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Virgins until Marriage
Civil Society Organization
of the African Union and the European Union

 
Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society Organization of the African Union and the European Union

  

Virginity until marriage is the source
 
of world’s harmony
Virginity until marriage is the source of world’s harmony
Communicate to integrate!

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Virgins until Marriage  -  Civil Society Organization of  the African Union and the European Union (acronym: VM) is to promote a universal value of virginity until marriage with the "VIRGINITY MATTERS!" slogan supported by an effective reward system action for virginity protection and by protest against abuse, torture and humiliation of virgins. Virginity as the source of world’s harmony preserves morals, saves lives, decreases morbidity, boosts self-esteem, enhances careers, opposes slavery, counteracts crime, strengthens families, empowers communities, spares funds and therefore should be protected by all means available and not to a lesser extent than those pitiful and deadly ideas that violate human rights of the young ones of both genders and rob them of their unrenewable assets for profiteering or sheer pervert amusement. Virginophobia, i. e. the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against virginity or virgins should be condemned and penalized, as well as the damage due to robbery of virginity fully compensated.

Percent of virgins among American teens: 15-17 years old and 18-19 years old child and adolescent boys and girls Number of never-married males and females 15-19 years of age who have never had sexual intercourse: United States, 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2006-2008 Source of numerical data: Data from Cycle 6 (2002)of the National Survey of Family Growth U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Virginity as the source of world’s harmony preserves morals, saves lives, decreases morbidity, boosts self-esteem, enhances careers, opposes slavery, counteracts crime, strengthens families, empowers communities, spares funds... dr Halat, noxologist
Percent of virgins among American teens:
15-17 years old and 18-19 years old child and adolescent boys and girls


Number of never-married males and  females 15-19 years of age who have never had sexual intercourse:
 United States, 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2006-2010
Source of numerical data:
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics

Rationale

VM offers normal people (the helpless youth, worried parents and frustrated spouses among others) and their leaders a crucial solution for three menaces threatening both continents that the Mediterranean Sea touches. These are: demographic collapse, human rights violation, and disaster profiteering.

The epidemiological evidence is clear. AIDS decimating Sub-Saharan Africa and chlamydiasis destroying fertility in Europe result from promiscuous voluntary activeness of one fifth of adults.  Themselves victims of human rights violation ‘the walking sources of epidemics’ proliferate their traumas and attack more and more young people of both genders. They are encouraged and easily excused by a news and entertainment industry hostile to universal values and supportive to mass disaster profiteers: pornography and prostitution business organizers, prophylaxis and treatment suppliers, and social structure disintegration instigators, agents of influence among them.

Those who lose their virginity early are more likely to have multiple sexual partners, fuel epidemics and social pathologies.

Those who fight virginity with mockery, ridicule, and scorn are responsible for all the revealed and hidden harm they do.

Virgins are protected under hate crime, hate speech legislation. Seek redress, virgin victims of hate speech
Virgins are protected under
hate crime, hate speech legislation

Hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or
display which is forbidden because it may incite violence
or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual
or group, or because it disparages or intimidates
 a protected individual or group
Seek redress, virgin victims of hate speech!

A common sense type preventive measure to physical and moral abuses of individuals that add to mass disasters caused by promiscuity is raising the “herd immunity”, as it is called in epidemiological jargon, by promotion of a universal value of virginity until marriage. The VM mission priorities are endorsed by lessons learnt from African (i. e. South Africa, Uganda, Sierra Leone) and European (OURSELVES FOR OURSELVES Youth Peer Education Movement in Poland), experiences, as well as the SILVER RING THING program, which encourages young adults to remain as a virgin until marriage, until recently funded by the US federal government. Yes, we can! In Africa and Europe now.

dr Z Halat, medical epidemiology consultant

dr Z Halat, medical epidemiology consultant
Project designer, Virgins until Marriage  -  Civil Society Organization of  the African Union and the European Union
Chairman, The John Snow International Society for Common Sense in Public Health

 

The hazards of promiscuity, dr Halat's graph

Promiscuity

 
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For the sake of the new millennium generations

The first new millennium born teens will celebrate their 13th birthday on January 1st, 2014. There are circa 1,500 days until  January 1st, 2014. Many of the tens of millions of year 2001 born children have been already irreversibly infected and mutilated, tortured physically and mentally, robbed of their virginity and converted to sex toys of perverts. But the vast majority are still waiting, unknowingly, for their chance to enter adulthood  spared from deadly disease and crippling disability. Within the 1,500 coming days let us become people of good will who really try hard to initiate the great shift of consciousness for the sake of the new millennium generations.

Dear friends,
Below, please find public health arguments to convince yourself, your loved ones, others like you, and the rest of the world.
Should you find your role in the VIRGINS UNTIL MARRIAGE -  CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION OF  THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION project promising/satisfying/profitable enough, please do not hesitate, dear friends, to use social networking tools (Click to join Virgins_until_Marriage).

dr Z Halat, medical epidemiology consultant, noxologist
dr Z Halat, medical epidemiology consultant, noxologist
Project designer, Virgins until Marriage  -  Civil Society Organization of  the African Union and the European Union
Chairman, The John Snow International Society for Common Sense in Public Health
 
professional hymenoscopy (medical examination of the hymen) with a hymenoscope ( a magnifying glass with a source of light and a disposable micro speculum that serves as a guide)

 
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to mark  World  AIDS  Day  2009
and promote the AB (and C, if necessary) strategy of HIV prevention
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Epidemiology: 
the study (health surveys, observation, hypothesis testing, analytic research, and experiments)
of the distribution (analysis by time, place, and classes of persons affected)
and determinants (physical, biological, social, cultural, and behavioural factors that influence health)
of health-related states or events (diseases, causes of death, behaviour such as promiscuity, other social pathologies, reactions to preventive regimens) 
in specified populations (identifiable characteristics such as precisely defined numbers) 
and the application of this study to control health problems (to promote, protect, and restore health)
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Noxology:
Noxology, health hazards science, is a branch of epidemiology and is the scientific study of  harmful factors, taking into account a number of usually ignored aspects of the health hazards impact on humans, which include varied susceptibility of individuals (families, communities, nations) to a harmful factor acting alone or together with others, exhibiting a synergistic effects on health.  In noxology, the starting point of the diagnostic process is the cause
of health-related states or events investigated on individual, family, community, national, or global level (compare: Posita causa, ponitur effectus and Nihil fit sine causa).
dr Z Halat


Pro choice informed, by mature persons
Pro choice informed, by mature persons

 Virgins until Marriage Project Site Map

A virgin

Depiction of Virginity

Virginity and Society

Virgin Wars

My judgement of reasons why have sex (MJYSEX) Questionnaire


Virginity Myths and Facts


Virgins Profitable Skills

Virginity Art & Fashion

Miss  Virginity World Contest
Mister Virginity World Contest


Social networking

Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society  Organization of the African Union and the European Union
 
"Virgins until marriage" e-book
 
Virginity Magazine
 
The International Society
for the Scientific Study of Virginity

   
Acta Virginologica
Journal of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Virginity

   
Afro-European Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention Network
   
The John Snow International Society for Common Sense in Public Health
   
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Virginity and personal health
 
Virginity
 
Virginity testing
 
The hymen
 
Virginal breast hypertrophy
 
Kegel exercises
 
Control of sexuality
 
Promiscuity
 
Masturbation
 
Condom use

HPV Vaccination

Genital mutilation
 
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention
 
Medical Examination
prior to Sexual Intercourse

 
Medical Certificate prior to Marriage
 
Genital Self Examination
 
HIV/AIDS
 
HPV– genital, anal and oral warts, cervical, penile, anal, and oral cancer
 
HSV - herpes
 
HBV, HCV - hepatitis

Chlamydia
 
Gonorrhoea
 
Syphilis
 
Pubic lice, scabies
 
Trichomonas
 
Candida

Dr Halat’s endless list of reasons to remain a virgin until marriage:

Reason # 1

Reason # 2
Be safe, know the risks
and don’t invite deadly diseases to ruin your and your future family’s life

Reason # 3
Be reasonable, know what really works

 Reason # 4
Be self-confident, know your privileges

 Reason # 5
Be secure, know the mutual committed love of husband and wife

 Reason # 6
Be smart, know the cunning foxes’ arguments to outsmart them

 Reason # 7
Be assertive, know how to love yourself
so you know what pleases and hurts

 Reason # 8
Be patient, know how to become top apple

Reason # 9
Be steadfast,  know how to be faithful
to your past, present and future own self

 Reason # 10
 Be distinct,  know the difference

 Reason # 11
Be a winner, know better than losers

 Reason # 12
Be supported, know how to find a helping hand

 Reason # 13
 
  Be wise, know the essentials of a good life since knowledge is power


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The tighter you twist the strands, the better the rope will stay together. Moral, psychological, and physical integrity of each human person depicted as a three strand laid rope also know as a plain- or hawser-laid.

The tighter you twist the strands, the better the rope will stay together.
Moral, psychological, and physical integrity of each human person
depicted as a three strand laid rope also know as a plain- or hawser-laid.


Moral, psychological, physical integrity determines survival

Your integrity will keep you alive for ever.
Identity integrity determines survival.
Take care of your integrity or you will get lost in life.

Those who corrupt your moral values
 want to steal your soul and flesh.

Those who undermine your moral values
want to take away your freedom.


Those who reward you for giving up your integrity
want to deprive you of your identity,  destroy your entity
as human person, and having you dehumanized
make you dependent on them for the rest of your life.

Here are the typical characters:


dehumanized dehumanizator Sick Pig Raunch dehumanized dehumanizator Paedo Hyena Obia dehumanized dehumanizator Horny Chimp Bonobo dehumanized dehumanizator Sly Fox Reynard
Sick Pig
Raunch
Paedo Hyena
Obia
Horny Chimp
Bonobo
Sly Fox
Reynard
dehumanized dehumanizator Alpha Bull Minotaur
Alpha Bull Minotaur

A pathetic bunch of dehumanized dehumanizators
sex - obsessed maniacs, robbers and thieves of virginity
Sick Pig Raunch, Paedo Hyena Obia, Horny Chimp Bonobo,
Sly Fox Reynard,  Alpha Bull  Minotaur
and their female counterparts,
increasing in number products of raunch, ladette culture

 VIRGIN WARS



z
Forward, family! Do not fear!

VIRGINITY AND SOCIETY




Sexuality is a quest for satisfying union of complementary entities.
sexuality definition - love - desire - lust - attractiveness.

Sexuality is a quest for satisfying union of complementary entities.
Both holistic (God is unconditional love, God loves those who obey Him)
 and reductionist (erotic ways of achieving satisfactory level of brain chemicals)
 visions of sexuality deal with attractiveness of the loved and/or desired entity
according to the judgement of the loving and/or desiring entity.
The normal level of human sexuality displays the enitity
who within the frames of integrated love and desire offers his/her virginity to his/her spouse
and cultivates mutually satisfying multifacet  husband - wife everlasting and fruitful sexuality.

Why it is not easy to display the normal level of human sexuality?

