Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: The virginity fraud
Nina Dølvik Brochmann, Ellen Støkken Dahl: Miturile virginității
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
Am crescut crezând
about female virginity
despre virginitatea feminină
in medical communities for over 100 years,
medicale de peste 100 de ani,
continue to make life difficult
continuă să îngreuneze
The first myth is about blood.
Primul mit este despre sânge.
breaks and bleeds
on the sheets afterwards,
nu există sânge pe cearșaf,
pur și simplu nu era virgină.
consequence of the first.
o consecință logică a primului.
to break and bleed,
se rupe și sângerează,
that it actually disappears
during a woman's first intercourse.
primului contact sexual al unei femei.
if a woman is a virgin or not
dacă o femeie este virgină sau nu
unui control de virginitate.
like a minor issue to you.
o problemă minoră.
on the female body?
de pe corpul feminin?
this is about so much more
că e vorba de mult mai mult
have lived on for centuries
sexualitatea femeilor
religion and historical decade.
religie și deceniu istoric.
subjected to honor killings
sunt victimele crimelor de onoare,
on their wedding night.
through degrading virginity checks,
la o degradantă verificare a virginității,
to enter military service.
pentru a intra în serviciul militar.
to undergo virginity checks
să facă verificări de virginitate
the hymens of young girls
himenele fetelor tinere
that their children are not ruined.
că nu le sunt decăzuți copiii.
the myths about the hymen
la înălțimea miturilor despre himen
different virginity quick fixes
soluții rapide pentru virginitate
poured on the sheets after sex
turnate pe cearșafuri după sex
dark secret goodbye."
„spune pa secretului tău întunecat.”
that no deed can be kept secret,
nu poate fi păstrată secretă,
will reveal them no matter what,
să nu se își facă rău singure,
and their freedoms.
to the virginity fraud.
miturilor virginității.
about the hymen
of "The Wonder Down Under."
„Minunea de jos”.
about the female genitals.
despre organele genitale feminine.
people seem to believe
oamenii par să creadă
covering the vaginal opening.
care acoperă orificiul vaginal.
"the virgin membrane."
„membrana virginității.”
we picture something fragile,
why we brought a hula hoop onstage today.
de ce am adus astăzi un cerc pe scenă.
to this hoop, right?
before and after I punched it.
și după ce l-am perforat.
on this hoop right here,
a virginității pe acest cerc aici,
is not a virgin anymore.
că acest cerc nu mai e virgin.
is nothing like a piece of plastic
ca o bucată de plastic
în jurul mâncării,
sau o bandă de cauciuc.
at the outer opening of the vagina.
la deschiderea exterioară a vaginului.
or a half-moon shape
sau de jumătate de lună
naturally vary a lot in looks,
în mod natural foarte mult ca aspect,
to do a virginity check.
o verificare a virginității.
about the hymen's anatomy,
despre anatomia himenului,
la cele două mituri ale noastre:
have to break at all.
in function as well as in looks.
ca funcționare, dar și ca aspect.
to handle a vaginal intercourse
pentru a face față unui contact vaginal
to make room for the penis,
pentru a face loc penisului,
a bit different from before.
puțin diferit decât înainte.
that you can't examine the hymen
examina himenul
în urmă cu peste 100 de ani, în 1906,
de vârstă mijlocie
were reminiscent of a teenage virgin.
îi aminteau de o fecioară adolescentă.
was never damaged during sex,
niciodată deteriorat în timpul sexului,
in every shape and form,
pot avea orice formă
because of previous damage
din cauza deteriorării anterioare
anatomical variant.
o variantă anatomică normală.
done on 36 pregnant teenagers.
realizat pe 36 de adolescente însărcinate.
clear signs of penetration
in 34 cases of virgin births --
în 34 de cazuri de nașteri virgine -
has taken a vital blow.
a primit o lovitură puternică.
between her legs
o femeie între picioare
the myths about the hymen are untrue.
miturile despre himen nu sunt adevărate.
that magically disappears after sex,
care să dispară în mod magic după sex,
can easily have sex without bleeding.
pot avea contact sexual fără a sângera.
that by removing these myths,
că eliminând aceste mituri
would all just disappear.
și crimele de onoare vor dispărea.
comes from something much deeper
provine din ceva mult mai profund
about the properties of the hymen.
privind proprietățile himenului.
control of women's sexuality.
și religios al sexualității femeilor.
this is our contribution.
aceasta este contribuția noastră.
and [future] husband to know
părinte și [viitor] soț să știe
as a proof of virginity.
ca dovadă a virginității.
one of the most powerful tools
unul dintre cele mai puternice instrumente
pentru a controla femeile tinere.
as a proof of virginity for women,
ca dovadă a virginității femeilor,
if a woman is a virgin or not,
dacă o femeie este virgină sau nu,
that question is her choice.
la această întrebare e alegerea ei.
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