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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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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023 The traditional African society attached special value to female virginity, associating it with personal purity and honour. But today in Nigeria, virginity has lost its importance to premarital sex.
Solomon O. Ademiluka
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Sex, gender and Christian identity in the patristic era [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2021 Focusing on three historical examples of a different understanding of Christian identity, the paper seeks to address the role of contemporary concepts of sex and gender in the creation of Christian identity.
Cvetković Vladimir
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Virginity, the Temple Veil, and their Demise: A Hypothetical Reader's Perspective on Mary's Work in the Protevangelium of James [PDF]
, 2017 In the second-century Protevangelium of James (henceforth PJ), Mary spins thread for a new temple veil. The episode has fascinated and perplexed both ancient and modern readers: Of all the jobs the author could have chosen for the protagonist, why this ...
Eric Vanden Eykel
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Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 2021 This paper explores the concept of virginity in eight popular romance novels published in contemporary Iran and argues that virginity is not only a prerequisite for the heroine, but also the capital with which she can bargain in the novel’s patriarchal ...
Elham Naeej
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Za Boskim Oblubieńcem. Teologiczno-liturgiczny sens dziewictwa konsekrowanego
Analecta Cracoviensia, 2012 The article deals with the subject of searching the nature of the consecrated virginity in the Church. This analysis is based on the theological and liturgical aspects defined by Ordo Consecrationis Virginum and Ordo Professionis Religiosae.
Janusz Królikowski
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"Like a virgin". Correlates of virginity among Italian university students
Genus, 2020 Virginity, as a status, carries with it enormous personal and social meaning and represents a sexual milestone with high cultural significance. In this paper, we describe the correlates of virginity in Italy by consulting a large-scale survey of ...
Manuela Stranges, Daniele Vignoli
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Virginity in the Christian Tradition
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 This entry traces the development of the Christian understanding of virginity with specific attention to theology and embodied, ecclesial practice.
Amy Brown Hughes
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Evidence to Suggest that Women’s Sexual Behavior is Influenced by Hip Width Rather than Waist-to-Hip Ratio [PDF]
, 2014 Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an important ornament display that signals women’s health and fertility. Its significance derives from human development as a bipedal species.
Brewer, Gayle +2 more
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Analecta Cracoviensia, 2012 The article deals with the subject of searching the nature of the consecrated virginity in the Church. This analysis is based on the theological and liturgical aspects defined by Ordo Consecrationis Virginum and Ordo Professionis Religiosae. Therefore we
Władysław Kądziołka
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