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Signs of Virginity
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Michael Rosenberg
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-10 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in t
Signs of Virginity
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Micha'el Rosenberg
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Signs of Virginity examines virginity testing in Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship of these tests to male sexual violence. Rosenberg points t
The Disease of Virgins
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Helen King
Categories: Anorexia nervosa
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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This is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease. Following the continuity of the disease from its classical roots up, this study questions
Virginity. A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
Language: en
Pages: 114
Authors: Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-29 - Publisher: Lulu.com

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We live in a cultural milieu in which it is no longer possible to have any confidence in external supports from society or the media to help one remain chaste -
Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Kathleen Coyne Kelly
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Weste