Why it is not easy to display the normal level of human sexuality?
 stimulus- sexual stimulant - sexual response - sexual transmutation -
sexual tension - sexual urge - sexual arousal - sexual satisfaction - non-sexual reward

Any stimulus can be recognized as attractive here and now,
 become a sexual stimulant, and trigger a sexual response that
 can end in an involuntary sexual arousal and erotic night dream
      or in voluntary acts: sexual transmutation or marital coitus,
       or erotic day dream or solo / parallel / mutual masturbation.
The moral stimula: sadism. misconduct, sense of duty, pity,..
The psychological stimula: love, desire, lust, fear, shame, ...
The physical stimula: touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste, .......
                                                                    dr Halat, noxologist

The vast majority of mental and sensual stimulants are as such learned,

(the conditioned reflexes, incl. Pavlovian ones).
The tactile stimulants applied to specific  erogenous zones and the pheromones
can trigger the involuntary sexual arousal  without previous learning.

Transmutation definition:
the act of transforming sexual energy into creativity, increased productivity,
happiness, health, confidence and power.

Control of Sexuality


  

喜喜 ( 红双喜) DOUBLE HAPPINESS THE CHOICE IS YOURS A short-lasting pleasure or eternal happiness

喜喜 ( 红双) DOUBLE HAPPINESS

If you have reached this stage of physical and mental development that allows you to make an informed choice and if you are in a position to decide for yourself,  you may choose between a short-lasting pleasure with a casual lover or eternal happiness with a perfect lover – your spouse.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

The experience of the most successful nation, shared with the rest of the world
by Lin Di

Lin Di Perfect Ghost 林笛 完美鬼魂 专辑中文名: 秘密花园的邂逅 歌手: 林笛 Album Chinese Name: Secret Garden Encounter Singer: Lin Di

 Lin Di Perfect Ghost   林 笛   完美鬼魂
专辑中文名: 秘密花园的邂 逅    歌手: 林笛
Album Chinese Name: Secret Garden Encounter  Singer: Lin Di

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该 专辑中有两 首歌,Perfect Ghost(完 美鬼 魂),说的是:上 天给每个人安排了一个完美的恋人,但并不是每个人都能够遇到那个人。当人们爱上了别人,那个原本属于他(她)的完美恋人就变成了鬼魂。有时候,或许还会相 会在梦里,或许在现实中感到若然所失,莫名地惦记某个不知名的灵魂。这是秘密花园的邂逅,不是每一分钟都会发生,不是每一步都能令人察觉,但只要你真诚地 希望,一些美妙的事情就会出现......

The album has two songs, Perfect Ghost(完 美鬼魂)that is: God gives everyone a perfect lover arranged, but not everyone can face that person.  When people fall in love with someone else, that originally belonged to him (her) the perfect lover becomes a ghost.  Sometimes, perhaps even meet in a dream, perhaps, in reality feel if I lost, but somehow misses the soul of an unknown. This is the secret garden of the encounter, not every minute will occur, not every step can be very aware of, but as long as you sincerely hope that some of the wonderful things that will appear ......

Album track 02: Happiness

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 Virginity until marriage is a man's honour. Virginity until marriage is a woman's pride.

童贞直到结婚是男人的荣誉
Virginity until marriage is a man's honour
 童 贞直到结婚是女人的骄傲
Virginity until marriage is a woman's pride

Trinh tiết là chìa khóa hạnh phúc vợ chồng! Virginity is the key to happy couple
Trinh tiết là chìa khóa hạnh phúc vợ chồng!
Virginity is the key to happy couple
!

Wreath – a primaeval depiction of female virginity

 
Wreath – a primaeval depiction of female virginity. Wreath is a symbolic replica of the thickened, sleeve-like, redundant, fimbriated hymen and as such has been used for millennia to symbolize virginity in Slavic peoples, including indigenous inhabitants of the territory of Europe's oldest civilization (5,000 BC), eastward from the later German-Slavic boundary named by the Germans in the 9th century AD 'Limes Sorabicus'.

Wreath is a symbolic replica of the thickened, sleeve-like, redundant, fimbriated hymen and as such has been used for millennia to symbolize virginity in Slavic peoples, including indigenous inhabitants of the territory of Europe's oldest civilization (5,000 BC), eastward from the later German-Slavic boundary named by the Germans in the 9th century AD 'Limes Sorabicus'.

 

 


Dr Halat’s endless list of reasons to remain a virgin until marriage

Reason # 1
 Be yourself, know your rights and don’t let God deniers transform you into a piece of flesh.

A universal value of virginity until marriage is a spiritual obligation of two major world religions which are declared by more than half of citizens of the member countries of the African Union and the European Union (African population: 45.8% Muslims, 15.3% Roman Catholics; non-Eastern European population: 54.8% Roman Catholics, 4.3% Muslims), therefore a fundamental human right, freedom of religion of Muslims, Catholics, and any of affected spiritual minorities living on the territory of the two blocks is undoubtedly violated in all instances of abuse, torture and humiliation of virgins,  virginophobia, and robbery of virginity. Universal declarations of human rights provide a range of tools to protect  physical, moral and psychological integrity of virgins regardless of religion or beliefs. Human rights law provides the international standards to make judgments about individual responsibility for their violation. more

 

Dehumanization by coercion and Pavlovian conditioning. Do not let them deprive you of physical, moral and psychological integrity of human person.

Dehumanization by coercion and Pavlovian conditioning.
Do not let them deprive you of physical, moral and psychological integrity of human person.

 Anak-sex turismo ay isang tunay na mukha ng " liberalismo ". Child-sex tourism is a real face of " liberalism " .
Anak-sex turismo ay isang tunay na mukha ng " liberalismo ".
Child-sex tourism is a real face of " liberalism " .

Reason # 2
Be safe, know the risks and don’t invite deadly diseases to ruin your and your future family’s life.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) mostly go unnoticed until it is too late and the consequences of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) become incurable. Asking questions “Do you have AIDS, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, trichomonas, candida, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, CMV infection, genital warts (including these types that  cause cervical cancer), and the like?” makes no sense since infected people simply have no idea what they carry and transmit to others. Only a doctor can diagnose an STI, because the signs and symptoms of STDs vary and overlap with symptoms of other STDs and all other diseases. It may create a sense of false security asking “Have you been tested for HIV/AIDS?” since an infected person can transmit HIV during the window period, which is the time from getting infected until a blood test can detect any change. Much more effective would be avoiding risks of deadly diseases by following, if possible, the strict rules of The UK National Blood Service which say plainly who can't give blood. Those who can’t give blood because they are or might be infected with HIV, hepatitis B, C and/or syphilis etc. can’t be regarded as safe and might be held liable for passing an STI to a virgin unaware of risky behaviours of his or her partner. more

A female patient

The differential diagnosis of lower abdominal and/or genital signs and symptoms
in a female patient includes first of all:  
-  most common genital problems like menstrual cramps;   
- most common non-genital problems like low back pain;  
- sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sequelae 
  in a patient suspected of being infected as a result
  of even one only and not recent direct contact sexual exposure.  
                                                                                   dr Halat, noxologist

gastritis - enteritis - irritable bowel - ovarian cysts - ovarian tumours – oophoritis - salpingitis - pelvic inflammatory disease - ectopic pregnancy - appendicitis - cystitis - pubic lice - urethritis - skenitis - vestibulitis - vulvitis - kidney / ureter diseases - low back pain - peritonitis - colitis - midcycle pain – endometriosis – fibroids – endometritis - cervical cancer - cervicitis - menstrual cramps - vaginitis - proctitis - rectal parasites – hemorhoids - bartholinitis - hymenal injury


Most abnormal discharges are caused by STIs
Most ulcers and lesions are caused by STIs

 
gastritis - enteritis - irritable bowel - ovarian cysts - ovarian tumours – oophoritis - salpingitis - pelvic inflammatory disease - ectopic pregnancy - appendicitis - cystitis - pubic lice - urethritis - skenitis - vestibulitis - vulvitis - kidney / ureter diseases - low back pain - peritonitis - colitis - midcycle pain – endometriosis – fibroids - endometritis- cervical cancer - cervicitis - menstrual cramps - vaginitis - proctitis - rectal parasites – hemorhoids - bartholinitis - hymenal injury Most abnormal discharges are caused by STIs Most ulcers and lesions are caused by STIs

A prudent virgin is not suspected of being infected
with Sexually Transmitted Infections

Afro-European Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention Network
A-E STDs PN

Afro-European Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention Network (A-ESTDsPN)

A-E STDs PN

 

Promiscuitatea este nici o oportunitate, este doar lipsa de demnitate. Promiscuity is no opportunity it is just lack of dignity.
Promiscuitatea este nici o oportunitate, este doar lipsa de demnitate.

Promiscuity is no opportunity it is just lack of dignity.

 Reason # 3
Be reasonable, know what really works.

Higher levels of family religiosity, including parents’ beliefs, prayer and religious service practices, and the frequency of family participation in religious activities,  contribute to decreased sexual initiation among adolescents, older age at coitarche and indirectly to decreased sexual partners. Having a two-parent family and parents who encourage their children to avoid having sex are also associated with a decrease in sexual exposures. Abstinence programs encourage unmarried individuals to abstain from sexual activity as the best and only certain way to protect themselves from exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Abstinence until marriage programs are particularly important for young people, as approximately half of all new infections occur in the 15- to 24-year-old age group.  Delaying a first sexual encounter can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of adolescents and on the progress of the epidemic in communities.  The younger that people are when having sex for the first time, the more susceptible they become to developing an STD. The risk of acquiring an STD also increases with the number of partners over a lifetime.  Immaturity of the cervix of the womb in teenagers and young women means that its protective barrier is weak and only 1 cell thick (30 - 40 cells thick in older women). During sexual intercourse, germs causing STIs get easily inoculated into the immature cervix. This is why non virgin girls under the age of 20 have higher rates of infection of HIV than older women or young men. AIDS (caused by HIV), cervical cancer (caused by high-risk HPVs types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, and 73 ), infertility, ectopic pregnancy and other complications of pelvic inflammatory disease (caused by chlamydial and other STIs) constitute a price of sexual intercourses under the age of 20. Montse Magadan became HIV positive when she lost her virginity, aged 16.  Prevention of cervical cancer can be achieved in one of two ways: preventing infection initially or detecting the precursors to cervical cancer and providing treatment. The former method is called primary prevention and can be accomplished by avoiding exposure to the virus through abstinence from sexual activity or through  mutual monogamy forever, provided both partners—not just one—are consistently monogamous and were not previously infected. Condoms provide only about 70% protection against HPV when used all of the time.  more

 

Manufactured sex toys can be cleansed. To some extent. Human sex toys can't be cleansed. No way.

Manufactured sex toys can be cleansed. To some extent.
Human sex toys can't be cleansed. No way.

 

Volgarità e oscenità degeneran l'umanità. Vulgarity and obscenity degenerate humanity.
Volgarità e oscenità degeneran l'umanità.
Vulgarity and obscenity degenerate humanity.

 Reason # 4
Be self-confident, know your privileges.

