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| ISIS Raped Yazidi Sex Slaves Undergoing Surgery To ‘restore Virginity’ by liljboy(m): 9:44pm On Apr 27, 2015 |
Yazidi sex slaves who were kidnapped and raped by ISIS militants and Iraq are undergoing surgery to “restore their virginity” because of fears they will be shunned by future husbands, it has emerged. Many girls captured as militants swept through Sinjar last year have since managed to escape, although an unknown number remain trapped and subjected to the whims of the men holding them. Those managing to reach safety, mostly in Iraqi Kurdistan, face being ostracised by their community and even by their family because they have been raped. Rothna Begum, a women’s rights expert for the Middle East at Human Rights Watch, told The Independent that virginity tests are routinely being carried out, with consent, so the atrocities can be documented. Girls who were abducted but not raped are also reportedly undergoing the invasive procedures to gain written “proof” of their virginity for marriage. Fearing they will be ostracised or not find a husband, some former sex slaves are seeking surgery they believe will restore their virginity by repairing the hymen, Ms Begum said. A health official in the Dohuk region of Kurdistan, where many Yazidi girls are believed to have sought sanctuary after escaping Isis, told her 12 such procedures had been performed by February. Ms Begum said: “In the most extreme cases, women and girls were so traumatised by the fact they were no longer virgins that they were insisting on this surgery to feel whole again – they feel they have lost something.” Iraq crisis: Yazidi nightmare on Mount Sinjar A London clinic offering the procedure said it was carried out under local anaesthetic to “repair” the hymen using dissolvable stitches. It aims to reconstruct the membrane so it can be broken again on the woman’s wedding night in cultures where blood is required as proof of virginity. Human Rights Watch has urged the Kurdish and Iraqi authorities to provide rape victims with long-term psychosocial care and realise that even where it is requested, hymenoplasty is only a temporary reprieve for their trauma. The group also advises against the use of so- called “virginity testing”, which usually relies on the existence of the hymen, even though it can be broken without intercourse. While being held as a slave by a 40-year-old militant when she was just 13, told the Sunday Times she has turned down two suitors since escaping. “I refused both of them; I don’t want to fall in love,” she said, through tears. “I don’t think I can. I don’t want to be married or have children — I am damaged goods.” Virginity across Kurdistan in Iraq is usually only referred to for women because the idea is so tied to the physical breaking of the hymen, even though that belief in not medically sound, Ms Begum said. “Other changes need to happen so girls don’t feel they need a hymen and so that men don’t determine their worth by virginity,” she added. http://newtelegraphonline.com/isis-raped-yazidi-sex-slaves-undergoing-surgery-to-restore-virginity/ |
| Re: ISIS Raped Yazidi Sex Slaves Undergoing Surgery To ‘restore Virginity’ by Nobody: 10:08pm On Apr 27, 2015 |
what a pain! Suffering again in the name of virginity proof for would be husband...its unfair. These ladies first need to be taken care of....than looking for who to please. how can they live a life of emotional pains, lies and cover up and still retain sanity? I pity them 1 Like |
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