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Finally, I return to the article that began this whole debate. If someone takes the virginity of such a young child, through no choice of her own, why should she suffer for not being a virgin later in life?
Discourse around virginity and its cultural, social and personal relevance will never end. A decision made either way should be well informed and above all, personal. It is a shameful injustice when an all-consuming pursuit of another’s virginity leads a man to rob a child of her own choice as to when and how she loses this status.
Fungai Machirori
(Fungai Machirori is a trainee media professional with the Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS). This article is part of the Gender Links Opinion and Commentary Service that provides fresh views on everyday news.)
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asma siddiqua sayed | Jun 16th, 2009
thanks for sharing this article.
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