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What is Virginity?
Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, especially in the case of unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth.
If you want to know the basic knowledge of virginity, you must have knowledge about hymen.
What is hymen?
The hymen is a thin layer of mucous membrane situated at the orifice of vagina. It has got a small opening through which menstrual fluid passes.
2) Labia Minora 1. Thin cutaneous fold 2. Pink in color 3. Soft and small
Fig: Labia Minora in Virgin 3) Forchette and posterior commissure Remain intact and crescent shaped
Fig: Forchette and Posterior Commissure in Virgin Female 4) Clitoris Small and vestibule is narrow (Triangular area lying between labia minora with clitoris as apex and the anterior margin of the hymen as base, commonly called vestibule)
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Hymen 1. Intact 2. Firm 3. Inelastic with central opening which admits only tip of little finger with difficulty
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Vaginal orifice slit like orifice which admits only tip of little finger with difficulty
7) Vaginal Mucosa rugose, reddish, sensitive to touch, If the sexual intercourse is habitual rugosity likely to disappear 8) Cervix Forms almost right angle with vagina.