There is a large time gap between puberty and maturity. All of us are born as virgins, but normal people do not dispute over virginity of newborns.  The same normal people cast doubts on the value of virginity of immature teenagers who have not reached this stage of physical and mental development that  allows them to make an informed choice. Immature young people are privileged by laws protecting their undisturbed development and should be aware of their privileges since convicted pedophiles who rape minors and condemned ephebophiles who ruin lives of mid-to-late adolescents are just a tip of the iceberg of those who persuade, induce, entice, or coerce minor children and adolescents to engage in activities which shorten the inborn stage of virginity. Legal protection of virginity is nothing but a minimum national effort granted to virgins to protect their human rights and in fact legitimatises cruel exploitation of those young people who in spite of having reached the age of consent are still far (5 and many more years ahead) from being physically, mentally, and socially ready to take responsibility for their choices. Sound families, communities and nations strive to protect all developmental stages of their teenagers and young adults and support protection of virginity until marriage. These efforts are being undermined by discreditors of virginity who simply surrender to the culture of rape. Here is an example of counterproductive reasoning: “Another harmful cultural belief that makes women vulnerable to contracting HIV is the value placed on virginity. In some cultures, people believe that if a man has sex with a virgin woman, he will be cleansed of his infections. Young, virgin girls and women are at a higher risk of being raped by men influenced by this common misperception. These girls and women are especially vulnerable to HIV because of the distinct injuries that result from forced sexual activity and the likelihood that their perpetrators have had multiple sexual partners.” more

 

I'm a teen. Its obvious, I'm a virgin.

I'm a teen. Its obvious, I'm a virgin.

International Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989 a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years

International Convention on the Rights of the Child
adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989
a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years
Convention on the Rights of the Child
publicise - observe - defend

WORLD DAY
FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST VIRGINS
18th November

 

 

Blessed Carolina Kozka, the patron of youths and farmer

Blessed Carolina Kozka
(Polish: Karolina Kózkówna)
(1898 - 1914)

In the midst of the storm of the First World War, when she was only sixteen she sacrificed her life to God, killed by a Russian soldier as she resisted his advances. The war broke out in July 1914. In November the Russian army cleared the Vistula River. On November 10 they captured Tarnow and on November 17 they captured Zabawa and Wal-Ruda. The situation was getting dangerous; there were threats of confiscations so people were trying to hide their properties in the forest. Everyone was telling about Russian soldiers who were raping young women. Everyone was terrified.
At the first day of occupation a soldier came to Kozka's house but he left after having a meal. The next day, on November 18, at about 9 a.m. another armed Russian soldier came to their house. He asked about the Austrian army, he refused to have a meal and told Karolina and her father to go with them, allegedly to the commanding officer. He led them towards the forest but when they reached the edge of it, the soldier told Karolina's father to leave them and go back home. The terrorized man turned back, leaving his daughter alone with soldier. The witnesses of the imminent events were two boys coming back towards the village. They hid themselves behind the bushes and saw Karolina struggling with an assailant and running towards the swamps that turned out to be the rescue for her as they made the chase difficult for the soldier. He abandoned the chase when he saw that she fall dead of loss of blood. Her body was found only on December 4. The wounds she sustained do bear witness to the greatness of her suffering and show her heroic defence of her innocence and purity. A carefully prepared report describes thoroughly the place of her martyrdom and claims the intact virginity of the Martyr. Having imitated Christ already in her life, and always obedient to the will of God, in the last moments of her life she refused to sin and accepted her own death as the greatest  confirmation of her love of God. Thus Karolina was conformed to Christ in the shedding of her blood. (...) On June 30, 1986 in the presence of Pope John Paul II, the "decree of the martyrdom of the Servant of God, Karolina Kozka" was proclaimed. Her beatification took place on June 10, 1987, during the third pastoral visit of His Holiness to his native country, Poland. Since then the cult of the Blessed Karolina is spreading all over the world.  (...) Her relics were procured by numerous communities in USA, Kazakhstan, Peru, Chad, and Congo and many churches in Poland as well. She is the patron saint of the Diocese of Rzeszów as well as many parishes. The Blessed Karolina is regarded by most of people, parishioners and pilgrims as well, as the great example to people of the Third Millennium because of her humility, courage and trust in God. She is a sign for those who are looking for the way of salvation, who want to become a saint. She is the patron of youths and farmers. more Karolina Kozka life's story

痴漢は卑怯。痴漢は決して軽微な犯罪ではありません。 Chikan is dirty. Molestation is never a minor crime.
痴漢は卑怯。
痴漢は決して軽微な犯罪 ではありません。
Chikan is dirty.
Molestation is never a minor crime.
女子高生「痴漢は卑怯 許さない、チカンを撲滅しましょう

VIRGINITY AND SOCIETY

 Reason # 5
Be secure, know
the mutual committed love of husband and wife.

Apart from its holistic, spiritual, and emotional context, for men and women marriage means knowing what to expect, belonging to one's self-formed family, rasing happy children, and being helped in need.

The most important part of a Catholic wedding is the exchange of vows:
Groom: I, (name), take you, (name), to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
Bride: I, (name), take you, (name), to be my husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
Muslim couples do not generally recite vows but rather listen to the words of the imam, or cleric, who speaks about the significance of the commitment of the marriage and the couple's responsibilities toward each other and Allah.  However, some Muslim brides and grooms do choose to also exchange vows:
Bride: "I, (name), offer you myself in marriage and in accordance with the instructions of the Holy Koran and the Holy Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him. I pledge, in honesty and with sincerity, to be for you an obedient and faithful wife."
Groom: "I pledge, in honesty and sincerity, to be for you a faithful and helpful husband."
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VIRGINITY UNTIL MARRIAGE  FRESHNESS SAFETY CAPS

Virginity until marriage freshness safety caps: open with marriage vow

  Virginity until marriage freshness safety caps: open with marriage vow

 中国男希望处女新娘 Chinese men want virgin brides

中国男希望处女新娘
Chinese men want virgin brides

 Reason # 6
Be smart, know the cunning foxes’ tricks to outsmart them.

Virgins seem easy prey for mischievous predators who exploit ruthlessly fundamental human needs of love, respect, intimacy and belonging, as well as strong sexual urges in minors, adolescents and not-yet-married adults.  A simple trick like hugging, especially for women, releases neurochemicals that can increase trust in the hugger. After a hug lasting 20 seconds, the brain produces oxytocin that turns on the trust response and dulls more critical judgment.  Touching on the shoulder, the side of the waist, arms or hands plays a similar role in seduce tactics. Generous compliments, series of jokes, humour, funny stories, suddenly discovered common interests and hobbies, all may lead to infatuation and its grave consequences. Experienced seducers view their victims as nothing but sex toys. They even pretend to be passionately in love with their prey until they get bored and find an easy excuse to cease  the relationship. The everlasting love suggestions and promises prove deceitful soon after the virgin gives up his or her unrenewable asset. Virginity robbing from immature virgins and virginity stealing from mature but still naive virgins are common crimes of deception which almost never get punished and redressed. Cunning foxes triumph over their victims with great self-satisfaction and are applauded by other human rights violators. Some serial devirginators use comically ridiculous arguments to manipulate their victims. Probably most stupid is here: “Humans are no better than other animals and hence can’t resist animal instincts". Someone who can't tell the difference between humans and animals is a soul denier and is far more wrong than hymen deniers, since a congenital absence of hymen exceptionally occurs, however is extremely rare as a part of severe genital  malformations (ICD-10: Q52.0 Congenital absence of vagina, Q52.7 Congenital absence of vulva). Judging 'better' humans or animals, forgetting elaborated courtship rituals in animals, not realizing differences in brain size and functioning of humans and bonobo chimpanzees, say a lot about those who use such arguments to take the virginity of the human person. Luckily, mature virgins are smarter and know how to dismiss such as nonsense. Smart virgins know the science behind gender dimorphism which is physical and behavioral differences associated with sex. more

 

Virginity and devirginization: first sexual intercourse is the most memorable milestone of human development from birth to death

Virginity and devirginization: first sexual intercourse is the most memorable milestone of human development from birth to death.

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If you loved me truly you'd wait until we're married.

 

 Reason # 7
Be assertive, know how to love yourself so you know what pleases and hurts.

Do people hate you, humiliate you, ridicule you? That's not important. God loves you! There are at least two reasons why God loves you so much. First, it is His nature to love. God is love. Love is the word that best describes God's nature. Second, you are His creation. God loves you just as good earthly parents love their offspring. People may not seem very special to others, but to their mother and father they are always special. This should help you understand how God could really like you -- even though you may not like yourself very much. Also, God sees you as you can be and will become - not just as you are now. God has faith in you and in His ability to make you someone special. Feeling not good enough?  Don't panic. God doesn't love you because you are a good person or do everything right. If you have accepted merciful God nothing can separate you from His love. Due to God's mercy even your sins can't separate you from God. We all sin. We all are forgiven if we confess and repent our sins, and want to do everything in our power to redress the past. In return, you are obliged to  love all the people  and treat other people the way that you would want to be treated. God is the All-Peace, the All-Merciful.  God loves you, but do you love yourself?  No one is going to love you if you don’t love yourself.  It is not your fault if you don't love yourself and you can't love other people, and because of it no one loves you. Many of us have been taught to hate ourselves, to consider ourselves less equal and to think our needs are not important—just by the very act of abuse. The act of neglect, of sexual or physical abuse, and of ritual abuse all carry the message that we weren't worthy of loving, compassionate treatment. If we received verbal or emotional abuse that told us even more overtly that we were worthless, trash, or to be hated, well, those messages just piled up inside. Abusers often foster or encourage self-hate messages, because it makes their victims more compliant and easy to abuse. ...but those messages aren't true. They are tools used by abusers to break spirits and continue abuse. To start loving yourself, you need to make a list of your assets. On the top of the list, put your finest assets, particularly the unrenewable ones. Is virginity still among them?  more

 

Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Tatazela 1997 Itshitshi limnandi itshitshi limnandi njengoshukela A virgin is sweet, a virgin is sugar sweet

I
tshitshi limnandi itshitshi limnandi njengoshukela
(a virgin is sweet, a virgin is sugar sweet)

Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Tatazela 1997


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Lyrics
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!الوقوف ضد ثقافة الموت Stand against the culture of death! !وقف التجريد من الإنسانية Stop dehumanization!
!الوقوف ضد ثقافة الموت
Stand against the culture of death!
!وقف التجريد من الإنسانية
Stop dehumanization!

VIRGIN WARS

 
Reason # 8
Be patient, know how to become top apple.

“Women are like apples on trees, the best ones are on the top of the tree. The men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and don't want to get hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't so good but easy. So, the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top because they value quality.”- Author unknown, but sounds sexist. Why not add:  “Men are like apples on trees, the best ones are on the top of the tree. The women don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and don't want to get hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't so good but easy. So, the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right woman to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top because they value quality.”  more

I haven't been married yet. No wonder I'm still a virgin.
I haven't been married yet. No wonder I'm still a virgin.

Too much steam? Too much noise? Too much heat? fornication impossible  - transmutation taught - obscenity faught - - prudence promoted - pornography avoided To turn down the heat turn down the flame!

Too much steam? Too much noise? Too much heat?
fornication impossible
- transmutation taught - obscenity faught -
- prudence promoted - pornography avoided
To turn down the heat turn down the flame!
 

St. Valentine Patron Saint of Virgins until Marriage - Patron Saint of Young People, Love, Affianced Couples, Happy Marriages

St. Valentine Patron Saint of Virgins until Marriage
Patron Saint of Young People, Love, Affianced Couples, Happy Marriages

Valentinus was a holy priest in Rome, who assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Emperor Claudius II. Since he was caught marrying Christian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome, when helping them was considered a crime, Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner - until Valentinus made a strategic error: he tried to convert the Emperor - whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate circa 269. While awaiting his execution, Valentinus restored the sight of his jailer's blind daughter. On the eve of his death, he penned a farewell note to the jailer's daughter, signing it, "From your Valentine."

