Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hymen, Assisted Reproductive Technology
13 May 2018
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V IS FOR VICTORY?: THE VIRGINITY SLIDESHOW
Images from the past
• virginity is important in the bible so there are a lot of images
• mary is reported to be a virgin
• she gave birth to jesus
• these images evoke and the women are presented as
• look mournful
• depicted in a group
• ten virgins is a story
• this is gender discourse
• a lot for the images of virginity are women only
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Medicine/science
Like a virgin (mother): analysis of data from a longitudinal,
US population representative sample survey
Amy H Herring professor, Samantha M Attard PhD candidate, Penny Gordon-Larsen
professor
Objective: To estimate the incidence of self report of pregnancy without
sexual intercourse (virgin pregnancy) and factors related to such reporting, in a population
representative group of US adolescents and young adults.
Design: Longitudinal, population representative sample survey (USA).
Participants: 7,870 women enrolled at wave I (1995) and completing the
most recent wave of data collection (wave IV; 2008-09).
Results :45 women (0.5%) reported at least one virgin pregnancy unrelated to the use of
assisted reproductive technology. Although it was rare for dates of sexual initiation and
pregnancy consistent with virgin pregnancy to be reported, it was more common among
women who signed chastity pledges or whose parents indicated lower levels of
communication with their children about sex and birth control.
BMJ 2013;347:f7102 doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7102 (Published 17 December 2013)
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