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It could be useful for women who have been raped, and can't deal with it. Anyhting to feed their denial will do them well.

Ah, yes. The quaint and pleasant belief that women are property, complete with little freshness seals so that you can ensure that no one else has used them. You wouldn't want to buy a second-hand woman by mistake, after all. Their value goes down with each resale.

And somehow, women were convinced that their vaginal freshness seals mattered, as though the physical condition of one's body reflected the interior of one's soul.

In the same way, as we all know, that ugly people are deformed because they're bad people.

But, never fear! Should one slip up and fall into the inexorable den of sin which is normal human reproductive activity, one can repair the freshness seal! Thus tricking any men who come along into believing that they are purchasing a brand new product, rather than a rickety old lemon.

If one's self-worth is linked to the physical state of a pretty much invisible and useless chunk of tissue, then one has some pretty bad issues to start with, and I think those people ought to deal with their mental problems rather than get surgery to try and ignore it.

Leave it to Sylphi to hit my point of view as a male crossplayer...

However, it's a case of some rape victims wanting to suppress the memories. For these individuals, a lack of physical evidence can help them do this, and make their life much more tolerable.

Personally, in general, though, I think the surgery's a waste of money, and the cost of it woudl generally be better spent on sessions with a decent psychologist. I wouldn't recommend it to any girls I knew.

Heh. ^_^

The hymen or lack thereof really isn't physical evidence anyway, because you can't see or feel or otherwise interact with it at all unless you're sticking things up your v****a.

Suppressing memories is a bad idea.

It happened to me. The last thing in the world I was sitting there caring about was 'oh no, an invisible chunk of tissue is torn.' And I've yet to meet anyone, ever, for whom that was remotely a concern.

Doesn't mean that such people don't exist... but it means that the trigger is something other than rape.

Well, for me, it definitely doesn't matter, because I'm one of those women who's never had one. sweatdrop

Anyways, I don't fully see a point to replacing it. It is, as Oni said, just like any plastic surgery. It's up to the individual, but not something necessary.

Besides, if you're involved with/are one of those people who thinks that a woman who does not have her virginity intact isn't "worth" as much, then, quite frankly, you just should find someone who doesn't have that problem to be with. It's not that difficult.

In cases of rape, though, men who think that a woman is less of a person because of their lack of virginity are the ones who need to get over themselves. Any woman with a man like that can seriously find someone a lot better, and should.

I hope this somewhat makes sense. I'm tired.

Virginity is special and it should be saved for the right person, generally your wife/husband. I'm one of very few guys who want to keep their virginity until they are married, and I plan to lose it on my wedding night. I do know quite a few females who feel the same way! 3nodding