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jrose
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posted 23 August 2007 08:09 AM      Profile for jrose     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Indonesia district drops school virginity test plan

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JAKARTA (Reuters) - A plan to carry out virginity tests on female high school students in a district in Indonesia's West Java province has been dropped after a public outcry, media reports said.

The head of Indramayu district, Irianto Syafiuddin, is reported to have made the proposal for virginity tests after a video showing two high school students having sex circulated via mobile phones.

"Because many people oppose it, we cancelled (the plan)," Syafiuddin was quoted as saying by online news service Detik.com.

Syafiuddin could not immediately be contacted, but according to media reports he will look for an alternative way to prevent students from engaging in pre-marital sex.

Students, parents and activists viewed the planned virginity tests on thousands of high school students in the district as a violation of human rights, the Jakarta Post said.

"We can't accept this idea. It's unfair as the porn video was just an isolated case," a female student, Gita, was quoted as saying by the Post.

Many in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, place high value on virginity, although pre-marital sex is not uncommon among the younger generation.



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Diaspor Lys
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posted 23 August 2007 05:39 PM      Profile for Diaspor Lys     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
What is a "virginity test"? Is there such a thing?
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1234567
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posted 23 August 2007 06:43 PM      Profile for 1234567     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
As far as I am concerned it's an opportunity for some pervert to mess with young girls and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intent of whoever thought of it. No wonder there was an uproar. Thank god the parents aren't idiots!

AND how do they know if a boy is a virgin or not?

[ 23 August 2007: Message edited by: 1234567 ]


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Ken Burch
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posted 23 August 2007 07:05 PM      Profile for Ken Burch     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by 1234567:

how do they know if a boy is a virgin or not?

[ 23 August 2007: Message edited by: 1234567 ]


Actually, that question may have been the real reason the test idea was scrapped.


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