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It Isn’t Just T.I. — Virginity Testing Is a Worldwide Problem
Virginity testing is used to control and punish women worldwide — and in the United States, it’s more common than you’d think
Indeed, in the United States it seems to happen fairly regularly behind closed doors: according to a 2016 survey of 288 physicians, 10% responded that they had been asked by a parent or a family member to perform the two-finger test on a patient, and 34% said they had performed it themselves (though many physicians interviewed by Marie Claire said they had lied to parents about the results, for fear of endangering the patient.)
Virginity testing is used to control and punish women worldwide — and in the United States, it’s more common than you’d think
Indeed, in the United States it seems to happen fairly regularly behind closed doors: according to a 2016 survey of 288 physicians, 10% responded that they had been asked by a parent or a family member to perform the two-finger test on a patient, and 34% said they had performed it themselves (though many physicians interviewed by Marie Claire said they had lied to parents about the results, for fear of endangering the patient.)
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