While the trend is changing, Indian culture traditionally had placed a lot of value on virginity. A girl was and, to an extent, still is expected to remain a virgin until she gets married (that reminds me, didn't they conduct the test on Princess Diana before Charles and she got married? Chastity is supreme).
Not only do others expect this, many a woman herself considers her virginity to be her most important possession.
That caused me to think. What is this emphasis on virginity? What exactly does this thought signify? When a person considers that the best she can offer is her virginity, what are her values?
When a product owner considers that the best feature of the product he sells is that it has never been used before, what do we think of the merchant? When the most important point is that the package has never been opened, what is the package all about? How good is it?
When you can't return the product because the seal has been tampered with and hence it is rendered unusable/unsaleable, what is the quality of the product? How useful is something if it largely loses its value / price because its package has been opened?
Should we price a product because it is good or because it is unused?
Do we want to buy/have a product which derives its maximum value only when it's unopened?
I am not saying that virginity is bad. But if this is the best thing that a woman has to offer, eeeek.
Additional reading:
Do we want to buy/have a product which derives its maximum value only when it's unopened?
I am not saying that virginity is bad. But if this is the best thing that a woman has to offer, eeeek.
Additional reading:
- http://www.iamhusband.com/2009/01/priceless-gift-of-virginity-in-marriage.html
- NDTV News: Kolkata Professor Who Said "Virgin Girl Is Like Sealed Bottle" Removed. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kolkata-jadavpur-university-professor-kanak-sarkar-who-said-virgin-girl-is-like-sealed-bottle-remove-1978642
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