Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: The virginity fraud
Nina Dølvik Brochmann, Ellen Støkken Dahl: La truffa della verginità
Nina Dølvik Brochmann, M.D. wants to empower women through good sexual education. Full bioEllen Støkken Dahl - Medical student, writer
Ellen Støkken Dahl is spreading medical expertise and enthusiasm for sexual health as a teacher for teenagers, sex workers and refugees. Full bio
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Siamo cresciuti credendo
We grew up believing
about female virginity
sulla verginità femminile
in medical communities for over 100 years,
da più di 100 anni,
continue to make life difficult
continuano a render la vita difficile
The first myth is about blood.
Il primo mito riguarda il sangue.
breaks and bleeds
fa sesso vaginale.
on the sheets afterwards,
sulle lenzuola dopo il sesso,
la donna non era vergine.
consequence of the first.
è una logica conseguenza del primo:
to break and bleed,
debba rompersi e sanguinare,
that it actually disappears
durante il primo rapporto di una donna.
during a woman's first intercourse.
if a woman is a virgin or not
se una donna è vergine o no
like a minor issue to you.
un problema irrilevante.
del corpo femminile?
on the female body?
this is about so much more
riguarda molto di più
have lived on for centuries
da centinaia di anni
la sessualità femminile
religione e periodo storico.
religion and historical decade.
soggette a omicidi d'onore
subjected to honor killings
la prima notte di nozze.
on their wedding night.
through degrading virginity checks,
a degradanti test di verginità,
esaminate per arruolarsi nell'esercito.
to enter military service.
a sottoporsi a test di verginità
to undergo virginity checks
the hymens of young girls
gli imeni di giovani ragazze
che le loro bambine non sono rovinate.
that their children are not ruined.
the myths about the hymen
dal non rispettare i miti sull'imene
different virginity quick fixes
poured on the sheets after sex
versate sulle lenzuola dopo il sesso
al tuo profondo, oscuro segreto".
dark secret goodbye."
that no deed can be kept secret,
che nessun atto può rimanere segreto,
will reveal them no matter what,
in ogni caso,
and their freedoms.
e le loro libertà.
to the virginity fraud.
con la truffa della verginità.
about the hymen
"The Wonder Down Under".
of "The Wonder Down Under."
about the female genitals.
riguardante i genitali femminili.
people seem to believe
le persone sembrano credere
che copre l'apertura della vagina.
covering the vaginal opening.
"the virgin membrane."
"la membrana verginale".
we picture something fragile,
why we brought a hula hoop onstage today.
un hula hoop sul palco.
a questo cerchio, vero?
to this hoop, right?
before and after I punched it.
on this hoop right here,
un test di verginità a questo cerchio,
is not a virgin anymore.
non è più vergine.
is nothing like a piece of plastic
come un pezzo di pellicola
at the outer opening of the vagina.
all'esterno dell'apertura vaginale.
or a half-moon shape
o a mezzaluna
naturally vary a lot in looks,
variano notevolmente,
un test della verginità.
to do a virginity check.
about the hymen's anatomy,
sull'anatomia dell'imene,
have to break at all.
in function as well as in looks.
sia per l'apparenza che per la funzione
da affrontare un rapporto vaginale
to handle a vaginal intercourse
to make room for the penis,
strapparsi un po' per far spazio al pene,
a bit different from before.
that you can't examine the hymen
che non si possa esaminare l'imene
più di 100 anni fa nel 1906,
were reminiscent of a teenage virgin.
sembravano quelli di una teenager vergine.
stato danneggiato durante il sesso,
was never damaged during sex,
in every shape and form,
sono di ogni forma
a causa di un danno precedente
because of previous damage
anatomical variant.
done on 36 pregnant teenagers.
condotto su 36 teenager incinte.
clear signs of penetration
in 34 cases of virgin births --
in 34 casi di immacolata concezione...
è stato sfatato.
has taken a vital blow.
between her legs
una donna tra le gambe
the myths about the hymen are untrue.
i miti sull'imene sono falsi.
that magically disappears after sex,
che svanisce magicamente dopo il sesso,
senza necessariamente sanguinare.
can easily have sex without bleeding.
that by removing these myths,
rimuovendo questi miti
would all just disappear.
e gli omicidi d'onore sparirebbero.
comes from something much deeper
viene da qualcosa di più profondo
sulle proprietà dell'imene.
about the properties of the hymen.
control of women's sexuality.
e religioso della sessualità femminile.
da cambiare.
this is our contribution.
questo è il nostro contributo.
and [future] husband to know
genitore e futuro sposo sappiano
come una prova della verginità.
as a proof of virginity.
one of the most powerful tools
uno degli strumenti più potenti
le giovani donne.
as a proof of virginity for women,
per provare la verginità delle donne,
if a woman is a virgin or not,
se una donna è vergine o no,
that question is her choice.
sarà una sua decisione.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Nina Dølvik Brochmann - Doctor, writerNina Dølvik Brochmann, M.D. wants to empower women through good sexual education.
Why you should listen
Nina Dølvik Brochmann, M.D. is spreading medical expertise and enthusiasm for sexual health as a teacher for teenagers, sex workers and refugees. With her collaborator Ellen Støkken Dahl, she has built up one of Norway’s most popular health blogs, Underlivet (The Life Below/The Genitals). After being frustrated by the amount of medical misconceptions and shame that surrounded the female body, she and Dahl wrote the popular science book, The Wonder Down Under: The Insider's Guide to the Anatomy, Biology, and Reality of the Vagina. This humorous and non-judgmental medical guidebook to the female genitalia has taken the world by storm and is currently being translated into more than 30 languages. She has a B.A. in political science from Columbia University (CC '10), and she currently works as doctor and writer based in Oslo, Norway.
Nina Dølvik Brochmann | Speaker | TED.com
Ellen Støkken Dahl - Medical student, writer
Ellen Støkken Dahl is spreading medical expertise and enthusiasm for sexual health as a teacher for teenagers, sex workers and refugees.
Why you should listen
Ellen Støkken Dahl wishes to empower women through good sexual education. With her collaborator Nina Dølvik Brochmann, she has built up one of Norway’s most popular health blogs, Underlivet (The Life Below/The Genitals). After being frustrated by the amount of medical misconceptions and shame that surrounded the female body, she and Brochmann wrote the popular science book, The Wonder Down Under: The Insider's Guide to the Anatomy, Biology, and Reality of the Vagina. This humorous and non-judgmental medical guidebook to the female genitalia has taken the world by storm and is currently being translated into more than 30 languages. She currently works as doctor and writer based in Oslo, Norway.
Ellen Støkken Dahl | Speaker | TED.com