Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: The virginity fraud
نينا دولفيك بروشمان، إلين ستوكين داهل: خديعة العذرية
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
about female virginity
حول عذرية الأنثى
in medical communities for over 100 years,
لأزيد من 100 عام،
continue to make life difficult
لا تزالان تجعلان الحياة صعبة
The first myth is about blood.
breaks and bleeds
on the sheets afterwards,
أي دم على الشراشف بعدها،
consequence of the first.
to break and bleed,
غشاء البكارة،
that it actually disappears
during a woman's first intercourse.
خلال أول ممارسة جنسية للمرأة.
if a woman is a virgin or not
عذراء أم لا
هما الخرافتان المتوفرتان:
like a minor issue to you.
on the female body?
this is about so much more
have lived on for centuries
religion and historical decade.
subjected to honor killings
on their wedding night.
through degrading virginity checks,
على إجراء فحوصات عذرية مهينة،
to enter military service.
لولوج الخدمة العسكرية.
to undergo virginity checks
على إجراء فحوصات عذرية
the hymens of young girls
بكارة الفتيات الصغيرات
that their children are not ruined.
the myths about the hymen
للخرافات حول غشاء البكارة
different virginity quick fixes
طرق مختلفة لرتق غشاء البكارة
poured on the sheets after sex
عِقب الممارسة الجنسية
dark secret goodbye."
that no deed can be kept secret,
لا يمكن الإبقاء على أي فعل سرًّا،
will reveal them no matter what,
and their freedoms.
to the virginity fraud.
about the hymen
of "The Wonder Down Under."
about the female genitals.
حول الأعضاء التناسلية الأنثوية.
people seem to believe
يبدو أن الناس يعتقدون
covering the vaginal opening.
يحجب فتحة المهبل.
"the virgin membrane."
we picture something fragile,
why we brought a hula hoop onstage today.
الهولا هوب للمنصة اليوم.
to this hoop, right?
before and after I punched it.
on this hoop right here,
على هذه الهوب هنا،
is not a virgin anymore.
is nothing like a piece of plastic
كقطعة بلاستيك
at the outer opening of the vagina.
في المدخل الخارجي للمهبل.
or a half-moon shape
naturally vary a lot in looks,
في منظره جدا،
to do a virginity check.
about the hymen's anatomy,
عن بنية غشاء البكارة.
have to break at all.
أن يتمزق إطلاقًا.
in function as well as in looks.
في الوظيفة وكذا المظهر.
to handle a vaginal intercourse
تحمُّل ممارسة جنسية مهبلية
to make room for the penis,
البكارة قليلا ليفسح المساحة للعضو الذكري،
a bit different from before.
that you can't examine the hymen
أنه لا يمكن فحص غشاء البكارة
خلال العام 1906
were reminiscent of a teenage virgin.
يشبه العضو التناسلي لمراهقة عذراء،
was never damaged during sex,
خلال الممارسة الجنسية،
in every shape and form,
أشكالاً متعددة،
because of previous damage
هي نتيجة لضرر سابق
anatomical variant.
done on 36 pregnant teenagers.
علی 36 مراهقة من الحوامل.
clear signs of penetration
على علامات واضحة للإيلاج
in 34 cases of virgin births --
34 عذراء من الحوامل،
has taken a vital blow.
between her legs
the myths about the hymen are untrue.
فالخرافات حول غشاء البكارة غير صحيحة.
that magically disappears after sex,
بعد الممارسة الجنسية،
can easily have sex without bleeding.
ممارسة الجنس دون نزيف.
that by removing these myths,
وبالتخلص من هاتين الخرافتين،
would all just disappear.
ستختفي جميعًا.
comes from something much deeper
مما هو أعمق بكثير
about the properties of the hymen.
control of women's sexuality.
في جنسانية المرأة.
this is our contribution.
هذه هي مساهمتنا.
and [future] husband to know
وكل أبوين وكل زوج [مستقبلي]
as a proof of virginity.
كدليل على العذرية.
one of the most powerful tools
أحد أقوى الوسائل
as a proof of virginity for women,
غشاء البكارة كدليل على عذرية النساء،
if a woman is a virgin or not,
ما إذا كانت امرأة ما عذراء أم لا،
that question is her choice.
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