymen-repair surgery, according to a recent investigation for The Sunday Times.

They charge up to £3,000 for the surgery, which takes about an hour.

Women’s rights campaigners say that such clinics are profiting from Muslims afraid of what could happen to them if they are not “pure” for their wedding night.

And many detail the procedure on their websites, with London’s Gynae Centre telling women who visit its site “some marriages are even annulled” when a husband discovers his wife’s hymen has been broken.

BBC News contacted the clinic for comment but has not received a response.

‘Dreadful practice’

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he would be investigating ways to end this “dreadful practice,” but the Department of Health declined to comment on how a potential ban would be enforced.

But Miss Taheri said: “Girls could end up dying if banning this procedure isn’t done with proper care.”

Dr Khalid Khan, professor of Women’s Health at Barts and the London School of Medicine, who has witnessed the procedure first hand, said a ban “isn’t an appropriate response”.

And as long as “good quality information” was made available to patients, the decision should be left up to individual women.

“I believe doctors’ motives are genuinely for protection against abuse,” he added.

‘Zero benefit’

However, Dr Naomi Crouch, who chairs the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, worries about women and girls being coerced into a procedure with “zero medical benefit”.

“The duties of a doctor are made clear in standards set out by the GMC,” she said.

“We as healthcare professions are bound by an oath to do no harm to patients and any reputable service engaging in these procedures is open to audit and scrutiny.”

Colin Melville, medical director and director of education and standards at the GMC said that it’s vital that doctors consider the “vulnerabilities and psychological needs of their patients” first.

“If a patient is under undue pressure from others to take a particular course, their consent may not be voluntary. If a doctor judges that a child or young person does not want a cosmetic intervention, it should not be performed,” he said.

Other cosmetic genital procedures, such as labiaplasty, which involves the lips of the vagina being shortened or reshaped, have become increasingly popular, especially among younger women, from all types of background in the UK.

And campaigners say there is little known about the long-term effects of these procedures and are concerned women are not receiving enough psychological support before opting for surgery.

Miss Taheri said: “These women on some level don’t see themselves as anything more than an object to be desired, rather a human being.

“For Muslim women, the drive is feelings of shame and the fear of punishment.

“For others, it is down to a lack of satisfaction with their own bodies, being fuelled by what society is telling them is normal.”

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Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by budaatum: 10:00pm On Jan 27, 2020
Why can't people allow me to be stupd, ignorant, and exploited if I want to be, and pay for it too? Is it not my money and on my head, or rather, hywomen? You might as well ban all cosmetic surgery.

Some people need to go pop their own cherries!

Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by MrBrownJay1(m): 10:50pm On Jan 27, 2020
As if banning such practices would change the mind of the deceitful women who do it....lol!
A deceitful liar is a deceitful liar, no matter how much you try to make her look worthy.... They will just switch and continue having anal sex before marriage.
Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by Nobody: 11:09pm On Jan 27, 2020
budaatum:
Why can't people allow me to be stupd, ignorant, and exploited if I want to be, and pay for it too? Is it not my money and on my head, or rather, hywomen? You might as well ban all cosmetic surgery.

Some people need to go pop their own cherries!



mor0n$ will not become extinct anytime soon...it seems.
We have a lot of them on this forum slut shaming,bullying non virgins under the banner of truth.
I only wish the epidemic of stupidity wanes off soon because they cling on to queer analogies to save their dying egos. Some people don't feel comfy if they don't judge others .




They will come for our heads now accusing us of promoting promiscuity

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Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by Nobody: 11:12pm On Jan 27, 2020
MrBrownJay1:
As if banning such practices would change the mind of the deceitful women who do it....lol!
A deceitful liar is a deceitful liar, no matter how much you try to make her look worthy.... They will just switch and continue having anal sex before marriage.
what is deceitful about returning your body to the default way it was to save you bullying,threats,insults et Al??
Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by Came4amod: 11:38pm On Jan 27, 2020
Datelineng:
Campaigners are urging the government to outlaw “virginity repair” surgery.

Many Muslim women risk being outcast, or in extreme cases killed, if their spouses or families discover they have had sex before marriage.

And some are opting for a medical procedure in which doctors restore a layer of membrane at the entrance to the vagina.

But there are concerns a ban would increase the dangers to Muslim women by driving the procedure underground.

Guidelines from the General Medical Council (GMC) state a patient’s consent to undergo a procedure should come into question if it is suspected of being “given under pressure or duress exerted by another person”.

