可用性和合法性
一些处女膜重建手术在一些国家是合法的,而其他国家则禁止所有的处女膜闭合术。[4]
在美利坚合众国,私人诊所可以进行处女膜修复,并且变得越来越普遍。
在法国,如果发生强奸或创伤,国家会补偿部分费用。
这项行动在中东国家很受欢迎,特别是在伊朗,在那里妇女应该保持童贞直到新婚之夜。 Grand Ayatollah Sayid Sadeq Rohani已经发布了一个Fatwa,允许处女膜修复术,并认为手术后的女人是处女。[5]
另见:
Artificial hymen
Born-again virgin
Genital modification and mutilation
Vaginoplasty
Virginity fraud
Kyōko Aizome, a pornographic actress who had her hymen surgically restored so it could be broken on film
参考:
1. Hymen Repair (hymenoplasty and hymenorrhaphy)
2. Deuteronomy 22:13-19 (The Message)
3. Paterson-Brown, Sara (1998-02-07). "Should doctors reconstruct the vaginal introitus of adolescent girls to mimic the virginal state? Education about the hymen is needed". BMJ. 316 (7129): 461. doi:10.1136/bmj.316.7129.461. PMC 2665576. PMID 9492680.
4. "Girls' secrets aired in Egypt". BBC News. May 5, 2001. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
5. Afary, Janet (12 May 2009). "Recreating virginity in Iran". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2017.