A Sexual Rights Group Renames Female Hymen.

[JackLuis]

Here

"A Swedish sexual rights group has proclaimed a new English term for what they say is “one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy” … the hymen. "

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

You realize this is a SWEDISH group who don't speak English dictating language to the English speaking world, right?

 

[ExoMani]

I don’t know a word of Swedish.

Is ‘corona’ the Swedish word for ‘cherry’?

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I don’t know a word of Swedish.

Is ‘corona’ the Swedish word for ‘cherry’?

No. It's the name of a Mexican Beer. The Swedes have it all fucked up.

 

[3113]

renamed the hymen the “vaginal corona” ... The linguistic declaration follows the group’s campaign aimed at dispelling the myths that the hymen is a membrane covering the vaginal opening that needs to be broken when, in fact, it consists of folds of mucous membranes which form a crown around the vaginal opening that stays with a woman all her life.

Sounds kinda nice to me. "Oh, baby, you're hitting my corona," Or maybe, "You need to slowly work your way up to the corona before you can be king...." Maybe?

 

[Liar]

I loved the comment on Fark.com:

"Won't the lime sting?"

 

[jacks4u]

I loved the comment on Fark.com:

"Won't the lime sting?"

lol! Liar, that cracks me up!

 

[Stella_Omega]

You realize this is a SWEDISH group who don't speak English dictating language to the English speaking world, right?

They speak English very well, Jenny. You read the paper and if you find any misuse of the English language, let me know.

The Swedes generally have better ideas than the English speaking world, when it comes to sexuality.

Or human rights, or living well in general.

In any case, it won't fly-- the notion of a hymen is too precious to the men of the world, and their mothers as well.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

No. It's the name of a Mexican Beer. The Swedes have it all fucked up.

Can't you remember? You had one once.

All those slices of limes.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Can't you remember? You had one once.

All those slices of limes.

Yes, El... I do remember... at least the first couple hours... then I woke up in a Mexican Jail.

 

[Tom Collins]

No. It's the name of a Mexican Beer. The Swedes have it all fucked up.

I prefer Dos Equis...maybe they ought to call it the "vaginal equis" instead. I imagine a lot of cherries have been busted while under the influence.

I agree with Stella. It's not gonna fly with the fellas.

 

[Handley_Page]

Corona used to be the name of a soft fizzy drink.
And then there's the bright rim of the sun at an eclipse.
"A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space . . . . "

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

We could do the "Prince" thing and refer to it as the "Corona formaly known as Hyman" Haha

 

[mynameisben]

Everything is so damn confusing. I'm gonna go to my favorite watering hole later tonight and tell the drink girl I'd like to suck on an icy cold Hymen. And she will bring me a pitcher of Corona without batting an eye.

 

[DearEmma]

I think "event horizon" would be more accurate.

 

[Xelebes]

Why are they trying to change an obscure word? The common word is "cherry".

 

[3113]

Why are they trying to change an obscure word? The common word is "cherry".

Ah, but men often say that they've busted their cherry as well. And last I look they don't have coronas.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Corona used to be the name of a soft fizzy drink.
And then there's the bright rim of the sun at an eclipse.
"A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space . . . . "

All of which are equally wonderful metaphors in my opinion!

 

[Xelebes]

Ah, but men often say that they've busted their cherry as well. And last I look they don't have coronas.

Or you could call it what it looks like: the crispus (L for crinkle), the exiliplice (L for thin fold), etc.

 

[Guest]

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[Handley_Page]

With the possible exception of some parts of the third world, is there Anywhere where this sort of nonsense is actually believed these days ?

". . . Feminist theory further illuminates this relationship between the hymen and the patriarchal order. It has it that the hymen represents the transfer of property between men. It’s kind of a quality control, like the cork on a good bottle of wine. The unruptured hymen allows a father to hand over ‘unspoiled’ property to a husband, whose then legitimate rupturing of the hymen seals the marriage contract. Tina Beattie thus notes that the hymen has only negative meaning for the patriarchal order i.e it only has meaning in absence. The ruptured hymen becomes retrospectively a sign, not of the women’s integrity and independence, as is frequently quoted as a reason by my virgin friends here to preserve it, but of her commodification. The daughter has been preserved intact by her father in anticipation of a transaction by which her body passes into her husband’s possession. So like in Mauss’ gift exchange the hymen becomes the marker of a social relation between man."

I doubt a Father has handed over a daughter Virgo Intacta (unless it was her choice or maybe on religious grounds) for a generation or two.
Personally, I doubt that an 'old' way of doing this cannot be judged by a modern eye - least of all a feminist one.

 

[vrosej10]

Why bother renaming it? I hated mine, got rid off it as quick as I could!

 

[3113]

With the possible exception of some parts of the third world, is there Anywhere where this sort of nonsense is actually believed these days ?

I don't know about the nonsense of virginity being believed, I haven't polls to tell me how much of the world still believes this. However, I'd say that a good deal of India does, and that might put the number that believe it over the number that don't. Point is, however, that whether they believe a woman should remain a virgin till marriage or not, a great many people in the world believe the hymen is a membrane that covers the vagina of a virgin when, clearly, that's a bad and abnormal thing, not true at all.

I'd say a good deal of the world believes this is what a hymen is. And very few know the truth. Isn't it a good thing to try and get people to understand facts about anatomy rather than myths? As porn writers, I'd think we'd be especially grateful. I'll bet you anything you like that the vast majority of stories here in the "first time" category which feature virgin girls have that myth of the ruptured hymen bleeding--without knowing that there is no membrane for the man to break through at all--or if there is then it's not normal. Shouldn't we, who care about people having good sex, be a little more sympathetic to those trying to get out factual information on the subject of female anatomy?

Why bother renaming it? I hated mine, got rid off it as quick as I could!

Um, virginity or hymen? Because you've still got your hymen. That's the point. That people think they can "break" it, like football players bursting through a paper shield onto the field, when there's nothing to break.

 

[Stella_Omega]

And also-- we have to remember that pendulums swing backwards a bit after they've swung forward. Renaming the thing might, perhaps, put a limit on how far this one could swing.

 

[bronzeage]

It's not really an English word, anyway. The English word is "maidenhead".

"HYMENAIOS (Hymen or Hymenaeus) was the god of weddings, or more specifically of the wedding hymn which was sung by the train of the bride as she was led to the house of the groom. Hymenaios was numbered amongst the Erotes, the youthful gods of love.
As one of the gods of song, he was usually described as a son of Apollon and a Muse."

From the article:

"The linguistic declaration follows the group’s campaign aimed at dispelling the myths that the hymen is a membrane covering the vaginal opening that needs to be broken when, in fact, it consists of folds of mucous membranes which form a crown around the vaginal opening that stays with a woman all her life."

It may not need to be broken, but in my experience, it is so fragile, breaking it is unavoidable.