Virginity Flashcards
Thin fold of mucus membrane at the external orifice of vagina
Hymen
State of not knowing the nature of sexual life and not having experienced sexual relations
Moral virginity
Moral virginity applies to
Children below the age of puberty and whose sex organs and secondary sex characters have not yet developed
Woman conscious of nature of sexual life (have reached sexual maturity) but has not experienced sexual intercourse
Physical virginity
Condition wherein the hymen is intact and the opening small enough to barely admit the tip of the smallest finger of the examiner
True physical virgin
Condition where the hymen is unruptured but the orifice is wide and elastic to admit two or more fingers
False physical virgin
Condition of a woman who permits any form of sexual liberties as long as they abstain from rupturing the hymen by sexual act
Demi-virginity
“Truly virgin woman” - no structural changes in her organ to infer previous sexual intercourse; virtuous woman
Virgo intacta
Includes women who have had previous intercourse but has not given birth
Virgo intacta
Condition of a female who has not experienced sexual intercourse and whose genital organs have not been altered by carnal connection
Virginity