Attitude toward virginity and its determinants among girls in Tabriz: Iran [PDF]
Reproductive HealthBackground We aimed to assess the attitude of unmarried girls towards virginity, and its determinants, comparing three age cohorts (born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s) in the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran.
Somayyeh Naghizadeh +3 more
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“Untouched” Field of Folklore: The Perception of Glorified Virginity in Folk Song / Folklorun “El Değmemiş” Bölgesi: Halk Türkülerinde Yüceltilmiş Bakirelik Algısı [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2021 In this study, a research was conducted focusing on the perception of virginity encountered in various folkloric creations emerging within our oral tradition, especially in folk songs.
İsmail Abalı
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Self-Request virginity testing: Attitudes and Approaches [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020 Introduction: Although virginity has been accepted as an undeniable value in most societies, however, self-request virginity testing is skeptical, so this review study was performed with aim to investigate the attitudes, approaches and consequences ...
Mehri Robatjazi, Mahmoud Abbasi
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Midwives\' Views on Virginity Testing: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2023 Introduction: Several cultural and social factors have influenced virginity testing as a medical procedure. This procedure is performed, but sometimes there is no scientific reason to perform it.
Somayyeh Naghizadeh +3 more
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Marriage and the Concept of Ubale, the Sanctity and the Ridicule: Ulale-Mobà as a Case Study
Yoruba Studies Review, 2023 Marriage is an ordained institution by God, and it is held in high esteem in every society, Ùlále ̣ ̀ inclusive. A lady who is going into a marriage contract is expected to be pure by abstaining from sexual experience prior to the official seal of the ...
Oladiipo Ajiboye
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The concept of virginity from the perspective of Iranian adolescents: a qualitative study
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Premarital sex can increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescents, and lack of premarital sex can be considered as a reliable policy for STD prevention, which is used by some countries such as Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani +5 more
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Inkanyiso, 2010 This paper attempts to demystify the vexed question of female virginity using the light of reason and a sceptical, feminist viewpoint. Starting with a historical and cultural survey of beliefs about virginity, it goes on to ask the ontological question ...
Catherine Addison
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Virginity value ditinjau dari Big Five Personality
Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Terapan, 2013 Virginity value is a belief about virginity that functions as a guide to help individuals make decisions about whether to remain a virgin before marriage.
Patmawati Patmawati
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Socio-Cultural Archetypes: Interrogating African Virginity Discourse in Tunde Kelani’s Films.
CINEJ Cinema Journal, 2023 In African culture generally, virginity is associated with innocence from sexuality; it is ascribed the position of the pride of every woman and for the Yorubas’, one who has not “spoiled” herself.
Adeyoola Mercy Ojemola
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Virginity testing: a systematic review
Reproductive Health, 2017 Background So-called virginity testing, also referred to as hymen, two-finger, or per vaginal examination, is the inspection of the female genitalia to assess if the examinee has had or has been habituated to sexual intercourse.
Rose McKeon Olson +1 more
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