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      Virginity Tests and Artificial Virginity in Modern Turkish Medicine

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      Author(s)
      Cindoglu, D.
      Date
      1997
      Source Title
      Women's Studies International Forum
      Print ISSN
      0277-5395
      Publisher
      Elsevier
      Volume
      20
      Issue
      2
      Pages
      253 - 261
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      This paper addresses modern Turkish medicine as arbitrator of two modem medical practices: virginity surgery and virginity tests. These medical procedures are currently practiced by medical doctors [obstetrician-gynecologists (ob/gyns)] in modern Turkish society. The virginity of unmarried women has had a great significance for many cultures. The taboos on pre-marital sexual relationships contribute to this social anxiety over the hymen of women. In this respect, in contemporary Turkish society medicine plays a significant role in controlling and reconstructing women's bodies through virginity tests and virginity surgery. The aim of this paper is to contextualize these medical practices within liberal gender ideology and discuss the connection between patriarchal expectations about the virginity of the bride and medicine as an institution. In order to assess the perspectives of the physicians, thirteen in-depth interviews were conducted with Turkish ob/gyns. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd
      Keywords
      Modern Turkish Medicine
      Virginity Tests
      Artificial Virginity
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(96)00096-9
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