Does the Virginity Really Cost That Much--part 2
1, In some part of Asia, controlling the virginity is not only a symbolize of posses a woman, an ultimate power showing off from a man, it is also adapted as a business trade. For example, if you want your daughter to marry or to join the aristocracy, the virginity is the must have identity.
2,in Nepal culture, the frenzy adoration for virginity has been so advanced, they have the real virgin goddess, their icon for purity, and none could containment her.
A hand picked young girl are picked by the public, of course, she must be a virgin, and they put her in the temple for worship by the public, within 10 years confinement, she has no kind-ship, friendship, and of course, the love from opposite sex. More tragically, when she has onset her menstruation, she has to be abdicated as the virginal goddess, by living in the austere and isolated temple for 10 years, she barely has the chance to survive in the society,and her retired life must depend on the generous offer from her family. The worst part of her left life, there is a superstition which believes if a man marries to their virginal goddess, he will die in 6 months. That makes the goddess has to lead a lonely life for rest of her life, in the past, many virginal goddess hadn’t got married until her death.
3, Although Islamic culture is very much different from Asian culture, they shockingly share the similarity towards the virginity.
The virginity has been on the superb position in their culture, when ISIS was looking for solider, they allured the young men by telling them there will be 72 virginal goddess waiting for them in the heaven, What an extreme honor award by God!
In Islamic culture, a woman loses their virginity, even she is raped, in order to protect the honor of their family, they have the rights to take the girl’s life, this is the “honor killing” in Islamic culture.
4, In some Uganda tribes, they believe that if their leaders of the tribe marry a virgin, It is a great humiliation,the leader would be mocked by the public, they even a profession as the eliminating the virginity for the tribe leaders.
How controversial the cultures in the world? We worship and adore the virginity, and at the same time, we also take the virginity as something as a great humiliation. If we insist that woman should be virginal, then where did we come from?
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Does Virginity Really Cost That Much--part 2
1, In some part of Asia, controlling virginity not only symbolizes the possession of a woman; the ultimate male power, but it is also adapted as a business. For example, if you want your daughter to marry or to join the aristocracy, virginity is a prerequisite.2, in Nepal, the frenzied adoration for virginity has been so advanced, they have a real virgin goddess, their icon for purity, whom no one can possess.
A young girl is hand picked by the public. Of course, she must be a virgin, and they put her in the temple for worship by the public. During her 10 year confinement, she gets no kindness, friendship, or, of course, love from the opposite sex. More tragically, when she begins to menstruate, she must abdicate her throne as virginal goddess, and live in the austere and isolated temple for 10 years where she barely has enough to survive. In her retired life she must depend on the generosity of her family. The worst part of her remaining life is the superstition that if a man were to marry her, he would die in 6 months. That makes the goddess lead the remainder of her life, lonely and celibate. In the past, many virginal goddess did not marry until their death.
3, Although Islamic culture is very different from Asian culture, they shockingly share the same attitudes towards virginity.
Virginity has occupied a high position in their culture. When ISIS was looking for soldiers, they lured young men by telling them there will be 72 virginal goddesses waiting for them in heaven, What an tremendous honor to be awarded by God!
In Islamic culture, if a woman loses her virginity or even if she is raped, to protect her family honor, they have the right to take the girl’s life. This is the “honor killing” in Islamic culture.
4, In some Ugandan tribes, they believe that if their tribal leaders marry a virgin it is a great humiliation. The leader will be mocked by the public. They even a (profession as the eliminating the virginity for the tribe leaders.?)
How contrary are the cultures in the world? We worship and adore virginity, and at the same time, we also take virginity as a great humiliation. If we insist that women be virginal, then where did we come from?
Very well written!
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Hi Stacey, thanks for your time, thanks for reading my notebook entries, I started to learn basic English when I was 13, but I hadn't had intensive English class when I was at school, because I wasn't an English major student. After the graduation, I barely spoke any of basic sentences,but in the last 3 or 4 years, I picked up my English by reading the books or watching the online videos at spare time. By far, I haven't had any strict teachers or registered any curriculum for English study, I am almost taught English by myself.
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I just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your entry. This was very different from most of the notebook entries I see. How long have you been speaking English? great job!
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Hi Bursra, thanks for sharing your ideas. Our cultures are so complicated, but I do think the spreading “virginal affection” is a discrimination against woman. Even in our culture, most of us judge the virginity only towards female, they take it far more less seriously toward male, most of them think it is nature or reasonable sex drive for a male to lose the virginity before marriage, even some of them think the male who losses their virginity before marriage prove them are more attractive or desirable, on the contrast, they think woman who has sex before marriage is not a virtue and lack of morality.
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I would like to comment on the Islamic culture part, as a muslim living in Egypt. Of course, there are some horror stories about how women who lose their virginity before marriage disturb the family's "honor" and they are punished in many ways the worse of them is death. This is a part of the ignorant culture in the Arab world, and was practiced even before Islam appeared. Islamic laws do not punish women who lose their virginity whatsoever, however, there is punishment for having sex before marriage. This punishment is very brutal, but it only happens under very specific conditions that are almost impossible to achieve unless someone has sex in the middle of the street and then told everyone about it. People who punish women because they are not virgins without having absolute proof they have had sex before marriage are completely wrong from the Islamic law point of view, although it still happens in real life. Just wanted to make that point clear.
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