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Iran: Virginity Matters!

Written byFred Petrossian
Posted 7 March 2006 11:53 GMT

Hooghoghdan (means Jurist), an Iran based blogger, talks about how much virginity of girls is important for Iranian men including so called intellectuals (Persian). She said the moment that her male friends discover she is not any more virgin, they want to find an empty room to sleep with her! According to her, Iranian men are not ready to get married with somebody who lost her virginity!Blogger says she can not understand why in a society men can enjoy themselves and have sex but not women!

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