Virginity check? WHY!!!

Aisha there is a lot of ignorant white british men who are pro virginity and many asian and african people in the uk who, even if born in the uk, still carry out anf believe this shit. I am not surprised.

Terrible wording. Im surprised you're surprised this happens. In many cultures women and girls are killed for being a non virgin. Some are virgings with damaged or stretchy hymens some were raped. If clinics don't do it then female elders or midwifes/doulas would do it. It's absolute shite and degrading.

Holy crap.

That's terrible. I feel naive not realising such a test existed.

I felt my hymen tear while climbing as a teen. Suspected that's what it was and check wiping with toilet paper and there was a tiny amount of blood and wasn't my period.

Makes my blood run cold to think of what some poor girls must be accused of - as I was very much a virgin for years after that. But my vagina would've failed a test.

I cannot believe that in the 21st century, in one of the most civilised countries on earth, I still have to live in a society where almost 25% of the responders strongly support this... It's incredibly depressing 😢

How is this not already totally illegal?

Oh... I did the survey really quickly and completely misread the question.

Don't see the needed. Plus obviously hymen can break without any sex being had. So some women will be 'accused' of not being virgins, just because they use tampons or something.

@Respectabitch
Yes, you're right of course.

That's awful - both that this ludicrous, meaningless, degrading, 100% misogynistic and controlling test isn't already banned in the U.K., but also that the survey question was so badly worded - either someone who didn't really care about girls and women, or deliberately misleading.

I am wondering if it was phrased in a confusing way on purpose so that they could manufacture evidence of people supporting "virginity tests."

Maybe YouGov wouldn't do that? I have very little faith in any institutions these days.

Exactly.
The test is offered to men so thst men can force women to take it.

Is there a way to report/feedback on the question on the app you have just to highlight that it should be rewritten to avoid confusion and people who oppose potentially answering in a supporting way. It would be terrible if the data was used to support 'a need/want' for such services that could put women at risk of honour killings, violence or being disowned even if they have not had sex (not that it should even matter if if they have as this is no person other than the woman's business anyway). I do also see another posters point about if it wasnt in clinics it would be in someones living room secretly, I suppose one additional benefit of occuring in clinics means there is more chance for professionals to raise safeguarding concerns though I feel that providing this on NHS/clinics is normalising the inspection as it makes it appear acceptable which it should not be.

I would question whether women are being offered this test. It's more likely that they are forced or feel pressurised to take it.

Well, the clinics are offering the test. (If they deserve to be called "clinics".) They aren't the ones pressuring the women - that would be their families and the men in their lives.

That's a badly phrased question - it would be easy to miss the words "a ban" and respond the opposite way to your real views.

So much this! This question has clearly not been written by anyone with an ounce of experience, or knowledge of research. Which makes me question the motives yet more.

This is sexual assault.

Wtf?!

The BBC identified 21 clinics and managed to make inquiries with 16 of them, seven confirmed they offer "virginity testing" and several others would not clarify their position.

All said they would carry out hymen-repair surgery, which costs in the region of £1,500 to £3,000. Data from NHS England shows 69 hymen-repair procedures have been carried out in the past five years.

Medicine has become an ethics free zone. I'm sure some will say it's all to protect women from abuse but they should be educating that virginity tests are unscientific and shouting about this misogyny instead of just pocketing the money.

*It's an examination to check whether the HYMEN is intact. Not human, obviously.

Sorry, bold fail!!

... whether women are being offered ...

I'm not keen on how that BBC article is worded. I would question whether women* are being offered* this test. It's more likely that they are forced or feel pressurised to take it. The idea that the service is offered to women suggests that they make a choice to have it - like choosing to have a manicure or lip fillers or the flu jab.

That aside, I don't care what people's religious practices are - this is a disgraceful indignity to subject any woman or girl to. Once again, something which makes women feel less, wanting, and inferior.