How did they know she was a virgin?
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David_Blue — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 08:58 AM)
It would make sense to have a doctor or a nurse on staff to check out the girls immediately after they were captured. It would be fine if the doctor was illegal (struck off the medical register or something) as long as he did his job. If the difference between a disease-free virgin and a non-virgin is hundreds of thousands of dollars, you don't want to pass up any windfalls through not knowing who's "pure" and who isn't.
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cinderella54 — 14 years ago(April 10, 2011 02:53 AM)
The only way they could find out is by asking her as the hymen can break during exercise sometimes - like horseriding and she did have a horse at the start of the movie. They are so scared that they probably wouldn't lie or if they try it's obvious they are.
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smokiman — 14 years ago(May 01, 2011 06:20 AM)
"The only way they could find out is by asking her as the hymen can break during exercise sometimes - like horseriding and she did have a horse at the start of the movie. They are so scared that they probably wouldn't lie or if they try it's obvious they are."
That's why they explicitly said CERTIFIED pure. Sounds to me like they checked her hymen, and it was intact. Then again, there's hymenoplasty - the surgical restoration of the hymen, it's pretty common in the muslim world. The buyer basically has to trust the slave trader. -
TheCommenteer — 12 years ago(December 09, 2013 02:48 AM)
Why do people always say "but the hymen can break in other ways". This is a simple logic check. Assuming the belief that a hymen is proof of virginity:
All girls with a hymen are virgins.
Not all girls who are virgins have a hymen.
Are these sentences equal? No. So stop saying it!
You can assume therefore, they had her examined, and the hymen was identified as in tact. That's it. It's that simple. -
eriktherandom — 14 years ago(January 29, 2012 09:32 PM)
You can examine a human vagina closely to see if the hymen is in tact. It's a small clear piece of skin.
Otherwise, they probably asked her or she mentioned it.
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jpsparker — 14 years ago(February 09, 2012 03:28 AM)
Two things:
- If a girl has a hymen, it is easy to confirm that they are a virgin. This is done by simply having a look.
- You do NOT confirm that a girl is a virgin by breaking their hymen. You would be confirming and taking their virginity away in one go.
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cm110365 — 12 years ago(July 08, 2013 09:07 PM)
Correct. I recall reading about this back in the day. The Royal Gynecologist thoroughly examined Diana to validate her virginity. He was said to have performed a bi-manual exam on her, placing his left hand on her abdomen and inserting the index and middle finger of his right hand into her vagina to check, while her feet were in stirrups.