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In a society like India, sex is still a topic on which talking openly makes many people uncomfortable. When this issue concerns women, the silence becomes deeper. Especially regarding female virginity, there are so many misconceptions and myths spread in the society that it is linked to the identity, honor and character of women.

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Despite changing times, thinking still has not changed completely. Even today, a woman’s sexual experience before marriage is questioned in many places. Especially if a woman loses her virginity by having sex before marriage, then many questions are asked on her. In such a situation, the thought often comes to mind that can virginity be restored? You will be surprised to know that in earlier times, leach therapy was used to restore virginity.

meaning of virginity

If understood in simple words, virginity is often believed to mean that a person has never had sex. Many people associate sex only with the relationship between penis and vagina, while some people consider oral or anal sex also included in it. Hymen is often associated with virginity, but this is a misconception. During sex, the hymen gets stretched and torn, causing bleeding, but the truth is that the hymen can also get stretched or torn during non-sexual activities like sports, cycling or using tampons.

Myths spread about virginity

This belief is deeply rooted in the society that bleeding during sex is a proof of virginity. Whereas medical science completely rejects this thinking. Every woman’s body is different, but social pressure forces women to live a life of fear, guilt and concealment.

What is Leech Therapy, through which virginity can be restored?

In ancient times, so-called techniques like leach therapy were used to make a woman appear virgin. In this, leeches were inserted into the labia, so that blood would come during sexual intercourse for the first time, which would provide proof of virginity.

Short film has been made on leech therapy

Cinema has also tried to show a mirror to a sensitive issue like virginity. The short film ‘Leeches’ released in 2016 was based on this social pressure and hypocrisy. The film showed how the perceptions created by the society force women to take decisions which are against their own existence.