Originally Posted by david161

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My reading in college libraries has revealed that doctors won't go on record about hymens in legal proceedings in the USA. In the last 20 years US medical practice has shifted to say "we really can't tell if a woman is a virgin." This too is a step forward for women's rights.

My belief is that statements about "horseback riding" "athletics" and "tampon use" are a way for the medical establishment to slowly and gracefully back out of the hymen story without admitting they were wrong.

Until the feminist movement of the late 60's and early 70's women rarely looked at vaginas, so it was the territory of the male doctor.

I read the post by the mother of young daughters. If very young females have hymens, what happens to them? If 18 year old women had hymens there would be millions of pictures here on the internet.
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