 World Marriage Day Mass Honors Long-Married Couples 


Reason # 9
Be steadfast,  know how to be faithful to your past, present and future own self.

The primordial tradition of celebrating women as virgins has been most impressively restored to humanity in 1984 by His Majesty Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the reigning king of the Zulu nation. The event was started about 200 years ago during the reign of King Shaka Zulu and was stopped in 1879 when King Cetshwayo was arrested by British colonialists. As the custodian of Zulu traditions and customs, King Zwelithini has revived cultural functions such as the Umhlanga, the colourful and symbolic reed dance ceremony helping the girls to preserve their virginity until they get married. Once a year, during the second week of September, tens of thousands of virgins travel to the Zulu nation's royal residence at KwaNyokeni Palace in Nongoma to take part in the Royal Reed Dance festival (Umkhosi woMhlanga in the Zulu language).  The girls must pass a virginity test to attend. Intense counseling sessions are held on the Friday and Saturday morning where senior women from the Royal House and the community counsel the young girls on Zulu traditional values, the do's and don'ts for young women, and how to deal with rape, which is at epidemic levels in South Africa. The main attraction of the ceremony is the presentation of the reeds by maidens to the King. Maidens in traditional regalia take turns in dancing in a variety of styles in front of the King. This has a historical and symbolic significance in that it marks the contribution made by maidens in building the nation. The girls practice this ritual on their own free will and are proud to do so.  Each maiden carries a reed which has been cut by the riverbed, and it symbolizes the power that is vested in nature. It is believed that if a young woman who is not a virgin takes part in the ceremony, her reed breaks, which embarrasses her in front of the assembled guests and her parents. If the reeds do break, girls defend themselves by saying that it has been broken by the wind.
In recognition of their contribution to sustainable human development, the Zulu virgins and their leaders should be praised worldwide. Therefore Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society Organization of  the African Union and the European Union declared ALL VIRGINS' DAY which is a feast celebrated in early September in honour of all the virgins, known and unknown. Ngiyabonga! (means Thank you! in isiZulu, the language of the Zulu people).  more
 

 

Virginity. The essence of adolescence.

Virginity. The essence of adolescence.

ALL VIRGINS' DAY
early September

The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace, uMkhosi woMhlanga,  early  September

The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace, uMkhosi woMhlanga 11-12th September 2009

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Swaziland sub-national HIV prevalence 15 to 49 years old [%] HIV sentinel surveillance pregnant women last WHO data

Swaziland

sub-national HIV prevalence among 15 to 49 years old [%]
HIV sentinel surveillance in pregnant women
last WHO data

Lesotho sub-national HIV prevalence 15 to 49 years old [%] HIV sentinel surveillance pregnant women last WHO data
Lesotho
sub-national HIV prevalence among 15 to 49 years old [%]
HIV sentinel surveillance in pregnant women
last WHO data

South Africa sub-national HIV prevalence 15 to 49 years old [%] HIV sentinel surveillance pregnant women last WHO data

South Africa
sub-national HIV prevalence among 15 to 49 years old [%]

HIV sentinel surveillance in pregnant women
last WHO data

This doom-propheting Reed Dance participant said in isiZulu:  "We shall all die of AIDS not knowing who has infected us, like those reeds which do not know who cut them off.
This doom-propheting Reed Dance participant said in isiZulu:
"We shall all die of AIDS not knowing who has infected us,
like those reeds which do not know who had cut them up."

How many of the 2000 Reed Dancers are still alive?

 South Africa 2011: 56,000 reported rape cases

if one in twenty five rapes are reported
the total number of rapes per year would be 1,456,000
(56,000 reported + 1,400,000 unreported)
1 rape every 22 seconds

if one in twenty rapes are reported
the total number of rapes per year would be 1,176,000
(56,000 reported + 1120000 unreported)
1 rape every 27 seconds

Sesingaqala manje kangcono kunakuqala - Now we can start better than before
Sesingaqala manje kangcono kunakuqala
Now we can start better than before

Reason # 10
 Be distinct,  know the difference.

Virgin is a person who has never had sexual intercourse  Sexual intercourse (also called coitus, or copulation) is reproductive act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract. If the reproductive act is complete, sperm cells are passed from the male body into the female, in the process fertilizing the female egg and forming a new organism.  Sexual intercourse is sex, but "sex" is not limited to intercourse; not even limited, in fact, to genital activities. In reality, "sex" describes a huge range of activities. This is half of a dialectic: many things can be sex because sex has whatever meaning we experience moment by moment; and sex has an infinite range of meanings because the scope of activities that can properly be called sexual is so vast.”  One of the best-known sound bites of Bill Clinton’s presidency was denial: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”. Clinton later stated that he believed the agreed-upon definition of sexual relations excluded his receiving oral sex. NB. All penetrative sex (where the penis enters the vagina, mouth, or anus) carries risk of STIs for both, lessened to some extent by condoms. There are no medical signs and symptoms of male or female virginity with one exception, which is presence of the halat hymen at the opening of the vagina. The hymen is a body part, also known as virginal membrane, it is a tight or loose and flexible rim, fringe of tissue around the vaginal opening that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin. While the professionally detected presence of a certain type of intact hymen indicates virginity, the absence of one is definitely not a proof a woman is not a virgin.  An innocent, pure, or prudent virgin can be robbed of her virginity and remain innocent, pure, or prudent. However virgins rarely are asexual. Sexually active virgins have nothing to do with innocence, purity, or prudence but still preserve their virginity. Until marriage. If lucky. And wise. more

 

While the professionally detected presence of a certain type of intact hymen indicates virginity, the absence of one is definitely not a proof a woman is not a virgin. Dr Halat’s arguments against non-professional virginity testing.

There are no medical signs and symptoms of male or female virginity
with one exception, which is presence of the halat hymen at the opening of the vagina.

While the professionally detected presence of a certain type of intact hymen indicates virginity,
the absence of one is definitely not a proof a woman is not a virgin.

Dr Halat’s arguments against non-professional virginity testing.

 


A virgin: Is his/her V-card fraudulent or genuine?

A virgin. Is his/her V-card fraudulent or genuine?
A fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain.

 

Penipuan-bukti selaput dara - halat selaput dara yang sangat berharga, maka melindunginya sampai menikah (berkahwin). Fraud proof-hymen - halat hymen is very valuable, so protect it until marriage.

Penipuan-bukti selaput dara - halat selaput dara yang sangat berharga, maka melindunginya sampai menikah (berkahwin).
Fraud-proof hymen - halat hymen is very valuable, so protect it until marriage.

 Reason # 11
Be a winner, know better than losers.

There are many ways to sluttify virgins. A gang rape to make an abducted virgin ready for prostitution is the way generally considered most outrageous. The rape victim's coping  mechanisms rarely make the trauma bearable. Even drugs, alcohol and forced sex fail to erase memories of normal life and morals. Logically, virgins coerced into prostitution are prostitutes but not sluts. The other pole of the sluttification process is linked to incest. There are two kinds of incest:  direct incest, which is overt sexual activity between family members other than spouses; and indirect incest, the providing of children by their parents to others in order for them to be sexually abused. Parents and guardians who allow their child to be abused by other family members, friends, acquaintances, caretakers or teachers, as well as by entertainment industry products, the schooling system, and public space exhibitions and events, are as much responsible for ruined lives as those who commit direct incest.  Thus parents and guardians are guilty of premature and therefore forced sexualization of their young ones, who become addicted to sexual gratification offered and/or witnessed by paedophiliacs.  Too early and unnecessarily discovered power of sexual pleasure undermines the age-appropiate education and formation, opens wide the gates to promiscuity, pornography, drugs, alcohol, gambling, shopping and many other deadly addictions. Addicts are easy to manipulate. This is why sluttification from the cradle is so eagerly supported by corrupted elites and tycoons. Along with discovering sexual gratification other rewards in exchange for sexual favours are desired. There are entertainments, gifts, and money. Not knowingly a sluttified virgin turns into an underage prostitute. In such an destructive environment, more sooner than later a virgin loses his or her virginity. A prematurely devirginized child or adolescent becomes a community role model, noxious to human health and well-being, infinitely magnified by mass media scorn for virgins waiting until marriage. These virgins who enjoyed a privilege of having good parents and guardians and were efficiently protected from forced sexualization until maturity, and their virginity hasn't been robbed nor stolen, can finally decide if they want to lose or offer their virginity.  more

Guy Fawkes, a recusant Catholic, an instantly recognisable symbol of resistance to an over reaching government

Guy Fawkes, a recusant Catholic,
an instantly recognisable symbol
of resistance to an over reaching government

 You are not a piece of flesh. You are a human being.
You are not a piece of flesh. You are a human being. Who is your spiritual leader? Who is your opinion maker? A dehumanized dehumanizator? A religious intellectual?
Who is your spiritual leader? Who is your opinion maker?
A dehumanized dehumanizator? A religious intellectual?

WORLD DAY
FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE
19th November

 

Fyah Muma (Queen Ifrica): my music is music of upliftment. It is music that teaches. It shows you how not to complain, but to seek solutions for yourself

Fyah Muma (Queen Ifrica):
My music is music of upliftment.
 It is music that teaches. It shows you how not to complain,
but to seek solutions for yourself

Daddy

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lyrics

 

Reason # 12
Be supported, know how to find a helping hand.

The human being can hardly live on without friends. If they are people of goodwill, your friends will offer you moral and psychological support on your way from the family you were born and grown up in to the family you will establish with your future spouse. What if, at the end of the day, your friends you relied on prove malicious or simply stupid? Never forget the famous Latin phrase "Multi multa, nemo omnia novit (many know many things; no one knows everything)" and in case you are forced by your best friends to do something you really hate, just say “no” and consult someone else. Whom? Your priest or imam, your family member, or any other person of strong opinions you can trust with all your secrets and you don’t risk being rejected or exploited. You are not alone! Find information on the internet  to see how many people globally share exactly the same challenge you have. They share your challenges and they get contradictory advice. Much of the advice does not fit to your ideals, beliefs and ethics, much is just full of rudeness, contempt, trickery and other forms of dignity violation. Do not take a risk of being trapped by mentally disturbed minds, mentally ill persons, hiding their medical conditions and/or already diagnosed psychotics. Raunchiness: obscenity – vulgarity – promiscuity is a top warning symptom of a possible mental disorder. Finally you would like to discuss your challenges in a supportive group of peers. This is what Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society Organization of  the African Union and the European Union is created for. more

Raunchiness: obscenity – vulgarity – promiscuity is a top warning symptom of a possible mental disorder
Raunchiness: obscenity – vulgarity – promiscuity 

is a top warning symptom of a possible mental disorder.


United we stand, divided we fall. Unite, virgins until marriage!
United we stand, divided we fall. Unite, virgins until marriage!

 Reason # 13
 Be wise, know the essentials of a good life since knowledge is power.


What does medical epidemiology approved research say?
What does medical epidemiology approved research say?

 

Some controversies will be dealt with here.

