As it's expected for women in Tunisia to be virgins until when are
married, young Tunisian women are now having hymen reconstruction
surgery to avoid being sent back to their parents after the wedding.
According to BBC, young Tunisian women are turning to hymenoplasty, a
short procedure that promises to reconstruct her virginity surgically.
The young women save and spend as much as &400 for the procedure to
prevent future shame.
One woman who has decided to turn to science to regain her lost
virginity is 28-year-old woman Yasmine. Yasmine lost her virginity while
living abroad to one man but now is afraid her husband will find out
she is not a virgin after they get married.
Though she has agreed to the surgery, she considers this procedure a lie
and one day the husband might suspect or find out about the sham.
"I consider this to be deception and I'm really worried," says Jasmine whose wedding is in two months.
BBC reporter Sihem Hassaini who accompanied Jasmine to the clinic for
the procedure was shocked to discover a bunch of other women waiting for
the 30-minute procedure to reconstruct their hymen.
Jasmine took months to save for the procedure while keeping every detail secret from her family.
According to Rashid, the doctor to carry out the surgery on Jasmine,
most of his young patients are driven by the fear of bringing shame to
their family and relatives when discovered they are not virgins.
The doctor said though many doctors refuse to do the surgery, he does it
because he disagrees with those who make virginity a sort of sacred
thing.
The annoyed doctor said he blamed the male-dominated society that hides in some religious principles.
“I mean it when I say its male dominance and I'll continue to wage an all-out war against it," he says.
Tunisia is regarded as a leader in women's rights in North Africa but
religion and tradition here dictate that young women have to remain
virgins until they are married.
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