‘Living in fear’

Halaleh Taheri, founder of Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation told BBC News of a Moroccan student in hiding in London after being told her father had hired someone to murder her.

After coming to the UK in 2014 to study, the woman, now 26, had met a man and they had moved in together.

But when her father had found out about their relationship, he had demanded she return to Morocco, where he had taken her to a clinic for a “virginity test” and discovered her hymen was no longer intact.

She fled back to London but now lives in constant fear her father will find out where she lived.

A Moroccan-born assistant teacher, 40, told the BBC that after being forced to go through with the procedure in her 20s, she could not imagine pressuring her children into doing the same.

“I would never, ever do such a thing to them. I try to teach them to be free.”

Wedding night

There are currently at least 22 private clinics across the UK offering hymen-repair surgery, according to a recent investigation for The Sunday Times.

They charge up to £3,000 for the surgery, which takes about an hour.

Women’s rights campaigners say that such clinics are profiting from Muslims afraid of what could happen to them if they are not “pure” for their wedding night.

And many detail the procedure on their websites, with London’s Gynae Centre telling women who visit its site “some marriages are even annulled” when a husband discovers his wife’s hymen has been broken.

BBC News contacted the clinic for comment but has not received a response.

‘Dreadful practice’

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he would be investigating ways to end this “dreadful practice,” but the Department of Health declined to comment on how a potential ban would be enforced.

But Miss Taheri said: “Girls could end up dying if banning this procedure isn’t done with proper care.”

Dr Khalid Khan, professor of Women’s Health at Barts and the London School of Medicine, who has witnessed the procedure first hand, said a ban “isn’t an appropriate response”.

And as long as “good quality information” was made available to patients, the decision should be left up to individual women.

“I believe doctors’ motives are genuinely for protection against abuse,” he added.

‘Zero benefit’

However, Dr Naomi Crouch, who chairs the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, worries about women and girls being coerced into a procedure with “zero medical benefit”.

“The duties of a doctor are made clear in standards set out by the GMC,” she said.

“We as healthcare professions are bound by an oath to do no harm to patients and any reputable service engaging in these procedures is open to audit and scrutiny.”

Colin Melville, medical director and director of education and standards at the GMC said that it’s vital that doctors consider the “vulnerabilities and psychological needs of their patients” first.

“If a patient is under undue pressure from others to take a particular course, their consent may not be voluntary. If a doctor judges that a child or young person does not want a cosmetic intervention, it should not be performed,” he said.

Other cosmetic genital procedures, such as labiaplasty, which involves the lips of the vagina being shortened or reshaped, have become increasingly popular, especially among younger women, from all types of background in the UK.

And campaigners say there is little known about the long-term effects of these procedures and are concerned women are not receiving enough psychological support before opting for surgery.

Miss Taheri said: “These women on some level don’t see themselves as anything more than an object to be desired, rather a human being.

“For Muslim women, the drive is feelings of shame and the fear of punishment.

“For others, it is down to a lack of satisfaction with their own bodies, being fuelled by what society is telling them is normal.”

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I dont know why people cannot mind thier business.. if she want to be a virgin again with surgery.. shebi it's her body .. what Is your own .. using paracetamol for another person headaches.. religion of piss .. we no fit mind thier business .. shioooo
Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by MrBrownJay1(m): 12:30am On Jan 28, 2020
Michellekabod2:
what is deceitful about returning your body to the default way it was to save you bullying,threats,insults et Al??

The deceit is certainly not the return of your body to its earlier state, the MAIN problem here is the lie of these women pretending to be virgin while they are NOT.

If a babe don't want to be bullied/threatened and insulted then they can A) not date such ignorant men B) move to a society where people don't expect women to be virgin like that or C) keep your virginity and abide by these ignorant men/society rules.

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Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by CAPSLOCKED: 3:05am On Jan 28, 2020
Michellekabod2:
what is deceitful about returning your body to the default way it was to save you bullying,threats,insults et Al??

I REALLY WANT THIS TO GO VIRAL SO THAT VIRGINITY WAILERS CAN GO MUTE WHEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE CUSTOMERS TO SHAME, BECAUSE ALL HAVE DONE REPLACEMENT.. AND THERE'S NO WAY TO SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS. cheesy

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Re: Calls For ‘virginity Repair’ Surgery To Be Banned by johnkey: 3:29pm On Jan 28, 2020
Before e reach naija na the upcoming generation go enjoy am, by the way, virgin or no marraige ever! No buying of used product.

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