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    Posted on: 03/06/2007

    Question

    What is the medical term given to the material that covers the vagina of a virgin that causes bleeding during rape?

    Answer

    I think you are meaning the "hymen." I am very sorry if someone forced you to have sex.


    Answered By:
    Nancy Brown , Ed.S, M.A., Ph.D.


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