they would have at their disposal 72 houris, the beautiful virgins of paradise
Here's the thing, Shez: I'd think they'd prefer having "at their disposal" (that's not the least bit offensive, is it?) 72 beautiful, disease free porn starlets. Or at least women of paradise who have actually had sex before, and would know umpteen different ways to please a man.
You, and my normal friends, would. These guys wouldn't. A woman is unclean if she's as much as let a man not her brother or father see her uncovered hair (or face.) I think I was most terrified by the tall order the West has taken on when reading this thoughtful piece by George Packer (http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040517fa_fact), in which we meet one educated member of the Iraqi middle-class - an emergency doctor whose other specialty is examining girls to give them virginity certificates (and he does that knowing full well their families will kill them if he reveals they're no longer virgins) or suspected gays for corroborating proof (whoch used to send them to the firing squad under Saddam.) Guy had absolutely no qualms or regrets, either.
whose other specialty is examining girls to give them virginity certificates (and he does that knowing full well their families will kill them if he reveals they're no longer virgins)
Now, I'm no expert on the female anatomy, but how can he make this determination with complete certitude? As in, how does he know that his evidence was the result of sexual activity?
how can he make this determination with complete certitude?
He can't. I'm not sure he can make it with any certitude. misia has written a book on the subject -- it's not on shelves yet, but there may still be snippets in her LJ that you might find interesting.
It was sort of rhetorical. I was pretty certain that I knew the answer (assuming I am correct in assuming how he is checking her virginity), but I didn't want to state it as fact.
On account of I'm just a dumb male programmer. :-)
Well -- in what I'm going to charitably call fairness, a lot of people think it is possible to determine from a physical examination whether a woman has had sex or not. It's even likely that some of those people are medical practitioners. Apparently your original question, to say nothing of misia's extensive scholarship, has not occurred to them.
Apparently your original question, to say nothing of misia's extensive scholarship, has not occurred to them.
Or perhaps it has, and they choose to dismiss it.
I don't have any children, but if I did, I couldn't imagine killing my daughter because some doctor looked at her and said "ayup...it done look like she's been a knockin' boots!" Even if I didn't believe in pre-marital sex.
... and this terrific piece from the New Yorker by Pakistani journalist Nasra Hassan: Talking to the human bombs (http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/011119fa_FACT1).
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And about these virgins...why the heck do they want n number of virgins?
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Here's the thing, Shez: I'd think they'd prefer having "at their disposal" (that's not the least bit offensive, is it?) 72 beautiful, disease free porn starlets. Or at least women of paradise who have actually had sex before, and would know umpteen different ways to please a man.
Call me crazy.
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Now, I'm no expert on the female anatomy, but how can he make this determination with complete certitude? As in, how does he know that his evidence was the result of sexual activity?
Sorry for hi-jacking your thread, Fox.
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He can't. I'm not sure he can make it with any certitude.
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On account of I'm just a dumb male programmer. :-)
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And yet he presumes to do so. What a {insert favorite colorful word here}.
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Or perhaps it has, and they choose to dismiss it.
I don't have any children, but if I did, I couldn't imagine killing my daughter because some doctor looked at her and said "ayup...it done look like she's been a knockin' boots!" Even if I didn't believe in pre-marital sex.
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