Hymenoplasty–What have we come to?
I was browsing the interblags a few days ago and I came upon Time’s story about hymenoplasty. The title of the article is “The Dilemma of ‘Virginity’ Restoration.” I really think that this article sheds a new light on something very interesting that happens with people who are more socially conservative in nature. For those who don’t know, hymenoplasty is a surgery that implants what is basically a fake hymen into a woman who has somehow had hers broken (whether by sex, sports, falling down, magical aliens, etc.). This is supposed to help a woman feel like a ‘virgin’ again, regardless of how they lost their hymen. I think this procedure is slightly insane and very much a commentary on the times.