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There’s a reason this procedure isn’t popular in the United States like it is China and in areas with large Muslim populations. Women in the United States don’t have to lie to their husbands about the state of their virginity, because they have nothing to fear from their men.
Women are of equal value to men in the United States. We are not oppressed. We are not reduced to property to be owned by men. Real oppression of women happens when the value of a female is reduced to the level of an electronic device.
Some men who were interviewed agreed about the importance of finding a virgin. “I really care about virginity,” said Xia Yang, product manager for a technology company. “If you go to buy a cellphone, of course you’d want to buy a new cellphone. Who would spend the same amount of money to buy an old cellphone that’s been used for two years?”
Larry Flynt, before you cry me a river about how oppressed I am as an American woman, please think about the fact that I enjoy the freedom of publishing this article. I doubt I’d be able to do so in China or Iran, places where women face real oppression and objectification.
Now please excuse me while I go steal the remote from my husband. Even though he’ll squabble at me, there’s a 50/50 chance he’ll give in and let me pick the channel. After all, I am secure in the knowledge that I am more precious to him than rubies, let alone his new iPhone. That is equality.
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Jenny Erikson blogs at Candid Conservative and records a weekly radio show, The Smart Girl Report, for Smart Girl Politics on From the Right Radio. She lives in Southern California with her husband and their two young daughters.
