Asia Orient Institute, Eberhard Karls University, Tubingen, Germany.
Cult Health Sex. 2010 Oct;12(7):755-69. doi: 10.1080/13691051003746179.
In the Sunni Arab world, hymen repair has become a subject of considerable controversy due to a public statement of Egypt's Mufti Guma a in 2007. This paper analyses Guma a's position and the ensuing public debate about it as a means to study the larger conceptions of virginity and the hymen in Middle Eastern societies. In line with critical feminist studies it is shown that supporters as well as critics of the operation rely heavily on patriarchal arguments, views and rhetoric. Both share the societal vision that sexuality can only be lived out licitly in the framework of marriage and both agree that this ideal is in crisis. Where the two sides disagree is over the way in which this ideal should be protected, which derives from their conceptualisation of creation in general and female nature in particular. As a result, debate about hymen repair is not only not transforming social structures but is perpetuating them.
在逊尼派阿拉伯世界，由于埃及穆夫提 2007 年的公开声明，处女膜修复已成为一个备受争议的话题。本文通过分析古玛的立场以及随之而来的公众辩论，研究了中东社会中贞操和处女膜的更大概念。与批判性女权主义研究一致的是，手术的支持者和批评者都严重依赖父权制的论点、观点和修辞。双方都认为，只有在婚姻框架内，性行为才能合法地进行，并且都认为这种理想正处于危机之中。双方分歧在于应该以何种方式保护这一理想，这源于他们对创造的概念化，尤其是对女性本质的概念化。因此，关于处女膜修复的争论不仅没有改变社会结构，反而使其永久化。
