It’s not every day that a second-year art school project makes headlines. But in October 2013, the press got wind of one Central Saint Martins student’s plan for a new performance piece, titled Art ...

Ahmed Adel was cleared of conducting the test on Samira Ibrahim, who brought the case against him, after the judge found the witness statements to be "contradictory", the official MENA news agency ...

When Cassandra Corrado, 27, remembers lying back on a medical examination table with her feet in stirrups and legs wide open for a pelvic exam with her family doctor at the age of 15, she can still ...

The Indonesian Army will no longer conduct "virginity tests" on female cadets, the army's chief of staff said Wednesday. The test, which the World Health Organization determined has "no scientific ...

In a world where a hook-up can be equivalent to a handshake and sex-positive influencers dominate social media, you’d be forgiven for thinking the concept of virginity still mattered to anyone. But ...

Virginity tests are making headlines in the United States. In November, the rapper T.I. drew a firestorm of criticism after he said during a podcast interview that he requires his 18-year-old daughter ...

From behind the privacy curtain, a doctor is telling Sophia* to take off her knickers and trousers. She obliges while taking great shaking sobs. Trembling, she lies down and opens her legs. The doctor ...

Almost a month after the rapper T.I. revealed that he took his daughter to the gynecologist to "check her hymen," a bill was introduced to the New York State legislature to ban the practice. T.I.'s ...

At least seven medical clinics in the UK sell controversial "virginity tests," an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found. During the test, a practitioner examines the woman's vagina to ...

Charities have seen a rise in people reaching out after experiencing virginity testing. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has released a statement in support of the government’s ...

Actor Kubbra Sait who recently went for a Covid-19 admits that while she, too, was scared initially, she decided to not focus on the increasing cases, but about the growing recovery rate. With her ...

The Indonesian army has ended its "two-finger" virginity test for female recruits, after they were branded "degrading, discriminatory, and traumatic." Andika Perkasa, the Indonesian army chief of ...