Women arrested in Egypt protests subjected to virginity test

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html?iref=NS1

...[A] senior general who asked not to be identified said the virginity tests were conducted and defended the practice.

"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine," the general said. "These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and (drugs)."

The general said the virginity checks were done so that the women wouldn't later claim they had been raped by Egyptian authorities.

"We didn't want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren't virgins in the first place," the general said. "None of them were (virgins)."
gwiz665says...

But.. but isn't a virginity test poking and prodding a vagina? Doing that against the vaginaowners will is rape, isn't it..? My brain can't handle the lack of logic..

>>error<< >>Logic fail!<<
*head explodes*

Jinxsays...

Also I'm pretty sure you can sexually assault somebody who isn't a virgin. If I'm honest I don't have much experience with rape, virgins or not, so I'm hardly the expert, but from my understanding its to do with whether they give consent and not whether they happen to have done it before.

Can anybody clarify for me?

bareboards2says...

There's nothing to clarify. You got it.


>> ^Jinx:

Also I'm pretty sure you can sexually assault somebody who isn't a virgin. If I'm honest I don't have much experience with rape, virgins or not, so I'm hardly the expert, but from my understanding its to do with whether they give consent and not whether they happen to have done it before.
Can anybody clarify for me?

burdturglersays...

>> ^Jinx:

Also I'm pretty sure you can sexually assault somebody who isn't a virgin. If I'm honest I don't have much experience with rape, virgins or not, so I'm hardly the expert, but from my understanding its to do with whether they give consent and not whether they happen to have done it before.
Can anybody clarify for me?


Maybe you didn't mean it to come across this way, but your comment reads like you're asking for
clarification on whether or not it's considered rape if you sexually assault a woman who is already sexually active. I don't get how anyone would need clarification on this. It's rape.

Send this Article to a Friend



Separate multiple emails with a comma (,); limit 5 recipients






Your email has been sent successfully!

Manage this Video in Your Playlists




notify when someone comments
X

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

I agree
  
Learn More