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Abstract
Sexual matters are very sensitive and are rarely talked about in our
society. Research in this field is very limited, and sex education in a
formal manner is nearly absent. The maintenance of female virginity has
traditionally been equated with ―family honor‖ and continues to be one of
the greatest causes of violence against women. Sexuality is an important
public health concern, and it is likely affected by emotional and marital
experience. Sexual knowledge relates directly to enjoyment of a fully
satisfying sex life with those who have enough information to enjoy their
sex life to the full being significantly more likely to be satisfied with
many aspects of their sex life.
The current study aimed to evaluate Egyptian women knowledge
and perception of virginity, premarital sex, the virginity examination and
defloration also to evaluate the magnitude of sexual education of females
and to assess its impact on female sexuality.
This study included 200 women (100 virgin and 100 married)
attending Menoufia university hospital. We used a self-report
questionnaire designed by the investigators and translated into Arabic.
Questionnaire consisted of 38 questions that covered different aspect of
virginity, premarital sex, the virginity examination, defloration, sexual
knowledge and sex education.
The results of this study showed that:
-The commonest age category in both groups was 20-29 years
(95%, 35% respectively).
- The majority of the participants had finished their secondary
school (32.5%) or had a university degree (67.5%).
- Peno-vaginal penetration was what most participants (95% in
group A and 97 % in group B) considered complete coitus.
- A girl should remain virgin till marriage was the opinion of 100%
in group A and 80 % in group B.
- Regarding the premarital sex for males, 97.8% in group A and
65.9% in group B disagreed because it is ―Religiously haram‖
- In group A (82%) and (95%) in group B refused premarital
virginity tests.
- In group A (65%) and (82%) in group B didn’t know that the law
prohibits forced virginity tests without the woman’s consent.
- Regarding emotional consequences of the forced examination
self-blaming was the answer chosen by most women (57% in group A
and 73% in group B).
- As regard the amount of defloration bleeding, most participants of
group A (75%) and group B (58%) expected it to be a few drops,
- In group B (49%) of participants Partners expected few drops of
blood in defloration bleeding.
- Defloration pain was expected to be moderate pain as suggested
by 58% participants in group A.
- Mild defloration pain was expected by 48% of participants of
group B.
- Most of participants in group A (virgin) had a sexual knowledge
concerning: anatomy of female genitalia (55%), female genital cutting
(75%), menstrual cycle phases & disorders (58%) and masturbation
(77%).While in group B(married) most of them had knowledge
concerning: anatomy of female genitalia (90%), female genital cutting
(88%), menstrual cycle phases & disorders (92%), contraception methods
& problems (95%),phases of sex response cycle (74%),marital
examination(63%), sexual behavior during coitus(74%), coital
positions(60%), sexual contact during pregnancy(96%) , time of resuming
intercourse after labor(90%). While there was a defect in knowledge in
group A concerning: marital examination, phases of sex response cycle,
sexual behavior during coitus ,coital positions ,contraception methods and
its problems, sexual contact during pregnancy, time of resuming
intercourse after labor and STDs.
- Most of the participants in group A (virgin) and group B
(married) who had sexual knowledge, got their information from friends
(43.5%), media (22%) and family (18%).It is not surprising that (73%) of
our participants in group B (married) got benefits from sexual knowledge
in their marital life.
- Most participants in group A (69%) and group B (68%) preferred
2ry school stage as the best educational stage for acquiring sexual
knowledge,
- Most of participants in group A (virgins) (75%) and in group B
(married) (78%) preferred attaining their sexual knowledge through
medical sources such as doctors.
- Most of participants showed that books and magazines (40%)
were the best method to acquire sexual knowledge.