The rapper IT takes his daughter to the gynecologist to check that she is still a virgin
TI breaks her silence about her daughter's virginity tests
"The virginity test is humiliating, it is a form of violence, of control against girls and women," New York congresswoman Michaelle Solages told Efe today, who has introduced a law to ban it after rapper IT said which forces his daughter to do it.
Clifford Harris , the real name of IT, said in a recent interview that he takes his daughter Deyjah , 18, once a year to the gynecologist for a virginity test.
The 39-year-old singer, originally from Atlanta , naturally explained how he takes his daughter to the doctor since she turned 16, to have this test done, which sparked a wave of criticism in New York . "Seeing rapper Clifford Harris do that pushed me to present this bill" at the state level "because we need to stop this," he said.
"When a person with prestige or power does this, when someone with money like IT is doing this, we have to be aware that it could be common among people of any condition, race or religion," insisted the New York state legislator.
For Solages, the fact that TI is an "influencer" aggravates the situation, because there may be people who want to imitate it . "He is an influencer and if you saw new shoes or a new shirt, people go and buy them en masse. (...) He is approving something we should get away from. (...) We are in a modern society , in which women are not a property, women are human beings , we are equal, "insisted the legislator vehemently.
Solages' proposal, which will not be presented until the Christmas holiday break of the State Legislative Chamber ends next January, determines the withdrawal of the professional license to any practitioner who carries out this practice in a medical facility.
Also, the 'virginity test' carried out outside a hospital or clinic will be considered "a sexual assault" , because, as the legislator insists outrageously, the "hymen can be broken by performing a daily activity, riding a bike , putting on a tampon or doing gymnastics, and there are women born without him. "
"Right now there is no law, there is nothing in the books, this is happening and a young woman or a woman does not have the resources, they do not have the ability to fight this," he added, before insisting that the new law will solve This legal vacuum.
Solages, of the Democratic Party , is confident that his proposal will be approved since, he says, he has found, so far, both the support of congressmen from his group and the Republican Party , minority in the New York State Congress .
"We might think that this is an issue that seems to happen elsewhere, outside the United States, but, in fact, it is happening right here, in our state and in our country," he insisted.
United Nations agencies such as UN Human Rights, UN Women and the World Health Organization have urged to end virginity tests and gynecological examinations "in the belief that they allow to determine if a woman or girl has had vaginal sex ".
The UN indicates that these checks have been documented in at least 20 countries in all regions of the world and that "women and girls are subjected to them, often forcibly, for several reasons, sometimes at the request of parents or possible suitors, to determine whether they are fit for marriage , or of employers to determine if they are fit for employment . "
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