(A) Virginity testing

Dr Halat’s arguments against non-professional virginity testing

Dr Halat's arguments
against non-professional virginity testing
www.healthriskmanagement.eu
Actual condition
Virgin
= never had coitus
Ex virgin
= had coitus at least once
Virginity
test”
result
Tested
virgin
True positive

intact hymen

Type I error
False positive
Main reasons:

Elasticity of the hymen (certain types)
i. e. the hymen regains its shape
after inserting a penis

Healed hymen tear
Post-coital healing of the hymen
with no or hardly detectable scarring

Anatomical abnormalities of the vulva

Diseases of the vulva including sexually transmitted diseases and other infections
 
Constriction of the perineal muscles voluntary or unconscious)
visibly bringing the torn tissue together

Induced vaginal tightness

Inserted object faking hymen
(so called fake hymen)

Post-coital reconstruction of the hymen hymen stitching aka hymenorrhaphy,
or reconstructive hymenoplasty
Not tested
virgin

Type II error

False negative
Main reasons:

Persistent hymenal non-coital dilatation (digital, instrumental)
i. e. the hymen remains stretched
after inserting a finger or an object

Hymenal non-coital laceration
(digital, instrumental, crotch injury)
i. e. the hymen has been healed with detectable scarring after tearing with a finger or an object  (e. g. a tampon) or an extremely rare penetrating crotch injury involving  
a damage to the vulva

Hymenal atrophy
(atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body)
disputable, probably non-existent

Hymenal aplasia
(aplasia is the absence of all
or part of an organ)
only as a part of congenital absence of vagina and vulva
True negative

Persistent hymenal post-coital dilatation
i. e. the hymen remains stretched
after inserting a penis

Hymenal post-coital laceration  
i. e. the hymen has not been healed after tearing with a penis or has been healed with detectable scars

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All women are born with a hymen.
A congenital absence of hymen exceptionally occurs, however is extremely rare as a part of severe genital  malformations:
Q52.0 Congenital absence of vagina
 Q52.7 Congenital absence of vulva

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision Version for 2007 ( ICD -10 )
 Chapter XVII:
Congenital malformations, deformations
and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
: Q52.0 Congenital absence of vagina
: Q52.7 Congenital absence of vulva



There are many different types of hymens.
Typical tornable / stretchable hymens  can be torn with finger(s), object(s), and penis(es)
and if torn they remain torn and present notches  / clefts or they heal with scars hardly detectable
without specialist testing techniques

There are many different types of hymens. Typical tornable / stretchable hymens can be torn with finger(s), object(s), and penis(es) and if torn they remain torn and present notches / clefts or they heal with scars hardly detectable without specialist testing techniques.

Typical tornable / stretchable hymen
 


 Two types of hymens that stand at opposite poles
as regards their value in professional virginity testing
are described below.


 
Typical  elastic hymen
can be stretched with fingers(s), object(s), and penis(es) and regains its original shape sooner or later after.
Stretching the elastic hymen with a finger or an object does not end virginity.
Stretching the elastic hymen with a penis ends virginity.

Because the elastic hymen regains it shape sooner or later after stretching(s)  the regular medical examination results are inconclusive, 
some specialist testing techniques are available though.

 Typical elastic hymen can be stretched with fingers(s), object(s), and penis(es) and regains its original shape sooner or later after. Stretching the elastic hymen with a finger or an object does not end virginity. Stretching the elastic hymen with a penis ends virginity. Because the elastic hymen regains it shape sooner or later after stretching(s) the regular medical examination results are inconclusive, some specialist testing techniques are available though.

Typical  elastic hymen


 
Fraud-proof hymen  - halat hymen

has sieve openings or a partitioned opening,
and if found on medical examination is an indisputable proof of virginity.
Like any other type of hymen the halat hymen can be torn with a finger, object, and penis.
Tearing the halat hymen with a penis ends virginity.
Tearing the halat hymen with a finger or an object does not end virginity but deprives the virgin
of her indisputable proof of virginity.

Fraud-proof hymen - halat hymen has sieve openings or a partitioned opening, and if found on medical examination is an indisputable proof of virginity. Like any other type of hymen the halat hymen can be torn with a finger, object, and penis. Tearing the halat hymen with a penis ends virginity. Tearing the halat hymen with a finger or an object does not end virginity but deprives the virgin of her indisputable proof of virginity.

Fraud-proof hymen - halat hymen

 

The imperforate, cribriform, and septate hymens frequencies of occurrence differ considerably due to variety of interrelated genetic and environmental factors influencing the reproductive system development. The global average estimated from scarce medical evidence could range from 3 % to 4 %. In some populations the imperforate hymen can be diagnosed in 0.1 % of newborns and requires a small surgical intervention as soon as possible after birth to enable undisturbed development of the genital tract and save the girl from unnecessary suffering and embarrassment in case the surgery would be postponed until she develops signs and symptoms of hematocolpos during puberty. If the surgery is properly done and well documented, the patient reaching her marriageable age enjoys the same opportunities of offering her husband a fraud-free hymen as other halat hymen gifted women do.

The hymen

  

(B) Genital mutilation

Gender disparities in lifetime rate of solo masturbation and coitus 14-year-olds: boys: solo masturbation 62.6%, coitus 2.2% girls: solo masturbation 43.3%, coitus 12.2%16-year-olds:oys: solo masturbation 78.1%, coitus 20.4% girls: solo masturbation 47.3%, coitus 32.1%Source of data:National Survey of Sexual Health and BehaviorCenter for Sexual Health Promotion JSM Volume 7, Supplement 5, October 2010

Gender  disparities in lifetime rate of solo masturbation and coitus

14-year-olds:
boys: solo masturbation 62.6%, coitus 2.2%
girls: solo masturbation 43.3%, coitus 12.2%

16-year-olds:
boys: solo masturbation 78.1%, coitus 20.4%
girls: solo masturbation 47.3%, coitus 32.1%

Source of data:
National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior
Center for Sexual Health Promotion
JSM Volume 7, Supplement 5, October  2010

(C) Masturbation

fingers Innocent? No. Pure? No. Prudent? No. Virgin? Yes.

Innocent? No.
Pure? No.
Prudent? No.
Virgin? Yes.

 

(D) Condom use
coming soon
(E) HPV Vaccination
coming soon

(F) Genital Self Examination

Intact hymen continuity of the hymenal rim smooth, non-interrupted rim of hymen no scarring, atenuation seen no nothes, clefts, bumps seen clear lacy hymenal vasculature the velamentous delicate border no fresh or healed lacerations (i.e. tears) seen
Intact hymen
continuity of the hymenal rim
smooth, non-interrupted rim of hymen
no scarring, attenuation seen
no notches, clefts, bumps seen
clear lacy hymenal vasculature
the velamentous delicate border
no fresh or healed lacerations (i.e. tears) seen
Broken hymen, torn hymen, 'popped cherry' residua of a torn hymen also known as hymenal remnants also known as myrtiform caruncles also known as (mistakenly) "hymenal tags"Latin: carunculae hymenales, carunculae myrtiformes
Broken hymen, torn hymen,
'popped cherry'

residua of a torn hymen
also known as hymenal remnants
also known as myrtiform caruncles
also mistakenly known as "hymenal tags"
Latin: carunculae hymenales,                 carunculae myrtiformes
Hymenal cleft Hymenal transection at 6 o'clock complete cleft also known as hymenal transection at 8 o'clock cleft extending through more than half of the width of the hymenHymenal cleft 
Hymenal transection
at 6 o'clock complete cleft also known as hymenal transection

at 8 o'clock cleft extending through more than half of the width of the hymen
Narrow, assymetrical hymenal opening Attenuated hymenal posterior rim Narrow, assymetrical, distorted shape of the hymenal opening attenuated hymenal posterior rim (rubbed or worn away by chronic abuse)
Narrow, assymetrical hymenal opening
Attenuated hymenal posterior rim
Narrow, assymetrical, distorted shape of the hymenal opening
attenuated hymenal posterior rim
(rubbed or worn away by chronic abuse)

(G) Kegel exercise
coming soon
(H) Control of sexuality

  The three dams strategy of control of sexuality
Rivers of life before junction.
Innocence (what is sex?)
Purity (no sex)
Prudence (no direct contact sex)
Virginity (no penis - in - vagina sex).

The three dams strategy of control of sexuality
Rivers of life before junction.
Innocence (what is sex?)
Purity (no sex)
Prudence (no direct contact sex)
Virginity (no penis -  in -  vagina sex).

Innocent man. Innocence ends in quest for sexual pleasure.Pure woman. Purity ends in surrender to sexual temptations.Prudent man. Prudence ends with a direct contact sex.Virgin woman. Virginity ends in sexual intercourse.
Can people control their sexuality? Yes, they can.
The vast majority of people do control their sexuality.
 Control of sexuality

(I) My judgement of reasons why have sex

My judgement of reasons why have sex Why would I do it? Is my motivation gross, nasty, fine or great? and what about his/her motivation: why would he/she do it to me/together with me? Is his/her motivation gross, nasty, fine or great? Why did I do it? Was my motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?And what about his/her motivation: why did he/she do it to me/together with me? Was his/her motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?

My judgement of reasons why have sex (MJYSEX) Questionnaire
Why would I do it? Is my motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?

And what about his/her motivation: why would he/she do it to me/together with me?
Is his/her motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?
Why did I do it? Was my motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?
And what about his/her motivation: why did he/she do it to me/together with me?
Was his/her motivation gross, nasty, fine or great?
 


 
Reason # ...

coming soon

  

Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society Organization of the African Union and the European Union عذراء حتى الزواج -- منظمات المجتمع المدني من الاتحاد الافريقي والاتحاد الاوروبي  Maagde tot het Huwelik - Civil Society Organisasie van die Afrika Unie en die Europese Unie Virgjër deri Martesa - Organizata të Shoqërisë Civile të Bashkimit Afrikan dhe Bashkimi Evropian Կույսեր մինչեւ Հարսանիք - ին Քաղաքացիական հասարակության կազմակերպում Աֆրիկյան Միության եւ Եվրոպական Միության Bakirə qədər nigah - Vətəndaş Cəmiyyəti Təşkilatı Afrika İttifaqı və Avropa Birliyi Birjin arte Ezkontza - Civil Society de Afrikako Batasunaren eta Europako Batasunaren Erakundea Нявінніца да шлюбу - Грамадзянскае грамадства Арганізацыя Афрыканскага саюза і Еўрапейскага саюза Девственици до брак - Гражданско общество Организация на Африканския съюз и на Европейския съюз Verges fins el matrimoni - Organització de la Societat Civil de la Unió Africana i la Unió Europea Virginitat fins al matrimoni - Organització de la Societat Civil de la Unió Africana i la Unió Europea 直到婚姻处女 - 民间社会组织,非洲联盟和欧洲联盟 Djevica do Brak - organizacija civilnog društva od Afričke unije i Europske unije Panice a panny do manželství - Občanská společnost Organizace Africké unie a Evropská unie Jomfruer indtil ægteskabet - en Civilsamfundet Organisationen for Den Afrikanske Union og Den Europæiske Union Maagde tot het Huwelijk - Civil Society Organisatie van de Afrikaanse Unie en de Europese Unie Imb enne abielu - kodanikuühiskonna organisatsiooni Aafrika Liidu ja Euroopa Liit Virgins hanggang Kasal - Civil Society Organization ng African Union at ng mga European Union Vierges jusqu'au mariage - Organisation de la société civile de l'Union africaine et l'Union européenne Virxes ata o matrimonio - Organización da sociedade civil da Unión Africana e da Unión ვირგო სანამ ქორწილი - სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ორგანიზაცია აფრიკის კავშირის და ევროპის კავშირი Europea Jungfrauen bis Ehe - Zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisation der Afrikanischen Union und der Europäischen Union Παρθένες μέχρι Γάμος - Κοινωνία των πολιτών Οργάνωση της Αφρικανικής Ένωσης και της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης Vyèrj jiskaske Maryaj - Sosyete Sivil Òganizasyon nan Inyon Afriken ak Inyon Ewopeyen an בתולות עד החתונה - חברה אזרחית ארגון האיחוד האפריקאי והאיחוד האירופי Bikirori har aure, aikin jam'iyyoyi ƙungiyar gamayyar afurka da Kungiyar Tarayyar Turai शादी तक कुंवारी - सिविल सोसायटी अफ्रीकी संघ और यूरोपीय संघ के संगठन Szüzek, amíg Házasság - Civil Társadalom Szervezete, az Afrikai Unió és az Európai Unió Meyjar þar Hjónaband - Borgaraleg Samfélag Samtök Afríkuríkja sambandsins og Evrópusambandið Perawan sampai Pernikahan - Organisasi Masyarakat Sipil Uni Afrika dan Uni Eropa Maighdeana go dtí Pósadh - le Sochaí Sibhialta Eagraíocht an Aontas na hAfraice agus an Aontais Eorpaigh Vergini fino al matrimonio - Organizzazione della società civile dell'Unione africana e l'Unione Europea 結婚するまで処女-市民社会組織は、アフリカ連合と欧州連 合の 결혼하기 전까지 처녀 - 시민 사회 조직 아프리카 연합과 유럽 연합의 Jaunavas līdz Marriage - pilsoniskās sabiedrības organizācijas no Āfrikas Savienības un Eiropas Savienība Девици се до брак - граѓанското општество Организација на Африканската унија и Европската унија Merginos iki vedybų - pilietinės visuomenės organizacijos ir Afrikos Sąjunga ir Europos Sąjunga Perawan sampai Pernikahan - Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil Kesatuan Afrika dan Kesatuan Eropah Verġni sakemm Żwieġ - Soċjetà Ċivili Organizzazzjoni ta 'l-Unjoni Afrikana u l-Unjoni Ewropea Jomfruer inntil Ekteskap - Civil Society Organization Den afrikanske union og EU تا زمان ازدواج باکره -- جامعه مدنی ، سازمان اتحادیه آفریقا واتحادیه اروپا Dziewice aż do małżeństwa - Organizacja społeczeństwa obywatelskiego Unii Afrykańskiej i Unii Europejskiej Virgens até o Casamento - Organização da Sociedade Civil da União Africana e da União Europeia Virgine pînă la căsătorie - Societatea civilă Organizaţia Uniunii Africane şi a Uniunii Europene Девственницы до брака - Гражданское общество Организация Африканского союза и Европейского союза Девице до брака - Цивилно друштво Организација Афричке уније и Европске уније Panice a panny do manželstva - Občianska spoločnosť Organizácie Africkej únie a Európska únia Device do poroke - Civilna družba Organizacije Afriške unije in Evropsko unijo Vírgenes hasta el matrimonio - Organización de la Sociedad Civil de la Unión Africana y la Unión Europea Wanawali mpaka Ndoa - Civil Society Organization wa Umoja wa Afrika na Umoja wa Ulaya Oskulder tills Äktenskap - Civila samhället organisation av Afrikanska unionen och Europeiska unionen สาวพรหมจรรย์จนกว่าจะแต่งงาน - โยธา สังคม องค์กรของสหภาพแอฟริกาและสหภาพยุโรป Evlilik kadar Bakireler - Sivil Toplum Örgütü Afrika Birliği ve Avrupa Birliği Діви до шлюбу - Громадянське суспільство Організація Африканського союзу і Європейського союзу Trinh nữ cho đến Hôn nhân - Xã hội dân sự tổ chức của Liên minh châu Phi và Liên minh châu Âu Gwyryfon nes priodas - Cymdeithas Sifil Sefydliad yr Undeb Affricanaidd a'r Undeb Ewropeaidd יונגפרויען ביז חתונה - סיוויל געזעלשאַפֿט ארגאניזאציע פון די אפריקאנער פֿאַרבאַנד און דעם אייראָפּעישן פֿאַרבאַנד Virgins until Marriage - Civil Society Organization of the African Union and the European Union.

 
 

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Scientists from six countries join forces with MEPs to call for a Europe wide and worldwide ban on growing GM crops. 

The event coincides with key scientific publications [1,2] on how national and international regulators have been ignoring damning evidence against the safety of GM food and feed while colluding with industry to manipulate scientific research to promote GM crops. The scientific papers will be presented to the European Parliament together with a comprehensive dossier containing more than 160 fully referenced articles from the Science in Society archives documenting the serious hazards ignored, the scientific fraud, the regulatory sham and violation of farmers' rights [3]

Time: 10:00-13:15 
Date: 12 June 2007 
Venue: Room P5B001, Paul Henri Spaak Building, European Parliament, Brussels 

Notes: 

1. Seralini G-E, Cellier D and de Vendomois JS. New Analysis of a Rat Feeding Study with a Genetically modified maize reveals signs of hepatorenal toxicity. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2007, 52, 596-602. 

2. Ho MW, Cummins J and Saunders PT. GM food nightmare unfolding in the regulatory sham. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 2007,published online 7 June 2007, DOI: 10.1080/08910600701 343781 

3. GM Science Exposed: Hazards Ignored, Fraud, Regulatory Sham, and Violation of Farmers' Rights, Science in Society Spring 2003-Summer 2007, ISIS CD Book, 2007. 
( http://www.i-sis.org.uk/pdf/Papers_on_GM_Hazards.pdf )

For further details please contact: 

Sam Burcher or Andy Watton, tel: 44-(0)20-8452-2729, e-mail: sam@I-sis.org.uk , andy@I-sis.org.uk
 

Agenda 
10:00 Welcoming Remarks Prof. Peter Saunders , Institute of Science in Society (ISIS), UK 

10:05 Opening and Chairman's Remarks Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski MEP ,Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 

10:10 Special Address Ms. Jill Evans MEP 

10:15 Dr. Mae-Wan Ho , Director of ISIS, UK No to GMOs, No to GM Science 

10:30 Dr. Irina Ermakova , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Experimental Evidence of GMO Hazards 

10:45 Dr. Christian Velot , University of Caen, France and CriiGen ( Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering, France) WhyCriiGen? 

11:00 Dr. Caroline Lucas , Green MEP Why Europe has to be GM Free 

11:15 Coffee/Tea break

11:30 Dr. Eva Novotny , Scientists for Global Responsibility, UK Transgene Contamination Is Inevitable 

11:45 Prof. Joe Cummins , ISIS, Canada GM Crops and Colony Collapse of Honeybees 

12:00 Dr. Zbigniew Halat , Association for Protection of Consumer Health, Poland Resistance to GMOs in Poland, Its Roots and Fruits 

12:15 Dr. Pietro Perrino , Institute of Plant Genetics, CNR, Bari, Italy The Genebanks Robbers 

12:30 Mr. Jeffrey Smith , IRT, USA Documented Health Risks of GM Food and Feed 

12:45 General discussion 

13:10 Closing remarks Prof. Peter Saunders 
 

Quotes from Speakers
Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski , MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development: “For me it is obvious that decisions on GMOs must be based on public opinion, and I do my best in that regard as one of the decision makers in the EU, to safeguard the health of citizens above all.”

Dr. Joe Cummins, Emeritus Professor of Genetics , University of Western Ontario, Canada: “The collapse of honeybees worldwide is almost certainly a combination of different factors including mobile phone transmitters, new systemic neonicotinoid pesticides used in seed dressings and sprays in both conventional and GM crops, and GM crops containing Bt toxins, a biopesticide. Bt biopesticides reduce the honeybee's immunity to infection by parasitic fungi that are also widely used as biocontrol agents, so it is a case of casualty from friendly fire. The honeybee is a major pollinator of our food crops, and its demise is a dire warning that the extinction of the human species is not far behind”

Dr. Irina Ermakova of the Russian Academy of Sciences: “So many things went wrong for rats fed genetically modified soybeans. They became more anxious and aggressive, there was a high mortality of rat pups born to the females in the first generation, disturbances of reproductive function,s and pathological changes in the internal organs of males and females.”

Dr. Zbigniew Halat , President of the Association for Protection of Consumers Health: “The problems created by genetic engineering are global, it is the proliferation of a kind of biological weapon of mass destruction worldwide.” 

Dr. Eva Novotny of SGR: “There can be no co-existence of GM and non-GM crops, as the latest research shows that GM pollen can be transported downwind tens of kilometres. It is clear that we have to make our choice right now.”

Mr. Jeffrey Smith worked with more than 30 scientists over the past two years, compiling the health risks of GM foods for his new book, Genetic Roulette : “There is now irrefutable evidence that GM foods are unsafe. Animal trials show damage to virtually every system studied, reports describe thousands of sick, sterile and dead livestock, large numbers of people link toxic or allergic symptoms to GM products, and most of the fundamental assumptions about the technology, used as the basis for safety claims, have been overturned.” 

Dr. Pietro Perrino , Director of Research, Institute of Plant Genetics, (formerly Institute of Germplasm) Bari, Italy: “We urgently need to protect the gene banks as they may soon be the only source of uncontaminated seed stocks in the world. This may be why the biotech industry and their supporters are so keen to see them destroyed after they've sequenced the genomes and patented the genes.” 

Dr. Christian Velot of Criigen: “Practically all the studies finding “no effect” of GM food and feed are done by companies seeking market approval or funded by them. This research simply does not stand up to independent scientific scrutiny, and regulators are putting people at serious health risks by accepting such research results.” 

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho , Director of ISIS: “ GMOs are not only hazardous for health and bad for the environment, they will severely damage our chances of surviving global warming. GM crops need more fossil fuels and water to grow, both of which are fast diminishing. Europe cannot afford to waste any more time and resources on GMOs, we must start investing in sustainable food and energy systems now.” 

Brief Biographies
Dr. Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics , University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, is one of the earliest critics of genetic engineering. He obtained BS Horticulture, Washington State University 1955 and PhD Cellular Biology, University of Wisconsin 1962. Carried out postdoctoral research at Edinburgh, Palermo, Stockholm (Karolinska) and the Macardle Laboratory for Cancer Research University of Wisconsin. Taught genetics at Rutgers and the University of Washington, Seattle before joining University of Western Ontario in 1972. Became involved in environmental issues from 1968 including mercury, asbestos, PCB and pesticide pollution along with waste sites and incinerators. His critiques of genetic modification began in 1988 when he encountered the power of multinational corporations over the Canadian federal government, and their refusal to face serious risk evaluations. He has published over 200 scientific and popular articles, and is an associate editor and regular contributor to Science in Society .

