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From: leary@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Pat Leary)
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Subject: Re: The worst (historical) surgical procedure
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 15:40:11 EST
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In article <658@brl-smoke.ARPA> ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) writes:
>> 	One answer to the problem was to "manufacture" virgins, i.e.,
>> surgically repair the hymen of a girl who had had previous sexual relations.
>
>Actually, in Japan, where virginity is considered very seriously, similar
>operations are performed, even for true virgins that have damaged hymen.
>

They do the same thing in the Philippines.  I forget the Tagalog word for it,
but it means "flower arranging."  I suspect the procedure is common in many
parts of the world.  But that's nothing compared to what they do in certain     tribes of Africa: they sew together the labia major, leaving only a tiny hole -
sort of a surgical chasitity belt.