Myth About Hymen
Jared Potts
Ms. Waters
Human Anatomy & Physiology
15 January 2013
The “Myth” About Hymen Cultures around the world define the way people live. In many cultures, especially when it comes to religion, a woman’s sexual status is very important. In all religions alike, it is important that women maintain their virginity until their wedding. In stricter religions, breaking this vow can be considered serious. Old ideas use hymen to prove that women are virgins until their wedding night. The theory is that the hymen bleeds when broken by sexual intercourse.
Hymen is a membrane that completely surrounds or covers part of the external vaginal opening, forming part of the vulva. Sexual intercourse and other contact can affect the condition of …show more content…
Virginity is an important thing in culture, mainly religion. Women who are seen as impure can be scorned heavily, like the method in India. Many families still rely on the status of a woman’s hymen to determine if she is a virgin or not. If the hymen breaks and bleeds on a woman’s wedding night, then she is a virgin. If it doesn’t, then she is not a virgin. Medical science has shown that, based on the status of a woman’s hymen, it can break from other activity previous to sexual intercourse, like the use of tampons, heavy physical activity, and even masturbation, or it can remain so strong that it doesn’t break during sexual intercourse and even remain intact during pregnancy. The hymen in the culture of a woman’s virginity has a very strong presence. But when it has come to fact, the hymen has just been proved over and over again throughout the twentieth century, by medical science, to be an unreliable source. When it comes to a woman’s status of being a virgin, we are just going to have to take her word for
Ms. Waters
Human Anatomy & Physiology
15 January 2013
The “Myth” About Hymen Cultures around the world define the way people live. In many cultures, especially when it comes to religion, a woman’s sexual status is very important. In all religions alike, it is important that women maintain their virginity until their wedding. In stricter religions, breaking this vow can be considered serious. Old ideas use hymen to prove that women are virgins until their wedding night. The theory is that the hymen bleeds when broken by sexual intercourse.
Hymen is a membrane that completely surrounds or covers part of the external vaginal opening, forming part of the vulva. Sexual intercourse and other contact can affect the condition of …show more content…
Virginity is an important thing in culture, mainly religion. Women who are seen as impure can be scorned heavily, like the method in India. Many families still rely on the status of a woman’s hymen to determine if she is a virgin or not. If the hymen breaks and bleeds on a woman’s wedding night, then she is a virgin. If it doesn’t, then she is not a virgin. Medical science has shown that, based on the status of a woman’s hymen, it can break from other activity previous to sexual intercourse, like the use of tampons, heavy physical activity, and even masturbation, or it can remain so strong that it doesn’t break during sexual intercourse and even remain intact during pregnancy. The hymen in the culture of a woman’s virginity has a very strong presence. But when it has come to fact, the hymen has just been proved over and over again throughout the twentieth century, by medical science, to be an unreliable source. When it comes to a woman’s status of being a virgin, we are just going to have to take her word for