Jill Evans MEP , member of the Green/European Free Alliance Group, Vice President of Plaid Cymru and party spokesperson for European and International issues and chair of CND Cymru, member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety with special interest in food safety and GMOs, member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Authorities, and deputises on the Committee for Regional Development and Committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality; attended University in Aberystwyth and gained her M.Phil. at the former Polytechnic of Wales; worked for the National Federation of Women's Institutes in Wales for six years before becoming Wales Regional Organiser for CHILD, the National Infertility Support Network; Councillor for seven years on the former Rhondda Borough and Mid Glamorgan County Councils and then Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council; elected Plaid Cymru's Alternate Member of the Committee of the Regions in 1993, served for four years, and was also the party's representative on the European Free Alliance, working with Plaid Cymru's sister parties throughout the continent; Chair of Plaid Cymru 1994-96, and elected first MEP in Plaid Cymru's history together with fellow candidate Eurig Wyn in June 1999.

Dr. Zbigniew Halat medical doctor, consultant epidemiologist; CEO of Health Risk Management & Communication; Chairman of The John Snow International Society for Common Sense in Public Health; President of Association for Protection of Consumers Health; Founder of The Dr Halat Water Institute; Former Deputy Minister of Health in first three non-communist governments of post-war Poland; fought epidemic outbreaks of foodborne and waterborn diseases in the 1970s; consultant epidemiologist in Central Province of the Republic of Kenya in the 1980s, witnessed the birth of a new epidemic, HIV/AIDS, which became an important target of his activity under auspices of Polish Red Cross after he returned to Poland; as Deputy Minister of Health, Chief Sanitary Inspector. He introduced to post-communist Poland the latest advances in public health: environmental health, health promotion and peer education; his achievements were described by a prestigious medical journal as follows: “the quixotic and controversial deputy minister of health, government sanitary inspector, and chief environmental health officer, Zbigniew Halat MD is engaged in a personal crusade to shake the health service out of the spiritual atrophy induced by 45 years of communism. Hard working, self reliant, aggressive, and abrasively masculine, this man of Promethean energies put me in mind of a nineteenth century northern mill owner" (Karin Chopin, Letters from Poland, British Medical Journal, 30 May, 6 June, and 13 June 1992). He later developed a new branch of medicine, consumer medicine, focusing on diagnostic, preventive and legal aspects of health risks linked to consumer goods, from tap water to genetically engineered products. Since 1999 Dr. Halat became an icon of anti-GMO movement in Poland; he is editor-in-chief of a health protection movement periodical Health Risks in Poland , columnist of a monthly Consumer's World linked to European and US consumer opinion magazines, and collaborator of influential radio and tv broadcasting stations. 

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho , B.Sc. Biol (First Class) and Ph.D. Biochemistry. Hong Kong University; co-founder and Director of the Institute of Science in Society, a not-for-profit organisation promoting social responsibility and holistic, ecological approaches in science, Editor and Art Director of the magazine Science in Society ; Science Advisor to the Third World Network and on the Roster of Experts for the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety. She has a long and distinguished career in research and teaching at universities in the United States and the UK in several disciplines; numerous publications including 151 scientific papers and 14 books; best known for pioneering a ‘physics of organisms', and as major critic of neo-Darwinism and genetic engineering. 

Dr Caroline Lucas (to come) 

Dr. Eva Novotny, retired astrophysicist, read physics for an A.B. degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, New York and obtained a Ph.D. in astronomy from Columbia University; worked at several universities in Great Britain, lastly at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge; Co-ordinator for GM Issues at Scientists for Global Responsibility for several years and continues occasionally to write for that web site; also an Associate of ISIS. 

Dr. Pietro Perrino, Research Director of CNR at the Plant Genetic Institute in Bari, Italy, formerly Director of the Germplasm Institute of CNR (Gene Bank) (Bari, Italy, 1983-2002), FAO expert for gene banks in the Midle East (1978), Professor of Systematic Botany and Ecology (1992-1996). He is author of more than 300 scientific papers on safeguarding plant genetic resources.

Mr. Jeffrey Smith, executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology; author of Seeds of Deception , the world's best selling book on the health risks of GMOs, credited with motivating changes in legislation and consumer buying habits. His new book Genetic Roulette : The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods , highlights 65 adverse reactions and theoretical dangers of GM foods, shows why government assessments are not competent to identify most of the health dangers, and reveals how industry-funded research is often meticulously designed to avoid finding problems. He has lectured in 25 countries and has been quoted by government leaders and hundreds of media outlets across the globe including, The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC World Service, Nature, The Independent, Daily Telegraph, New Scientist, The Times, and Time Magazine. In 2007, he united leaders to support The Campaign for Healthier Eating in America , a revolutionary industry and consumer movement to remove GMOs from the natural food industry. 

Dr. Christian Velot (to come) 

Dr. Ermakova Irina Vladimirovna , B.Sc. and Ph.D. Biology, Moscow Univeristy, Chief Scientist at The Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology Russian Academy of Science, has 123 publications and participated in numerous international conferences, and has performed joint investigations with scientists in Czechoslovakia, UK, USA and Sweden. 

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski, MEP,Vice Chairman of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; Member of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group at the European Parliament; Master of Law at University of Lódz (1977); Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic (1993-1995; 2001-2004), and President of the Polish Supreme Chamber of Control (1995-2001). 

SCIENTISTS FOR A GM FREE EUROPE

ISIS Press Release 21/06/07

Scientists and MEPs for a GM free Europe

Independent scientists, MEPs, farmers and citizens united at the European Parliament condemning GMOs; the European Food Safety Authority to be sued

Sam Burcher and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

Scientists from six countries joined forces with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to call for a Europe wide and worldwide ban on growing GM crops at a special briefing in the European Parliament in Brussels on 12 June 2007.

The briefing, organized by ISIS, Third World Network and Green Network, and hosted by Janusz Wojciechowski, MEP, the vice-Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development for the European Union, coincided with the publication of key scientific papers, GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham (ISIS scientific publication) [1] and New Analysis of a Rat Feeding Study with a Genetically Modified Maize Reveals Signs of Hepatorenal Toxicity (CRII-GEN) [2] on how national and international regulators have been ignoring damning evidence against the safety of GM food and feed while colluding with industry to manipulate scientific research to promote GM crops. The papers were presented at the briefing together with a comprehensive dossier containing more than 160 fully referenced articles from the Science in Society archives documenting the serious hazards ignored, the scientific fraud, the regulatory sham and violation of farmers' rights [3] ( GM Science: Hazards Ignored, Fraud, Regulatory Sham, and Violation of Farmers' Rights , ISIS CD Book, 2007).

All the MEPS who spoke on the panel thanked ISIS for bringing such crucial scientific input into the GM debate, a view overwhelmingly shared by other MEPs and members of the public who attended the briefing.

The paradox of the GM debate

Janusz Wojciechowski MEP , who chaired the briefing, referred to the paradox of rural development within the GM debate in the European Union (EU). Where conventional and organic crops are concerned, there are political moves to reduce the production of fruit and vegetables crops, but where GM crops are concerned there is pressure to increase production for consumers. He said, “For me, it is obvious that decisions on GMOs must be based on public opinion and I do my best, in that regard as one of the decision makers in the EU, to safeguard the health of citizens above all.”

Jill Evans, a Plaid Cymru MEP, and member of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group, picked up on the und ue influence of the pro-GM campaign in the EU: the anti-GM campaign had to work ten times harder to make their voices heard. She said, “ As an MEP my job is to listen to what my constituents in Wales say and represent their views in the EU. And it is clear that there is overwhelming opposition to GMOs in Wales. Our farming industry, food safety and environment are under threat from GM crops, food and feed. We must keep Wales GM-Free and have a European ban on GM crops.”

Opposition to GM crops started in Wales in the year 2000 when GM field trials in Pembrokeshire were abandoned due to pressure from 80 organic farmers, which attracted local press, and the interest of members of all political parties. The National Assembly in Wales had also voted against GM crops, but in 2001 the UK Government gave them the green light. It was then that the campaign group GM-Free Cymru was set up, and there have been no more plantings in Wales since.

Evans stressed that The National Assembly is proactive in the EU, and has joined GM free networks, but feel that the Welsh decision regarding GM crops, and liability arising from the contamination of native crops, should be taken in Wales by its own advisory committee, and not as is currently done, by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) in the UK. She said Wales is in favour of asserting its right to GM free zones in accordance with the wishes of the people of Wales, and supported by the scientific evidence presented at the briefing; and vowed to keep the GM-free agenda alive and well in Wales and in Europe.

Keep up the fight for a GM free Europe

Dr Caroline Lucas, Green MEP for South-East England, endorsed the firm stance of all the speakers on the panel, She said, “There is every reason why we need to keep up the fight to keep Europe GM-free, the tragedy is that it is such a relentless fight, despite not only the rapidly accumulating evidence in our favour and the enormous relevance of the precautionary principle, but also the overwhelming public opposition to GMOs.” Public opinion polls consistently show that 70 percent or more of consumers in Europe do not want to eat GM food, and more than 170 regions and 4500 other zones belong to the GMO Free European Regions set up in Florence in 2005.

Despite the national bans on GM in 11 European countries, the largely unaccountable European Commission, which lifted the de facto moratorium in 2003, has authorised at least 18 GM varieties for cultivation in the EU, with 12 more pending approval. The good news is that many national governments are sceptical, for example Bulgaria has adopted the GMO Act that is firmly based on the precautionary principle and Hungary states that the production of GM crops is not in its economic, environmental, health or social interests. Lucas was critical of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), supposed to offer independent and scientific expert evidence on the safety risk of GM products, but has failed in its task ever since it was set up in 2002 .

Lucas also criticised EFSA for colluding with biotech companies in giving liberal ‘positive opinions' to their applications for market release, and for its reluctance to commission or conduct independent studies, and acceptance of ‘substantial equivalence' in safety assessments even in cases of hybrids created from two or three GM lines. Finally the ‘commercially confidential' status of dossiers kept away from public scrutiny directly contravenes the provisions of the Aarhus Convention (a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, or UNECE agreement linking the environment with human rights). She referred to the example of MON863 maize that was approved for food and feed solely on the data provided by Monsanto itself.

The aggressive campaign waged by the US, Canada and Argentina to force Europe to open its door to GM via the WTO ruling backfired when the WTO upheld Europe's right to protect itself from GMOs, Lucas reminded her audience, and reaffirmed the need for a clear system of liability when contamination occurs based firmly on the ‘polluter pays' principle.

GMOs “a crime against humanity”

Dr Mae-Wan Ho, director of ISIS , painted the big picture on why the world needs to be GM-Free. Her main message was: “ GMOs are not only hazardous for health and bad for the environment, they will severely damage our chances of surviving global warming. GM crops need more fossil fuel and water to grow, both of which are fast diminishing. Europe cannot afford to waste any more time and resources on GMOs, we must start investing in sustainable food and energy systems now.”

After 30 years of GMOs, there has been no yield increase, no reduction in pesticide use , while the continuing forest depletion for GM crops now includes those for producing biofuels. Most of all, 100 000 farmers have killed themselves in India between 1993 and 2003, coinciding with the introduction of GM crops, and a further 16 000 have died every year since then. Members of the audience gasped with approval at her explicit indictment against genetic modification: “GMOs are a crime against humanity.” Nevertheless, she was encouraged by the recent rulings against the legality of GM crops in the United States, and a string of bans imposed in many countries around the world over the past year [4] ( No to GMOs, No to GM Science , SiS 35).

