“She Better Bleed”: UK Funding Islamic Hymen Repairs
“In some cultures they like to see that the women will bleed on the wedding night. If the wife or bride is not a virgin, it is a big shame on the family.”
Women in the UK are being given controversial “virginity repair” operations on the NHS, it emerged last night.
Taxpayers funded 24 hymen replacement operations between 2005 and 2006, official figures revealed.
And increasing numbers of women are paying up to £4,000 in private clinics for the procedure apparently under pressure from future spouses or in-laws who believe they should be virgins on their wedding night.
Doctors said most patients are immigrants or British of ethnic origin.
The trend has been condemned by critics as a sign of social regression driven by Islamic fundamentalists. Some countries have made hymen reconstruction operations illegal.
Dr Magdy Hend, consultant gynaecologist at the Regency Clinic, Harley Street, London, who started hymen reconstruction more than 18 years ago in the Middle East and the Gulf, said: “In some cultures they like to see that the women will bleed on the wedding night. If the wife or bride is not a virgin, it is a big shame on the family.”
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Good Christ!
Yeah! That’ll work!
LMFAO!
November 16th, 2007 at 1:03 pmI couldnt imagine a woman having “virginity surgery”. this is fuc*ked up and getting paid for by british taxpayers.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:12 pmnot only the muslin women are wanting a repearation of their hymen, but it is well known that jewish girls do it too :!:, in UK, France, EU, north Africa… and US
November 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pmWhew. Now I can tell my pregnant sister WE have nothing to worry about.
Praise be to Allah!
November 16th, 2007 at 1:45 pm@everydayjoe -
LMAO!!!!!!
Hey, Bash -
Is this your version of “If it bleeds, it leads …”??
November 16th, 2007 at 2:21 pmThat’s some f*cked up barbaric culture. If family wants to avoid “shame”, family should pay for the repair - not taxpayers. Those who passed legislation for funding this program need nut repair to be able to stand up to intimidation.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:50 pmI like mine with some experience. Those damn fools don’t know what they are missing. THIS is probably part of their problem.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:59 pmHA hahaha I should haved listened to dear old dad and become a GYN!! What a racket! Hahaha! Is there no end to the friggin lunacy?!
November 16th, 2007 at 5:08 pmCleaned and oiled.