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A hospital's request for blood from healthy female virgins has attracted public attention while raising awareness of the human papillomavirus, the primary cause of cervical cancer.
The notice, which requests the blood for HPV studies, appeared on online bulletin board systems at Peking University and Beijing Normal University last week.
Peking University Cancer Hospital is conducting studies of possible antibodies. The hospital said it would need 100 healthy female virgin college students from 18 to 24 years old as blood donors for the studies.
Some netizens denounced the request as promoting virginity worship, which they said is demeaning to women.
But hospital spokeswoman Guan Jiuping defended the request, saying the blood of virgins is medically necessary for the studies.
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-09/16/content_16972700.htm
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)htuttle
(23,738 posts)Just trying to imagine the meeting at the hospital when they first hashed that one out...
ismnotwasm
(41,974 posts)This is just poorly worded. Lesbians can be technical virgins. While I understand the goals of the study, there is definite dumbassery involved.
we both have a gold star!
redqueen
(115,103 posts)"The concept of virginity was invented by men who believed their penises were so important they could fundamentally change who a woman is."
Gothmog
(145,062 posts)The actual explanation makes some sense but I was wondering if this was something from a vampire movie
Posteritatis
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(80,708 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Beat me to it.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Still, the early bat catches the worm.
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Some motherfu*ingsonofbit% beat me to it!!!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It's bad enough on the ipad.
Also, imgur is way easier than photobucket.
Glassunion
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(80,708 posts)"Count"?