GM soybean nightmare for rats

Dr. Irina Ermakova of the Russian Acad emy of Sciences s aid she started her experiments some years ago, when she heard many positive reports about GM crops from around the world , but almost none on any negative effects. Not until she came across the Statement by World Scientists on ISIS website ( http://www.i-sis.org.uk/list.php ), which highlighted the dangers. She was shocked to find that GM crops were harmful to butterflies and other pollinating insects, so she decided to do some experiments on mammals to investigate the health effects of GM soybeans. The significant difference between her experiments and those of the biotechnology companies was that she used female rats before, during and after pregnancy over five generations.

Ermakova said, “So many things went wrong for rats fed genetically modified soybeans. They became more anxious and aggressive, there was a high mortality of rat pups born to the females in the first generation, disturbances of reproductive functions and pathological changes in the internal organs of males and females.”

She showed her audience abundant unsettling photographic evidence of the malformed, stunted, diseased (including some with cancerous lesions) and dead pups, whose mothers had all been fed Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybeans. The stunned audience was in no doubt that something did go horribly wrong, and that an urgent ban on the sale of the GM soya should be imposed rather than the permissive, turning a blind-eye attitude taking by EFSA and other government regulators.

Company research results do not stand up to independent science scrutiny

Dr Christian Velot, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Genetics at the University of South Paris, France, said: “Practically all the studies finding “no effect” of GM food and feed are done by companies seeking market approval or funded by them. This research simply does not stand up to independent scientific scrutiny, and regulators are putting people at serious health risks by accepting such research results.” That was why he joined other French scientists to establish the Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering (CRII-GEN, France) since June 2005.

The CRII-GEN scientists have made it their business to scrutinise research done by companies to obtain market approval of GM food and feed. They found signs of liver and kidney toxicity in rats fed Monsanto's MON 863 GM maize that have been ignored by both the company and the EFSA [2, 5] ( GM Maize MON 863 Toxic , SiS 34) . The CRII-GEN scientists have now analysed yet another feeding study involving Mons anto GM maize, NK603. The company's own results found 60 significant differences between the rats that were fed the GM maize and those fed non-GM maize, in their kidney, brain, heart and liver, as well as body weight [6]. But these differences were ignored and the maize given market approval in the EU in 2004. Velot reasserted the need for science in society to fight against industry that “treats the consumer as the lab rat and the planet as the lab bench.”

Taking the EFSA to court over GMOs

Urs Hans, an organic farmer from Switzerland and an activist against GM had news for the EFSA. He represents an international coalition of NGOs, farmers associations, lawyers, legal and scientific academics, professors, scientists, journalists, film directors, church groups, etc. from Germany, Austria and Switzerland that intends to mount “comprehensive litigations” against the deployment of GMOs in Europe. Among its targets are the EFSA and other European regulatory bodies, on the grounds that their support of the pro-GM lobby is illegal and a breach of food security. The coalition includes Greenpeace Germany and leading representatives of Greenpeace Europe, senior politicians in Austria, and a high profile German Constitutional Law professor in Munich. The leading German legal think tank, the Tubingen Institute for Nature Protection and Nature Protection Law, has given the coalition an overview of possible legal strategies, and the lawsuits are represented by a leading German law firm in Hamburg specialising in genetic engineering law. So watch this space, and if you would like to get involved, log onto one or the other of Hans' website: www.publiceyeonscience.ch ; www.bauernverstand.ch .

Hans trained as an agriculturalist in Canada, and then managed his own farm. It was then that he noticed that the organophosphates recommended by the regional government for the treatment of parasites made his animals ill. During the BSE crises organophosphates were strictly imposed on farmers whether their cows were infected or not. Hans felt he was being forced to use chemical substances to support the economic interests of the regional government. He made a decision to stop using organophosphates and was prosecuted three times for his refusal, but he won every case.

Hans sees GM crops forced upon farmers and consumers along the same economic and technological imperative of the intensive chemical agriculture that forced him to use organophosphates. In the end, it's the farmer who pays for this imperative with his health, the health of his animals, spiralling debt for inputs that he cannot afford, and the loss of livelihood. He was inspired to leave his farm to come to the briefing in Brussels to hear sound scientific evidence to support the case against the EFSA, and he was very satisfied with what he has heard.

Honeybees harmed by biopesticides in Bt crops

Joe Cummins, Emeritus Professor in Genetics from University of Western Ontario, Canada, a veteran campaigner against corruption in science on behalf of society and the environment, has led the fight against GM science in ISIS ever since ISIS began in 1999.

The collapse of honeybee colonies worldwide are almost certainly a combination of different factors, the most important among them are sub-lethal levels of insecticides, in particular, a class of new systemic neonicotinoid pesticides widely used to dress seeds and in sprays on crops, and microwave radiation from wireless telephone transmitters and base stations. There has been a suggestion that single-celled fungi, such as Nosema , could be the main culprit [7] ( Parasitic Fungus and Honeybee Decline , SiS 35) .

However, Cummins presented a convincing hypothesis that sub-lethal levels of pesticides, including the Bt biopesticides produced in GM crops covering some 30 percent of the global area, could be acting synergistically with Nosema in murdering bees. Nosema and other parasitic fungi are also widely used as biological control agents against insect pests [8] ( Parasitic Fungi and Pesticides Act Synergistically to Kill Honeybees? SiS 35).

Cummins said, “The honeybee is a major pollinator of our food crops, and its demise is a dire warning that the extinction of the human species is not far behind.” What can we do to save the honeybee? Joe concluded with three succinct points for the future survival of humanity: the first one is to eliminate systemic nicotinoid pesticides, the second is to eliminate Bt crops. He raised a hearty laugh with his third, and his favourite, suggestion: replacing all the bureaucrats that turn a blind eye to the plight of nature in favour of the biotech and the agrochemical industry.

Hiltrud Breyer, MEP from Strasbourg intervened from the audience and wanted to know what could be done in Europe to save the bees. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho suggested that an emergency motion should be put forward to the European Commission along the lines laid out by Cummins.

Genetic engineering is a “global weapon of mass destruction”

Dr Zbigniew Halat, President of the Association for Protection of Consumer Health in Poland, a medical doctor, and an ex deputy Health Minister for Poland, said: “I believe that the problems caused by genetic engineering are global. It is the proliferation of a kind of biological weapon of mass destruction.” Halat criticized the threshold for contamination of native crops by GM crops of 0.9 percent, or even 0.1 percent as nonsense. He cautioned that even a tiny molecule could cause an anaphylactic (toxic shock) reaction and could kill someone who is allergic.

He believes there is a causal link between GM contamination and the rising allergy rate that has doubled in 10 years. He argued that studies of local incidences of allergic reactions to GM maize crops in the Philippines by Professor Terje Traavik of Genk in University of Tromsø, Norway [9] ( GM Ban Long Overdue , SiS 29) have provided us with the empirical evidence against GM crops. Furthermore, as GM foods have not been medically proven as safe, it is important that we keep using opinion polls to assess public support for them and epidemiological studies to assess their safety.

He even suspects a relationship between GMOs and the rising cancer rates, antibiotic resistance, and the obesity epidemic. From a medical point of view, he said, we can't wait for outcomes of sickness and deaths from GMOs, we must have proof that GM food and feed is healthy and safe. Finally, we must be aware of the ethical issues around genetic engineering and that it is not job of producers, but of the public authorities to protect our health from diseases.

The world's genetic resources threatened by GM genebanks robbers

Dr Pietro Perrino from the Institute of Plant Genetics in Bari, Italy, tells a sorry tale of the destruction of seeds and germplasm held in genebanks throughout the world subsequent to the rise of genetic engineering. On the one hand, genetic engineers have ruthlessly plundered the seeds and germplasm held in the genebanks for genes, DNA sequences and varieties which they patent in acts of biopiracy. On the other and, they are colluding in the destruction of the genebanks themselves [9, 10] ( SOS: Save Our Seeds , Italy's Genebank At Risk , SiS 27).

Perrino explained how genebanks came about through the need to collect, conserve and protect crop diversity because of the genetic erosion caused by industry-led agricultural revolutions that attempted to increase crop yields from monoculture crops of a few species. In the past forty years 1 400 genebanks have been created to compensate for the negative effects of the “Green Revolution.” However, the second generation of the “Gene Revolution” where new varieties can be made by taking the genes from any organism: animal, fungus, plant, microbe or virus to create new plants, are a direct threat to the larger indigenous genetic bases.

Pietro said, “We urgently need to protect the genebanks as they may soon be the only source of uncontaminated seed stocks in the world. This may be why the biotech industry and their supporters are so keen to see them destroyed after they've sequenced the genomes and patented the genes.” Furthermore he called upon the regulators of in-situ plant conservation, organic farmers, natural reserves, and nature conservation organisations to fight what he calls the “genebanks robbers”, the genetic engineers who seek to replace genebanks with DNA biobanks filled with synthetic plant resources that are not only useless, but are also dangerous for biodiversity, and for the health of living organisms, including human beings.

USDA approves GM under pressure from Monsanto

Journalist and author Jeffrey Smith and executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology; began his talk with, “I am from the US, so I want to apologise for GM at least.” He then slammed the US Food and Drug Administration who say that no testing whatsoever is necessary on GM food. This, he claims, is a lie perpetrated by Monsanto, which has infiltrated the FDA. Who, he asks, has overruled the scientists worried about toxins? Evidence gathered from thirty scientists over three years from his latest book, GM Roulette [12] documents no less than sixty-five health risks associated with the process of genetic engineering. Jeffrey argues that the main possible cause of health problems is related to DNA mutations within synthetic genes that create changes within the genome. He also points out that industry's claims of safety of the bt toxin used in GM corn and GM cotton crops are a fallacy and they that have caused thousands of allergic reactions around the world, as well as sterility and unexplained death in humans and livestock. The fundamental assumption made by industry that GM crops and pesticides are safe must be overturned.

GM production is a trap

Mr Wojciechowski closed the meeting with the warning that the expansion of GM production is a trap. And, as a European Parliamentarian, he thanked all the experts who spoke to the meeting for their knowledge. It is a challenge for European Parliamentarians to make their activity against GM more intensive. The first opportunity will be the question raised by MEPs on risk assessment of the EFSA, which will restart the debate over the dangers of GMOs, he said.

Enthusiastic discussions followed for nearly an hour after the official end of the conference, and carried on in the European Parliament cafeteria, where Mr. Wojciechowski kindly treated the speakers and friends of ISIS to lunch.

References

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  3. GM Science Exposed: Hazards Ignored, Fraud, Regulatory Sham, and Violation of Farmers' Rights, Science in Society Spring 2003-Summer 2007, ISIS CD Book, 2007. ( http://www.i-sis.org.uk/pdf/GMdossier.pdf )
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  6. “Monsanto maize approved for human consumption potentially toxic, warns new study. Greenpeace demands immediate withdrawal of suspect maize from the market, and review of regulatory system”, Greenpeace press release 14 July 2007, http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/press-centre/press-releases2/seralini-NK603
  7. Cummins J. Parasitic fungi and honeybee decline. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PFHB.php ; also Science in Society 35 (to appear).
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