Season 2, Episode 4: "Can Anyone Tell If I'm A Virgin..."
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Show Notes:
Huge shout out to Mercury Stardust (https://mercurystardust.com/merctree), Jory (@alluringskull), and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/about) who raised over $2 MILLION during a 30hr live stream / Tik-Tok-A-Thon to support gender-affirming care at the end of March!
Historical Sources
- Blank, Hanne. Virgin: The Untouched History. Bloomsbury Press, 2007.
- Moslener, Sara. Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Reinarz, Jonathan. Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell. University of Illinois Press, 2014. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt7zw5zg.
- Rodriguez, Sara. "Restoring 'Virginal Conditions' and Reinstating the 'Normal': Episiotomy in 1920," in Heterosexual Histories, Rebecca Davis and Michele Mitchell, eds. (New York University Press, 2021), 303-330.
Medical References
- Rosa M. Laterza, Mario De Gennaro, Andrea Tubaro, Heinz Koelbl. Female pelvic congenital malformations. Part I: embryology, anatomy and surgical treatment. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34,
- Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/
- Jen Gunter’s Twitter thread about hymens/virginity: https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1192143613947457537?s=20
- Moussaoui, D., Abdulcadir, J. and Yaron, M. (2022), Hymen and virginity: What every paediatrician should know. J Paediatr Child Health, 58: 382-387. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/10.1111/jpc.15887
- https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2018-united-nations-agencies-call-for-ban-on-virginity-testing
- Olson RM, García-Moreno C. Virginity testing: a systematic review. Reprod Health. 2017 May 18;14(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0319-0. PMID: 28521813; PMCID: PMC5437416.
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