Associate Professor Dept of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology SKHMC Kulasekharam A virgin is a female who has not experienced sexual intercourse Defloration means loss of virginity The question of ID: 1009403
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1. VIRGINITYDr. Siju; Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and ToxicologySKHMC, Kulasekharam.
2. A virgin is a female who has not experienced sexual intercourse. Deflorationmeans loss of virginity. The question of virginity arises in case of (1) nullity of marriage, (2) divorce, (3) defamation, and (4) rape.
3. NULLITY OF MARRIAGE, (8.12, Hindu Marriage Act), i.e. marriage never to have existed in Jaw. A marriage can be nullified: (1) When either party was under the age of marriage contract. (2) When one party was of unsound mind or a mental defective at the time of marriage. (3) When one party was already validly married. (4) Where the marriage has not been consummated due to impotence or wilful refusal. (5) Where the woman was pregnant by another man at the time of marriage.
4. Hymen: The hymen is a fold of mucous membrane about one mm. thick, situated at the vaginal outlet. The average adult hymen consists of folds of membrane having annular or crescentic shape, the broadest part lying posteriorly. Types: (1) Semilunar or crescentic (commonest type) : the opening is placed anteriorly. Notches or clefts are seen at 10 and 11 o clock position, which may be equal in size or more prominent on one side.(2) Annular : opening is oval and situated near the centre of the membrane. (3) Infantile : a small linear opening in the middle. (4) Cribriform : several openings. (5) Vertical : the opening is vertical. (6) Septate: two lateral openings occur side by side, separated partially or completely by thin strip of tissue. (7) Micro-perforate : Tiny opening with large posterior component. (8) fimbriated, (9) Imperforate: no opening.
5. Causes of Rupture of Hymen: (1) An accident, e.g., a fall on a projecting substance or by slipping on the furniture or fence or while playing at seesaw. In these cases tearing takes place through the lateral margins of the labia into the vaginal wall, perineum, perineal body and hymen, and usually injuries on other parts of the body will be seen. Such hymenal tears are never associated with abrasion and bruising of the margins. Accidental straddle injuries usually involve periurethral tissues, labia, hymen and mons. Separation of thighs forcibl y in children will not rupture the hymen, unless perineum is ruptured. Hymen does not rupture by riding, jumping, dancing, etc. (2) Masturbation, especially with some large foreign body. Hymen is not injured in most cases because manipulation is usually limited to the parts anterior to the hymen. Labia minora and clitoris are enlarged in such cases.
6. (3) Surgical operation and gynaecological examination. (4) Foreign body, e.g.. sola pith introduced into vagina for rendering very young girls fit for sexual intercourse (aptaeiris) . Vaginal stretching, through the insertion of Increasingly larger objects (sex toys, vegetables or household objects) may be performed. (5) Ulceration from diphtheria, fungus or other diseases.(6) Scratching due to irritation of the parts from lack of cleanliness. (7) Sanitary tampon may sometimes rupture the hymen.
7. Breasts: In a virgin the breasts are firm, elastic and hemispherical with a small undeveloped nipple surrounded by an areola which is pink in fair complexioned women and dark-brown in dark women. The breasts become large and flabby by frequent handling, but are not affected by single act of coitus.Medico-legal Aspects : The presence of un-ruptured hymen is a presumption, but is notm an absolute proof of virginity.The principal signs of virginity: (1) An intact hymen. (2) A normal condition of the fourchette and posterior commissure. (3) A narrow vagina with rugose walls. These signs taken together, may be regarded as evidence of virginity but taken singly they cannot be so regarded.