It is truly ironic how people would uncomfortably flinch at the sight of menstruation blood or even during a related discussion but are completely fine, rather inquisitive to know if a woman stained the sheets during her “first night”. It is ridiculous how in today’s age
1. Menstruation is still a taboo.
2. An intact hymen is synonymous to a woman’s purity.
3. Women need to validate their “virginity” to other people.
A woman’s virginity is taken so seriously by a society that products like virginity capsules that ooze fake blood are available in the market. Do people realise how regressive that is?
This has been brought to light by a Twitter user who found such tablets being sold online by a brand named i-Virgin. According to the product description, the pills have to be inserted into the vagina like how tampons are inserted 2-4 hours before the “planned night”.
Do you really want to be a company that allows the sale of these products? This is demeaning to say the least @amazonIN https://t.co/fy30Z1GTp7
— Arko Datta (@durbudhijibi) November 12, 2019
“The high-quality blood powder contained therein have then completely dissolved. This is intended for the use of 30 minutes – 2 hours before the scheduled traffic and also reliably confirms your virginity by our mini-pill,” reads the description.
The product is being sold for a whopping Rs. 3,100 in India. You might ask, “But who would buy them?”. As it turns out, women have purchased the pills and have left feedback.
With products like these being sold in the market, the fight for women’s rights only goes a few steps backwards. Previously, we have seen cases like Indonesian police officials conducting virginity tests on female recruits, and how a woman who protested against having undergone a virginity test before marriage was banned from a Navratri event.
Amazon says screw gender equality. Women still have to prove their virginity with these "powerful" fake blood capsules. #WTF pic.twitter.com/4Nd4JipvQc
— Priya Pathak (@ThethBiharan) November 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/rthdvinay/status/1194917206317944838
Can we please stop judging a woman’s character based on the presence or absence of a hymen?