Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: The virginity fraud
Nina Dølvik Brochmann, Ellen Støkken Dahl: El frau de la virginitat
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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We grew up believing
Vam crèixer pensant
estàvem equivocades.
about female virginity
ens contaven sobre la virginitat femenina
in medical communities for over 100 years,
coneixen la veritat des de fa 100 anys,
continue to make life difficult
mites continúen fent la vida difícil
The first myth is about blood.
El primer mite és la sang.
breaks and bleeds
es trenca i sagna
que una dona té sexe vaginal.
on the sheets afterwards,
sang als llençols després de l'acte,
consequence of the first.
lógica de la primera.
to break and bleed,
es trenca i sagna,
that it actually disappears
finalment desapareix
during a woman's first intercourse.
durant la primera relació sexual.
if a woman is a virgin or not
una dona és verge o no
like a minor issue to you.
que no va amb vosaltres.
on the female body?
arruga en el cos d'una dona?
this is about so much more
que tot això és molt més
have lived on for centuries
han perdurat al llarg dels anys
una eina poderosa
la sexualitat de les dones
religion and historical decade.
religions i dècades històriques.
subjected to honor killings
sotmeses a crims d'honor
on their wedding night.
en la seva primera nit de boda.
through degrading virginity checks,
proves de virginitat humiliants,
on les dones
to enter military service.
per entrar al servei militar.
to undergo virginity checks
un grup de dones manifestants
the hymens of young girls
els himens de les nenes joves
that their children are not ruined.
les seves filles no estàn malmeses.
the myths about the hymen
a l'alçada dels mites sobre l'himen
different virginity quick fixes
solucions ràpides de virginitat
poured on the sheets after sex
als llençols després del sexe,
dark secret goodbye."
al teu profund i obscur secret''.
that no deed can be kept secret,
que no es pot amagar cap secret,
will reveal them no matter what,
sigui les revelarà,
and their freedoms.
i les seves llibertats.
to the virginity fraud.
amb el frau de la virginitat.
about the hymen
els mites sobre l'himen
of "The Wonder Down Under."
''The Wonder Down Under''.
about the female genitals.
sobre els genitals de la dona.
people seem to believe
la gent sembla creure
covering the vaginal opening.
que protegeix l'entrada de la vagina.
"the virgin membrane."
''la membrana verge''.
we picture something fragile,
quelcom fràgil,
why we brought a hula hoop onstage today.
hem portat un hula hoop a l'escenari.
to this hoop, right?
passat a aquest cèrcol, no?
before and after I punched it.
de trencar-lo.
on this hoop right here,
de la virginat al cèrcol,
is not a virgin anymore.
el cèrcol mai més serà verge.
is nothing like a piece of plastic
no és com un trosset de plàstic
o una goma elàstica.
at the outer opening of the vagina.
en l'obertura externa de la vagina.
or a half-moon shape
o de mitja lluna
tenen voreres
naturally vary a lot in looks,
de manera natural,
to do a virginity check.
una prova de virginitat.
about the hymen's anatomy,
sobre l'anatomia de l'himen,
have to break at all.
in function as well as in looks.
tan en la funció com en la forma.
to handle a vaginal intercourse
perquè en la relació sexual
to make room for the penis,
una mica per deixar entrar el penis,
a bit different from before.
un aspecte diferent al d'abans.
that you can't examine the hymen
pot examinar l'himen
fa 100 anys, el 1906
sexual de mitjana edat
were reminiscent of a teenage virgin.
semblaven als d'una adolescent verge.
was never damaged during sex,
mai havia patit mentre tenia sexe,
in every shape and form,
els hímens tenen tota mena de formes
because of previous damage
a una lesió anterior
anatomical variant.
variant anatòmica.
done on 36 pregnant teenagers.
a 36 adolescents embarassades.
clear signs of penetration
evidents de penetració
in 34 cases of virgin births --
34 neixements verges,
has taken a vital blow.
ha rebut un cop vital.
between her legs
entre les cames d'una dona
the myths about the hymen are untrue.
els mites sobre l'himen són mentida.
that magically disappears after sex,
màgicament després del sexe,
can easily have sex without bleeding.
poden tenir sexe sense sagnar.
that by removing these myths,
si ens desféssim d'aquests mites
would all just disappear.
i els crims d'honor desapareixarien.
comes from something much deeper
radica més enllà
about the properties of the hymen.
sobre les característiques de l'himen.
control of women's sexuality.
del control de la sexualitat de les dones.
this is our contribution.
aquesta és la nostra feina.
and [future] husband to know
pare i futur marit sàpiga
as a proof of virginity.
com a prova de viriginitat.
one of the most powerful tools
d'una de les eines més poderoses
a les dones joves d'avui.
quina és l'alternativa,
as a proof of virginity for women,
com a prova de la virginitat d'una dona,
if a woman is a virgin or not,
si una dona és verge o no,
that question is her choice.
és decisió seva.
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