The V Word!

All over the world, anywhere that an item or virtue with great mystique is found, you are sure to also find cheating, death, hypocrisy and lies. Now you might wonder what could be mystifying about Virginity and i tell you, everything! The purity of a girl child untouched in a world as convoluted and filthy as ours, the one time shedding of blood that will never happen again, the pride the man feels to know that he was number one (even if she had been kissed and fondled by a bejillion others), the pride of the parents to know they brought up a good girl. It is indeed a mystery and must hold great significance, why else would only the pure of heart and body be chosen as sacrifices to the gods of certain lands as sacrifices of gratitude or plea.

Hymen has gotten its name from the Greek god Hymenaeus. He is believed to be the god of marriages and weddings. If there's an individual that comes to mind when marriages or weddings are referred to, chances are, it is a woman. Every woman cherishes these things, maybe in a number of different ways from one another. But it all boils down to one thing; Marriage and weddings are sacred. This is the reason why the hymen is named after that Greek god Hymenaeus. Hymenaeus is represented as a young man with a wreath of flowers and a torch. He is asked to attend a wedding for it to be fruitful and happy. Else disaster would come about.

In ancient Greece, an unmarried woman could still have sex and be a virgin, provided no one could bear witness to the fact that the deed had been done. Case of “see no evil, know no evil”. And if the woman in question got pregnant, such a birth would be regarded as virgin birth!

Ancient warriors such as Queen Amina of Zaria, Empress Candace of Ethiopia, Nzigha, Amazon queen of Matamba were able to make a name in battle because they refused to relinquish themselves to men by remaining virgins!

In Northern Africa and the Arab world thousands of women are “honourably” killed for not

having their hymen intact on their wedding night for dishonouring their family!

In Morocco, it is obligatory to produce blood stained wedding sheets on the wedding night or the wedding is ruled as null and void and the bride sent packing! For those who do

not know, as part of the marriage rites, the couple are taken into a hut, a white sheet is laid on the bed and the families gather outside for them to finish the deed. When its done, the man is expected to bring out the bloody white sheet and wave as a flag and only then is the marriage rite completed. This has led to the most ridiculous and truly amusing acts to prove that necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Mice and lizards are snuck into these huts and killed with sharp stones, their blood used to stain the sheets and marriage goes on as usual. Truly amazing!

In St Augustine’s theological work, he deliberates that being raped does not add up to loss of virginity as long as one resists with as much strength as one can muster!

For men, long abstinence can have negative psychological and physical effects including poor sexual performance and impotence!
There you go, a woman has finally given you good reason to hump around!

So really, Virginity, are you really all that you are cracked up to be?