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Hymen or Hymenaeus , in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil.

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Hymen In Greek mythology, god of marriage. Son of Apollo, he is represented as a youth attending Aphrodite.

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Hymen originally a cry (Hymen Hymeniae) used at ancient Greek weddings, and understood (rightly or wrongly) as an invocation of a handsome young man of that name who had been happily married.

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	Replace a hymen, save a life.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)(Brief article) Magazine article from: National Review; 4/7/2008; ; 165 words ; ...British National Health Service now funds hymen replacements for young Muslim women ( Would You Like a Hymen with That? ). He quotes an expert as saying...are woefully common. A teenage girl whose hymen is torn (whether from falling off a bike... Read more
	EGYPT: EGYPTIAN DOCTOR CHARGED FOR ILLEGAL ABORTIONS, FILMING HYMEN REPAIRS.(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/22/2002; 170 words ; ...according to AFP. The trail led back to the clinic where police also discovered a video camera with tapes of the doctor performing hymen repair operations on unmarried women. Abdul Wahed said the films were taken with the obvious intent of blackmail, as women in... Read more
	Bernice "Bunny" Shapiro.(DEATHS) Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/20/2007; 340 words ; ...Sunday, March 18th. She was the devoted and beloved wife of Hymen Shapiro. Bun wanted it known that he was my wonderful and darling...country by working at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Bun married Hymen Shapiro of Worcester on May 20th, 1945. After the war Bun and... Read more
	Muslim women return to 'innocence'--thanks to op.(Africa) Magazine article from: CME: Your SA Journal of CPD; 6/1/2007; ; 74 words ; It is becoming increasingly popular among young women of north African descent in France to have their hymen re-sewn, technically making them virgins again. Most of these women have the operation done to respect their culture or family... Read more
	Egyptian mufti says women not obligated to prove virginity.(News)(Ali Gomaa )(Brief article) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/20/2007; 304 words ; ...for women who have lost their virginity to have reconstructive hymen surgery, according to a report February 20 in the Daily Star...Star. Any man who is concerned about his prospective wife's hymen should first prove that he himself is a virgin. Whether conservative... Read more
	Loving my land dying inside. (Essay). Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...ribald and bare -- why do you stare? You know he does it. You, his wife, do you care? You, his daughter, didn't you hear the hymen tear? I force the details on you mad, bad and glad to share how he gunned me down like a muted, molted hare, blinded by the... Read more
	Like a virgin: gay virgins prove that it's possible to separate the sex from the sexual orientation. (Culture). Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 8/19/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...oral sex? Is a lesbian a virgin if her hymen is intact? These questions lead fairly...physiological sign of women's virginity--an intact hymen--was rendered absurd by Title IX, which...bike ride. And many lesbians consider the hymen to be utterly irrelevant to virginity... Read more
	Lillian Silverman.(DEATHS) Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 6/9/2009; 326 words ; ...Brookline, MA and David Silverman of Manchester, NH; and nieces and nephews. She was born in Worcester and was the daughter of Hymen and Dora (Smith) Cohen and was a lifelong resident. She was predeceased by her three brothers, Nathaniel, Meyer and Carlton... Read more
	JORDAN: BROTHER CONFESSES TO STRANGLING, PUTTING DEAD SISTER IN BAG.(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/20/2003; 145 words ; ...taken to a medical center for a virginity test when she was found the first time two weeks ago and the medical exam showed her hymen to be intact, the official said. When she went missing again and when she was found and allegedly strangled to death by her... Read more