Virginity
- Also known as Virgo Intacta.
- Definition: Virgin is a female who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
Signs of virginity :
- Extra genital signs (in breast)
- Genital signs
Difference between Virginity and Defloration
| features | virginity | Defloration |
| 1.Basic difference | No experience of sexual intercourse | Have experience of sexual intercourse |
| 2.hymen | Intact | Torn except in false virgin |
| 3.introitus | Does not admit more than tip of little finger, it is painful | May admit 2 fingers , it is painless |
| 4.vagina. | Marked rugosity on wall
Full length of a finger cannot be admitted |
Rugosity diminishes
Full length of finger can be admitted |
| 5.Fossa navicularis | Less conspicuous | More conspicuous after sexual intercourse |
| 6.Fourchette | Intact | Healed tear |
| 7.Labia minora | Smaller pinkish, covered with majora | enlarged, pigmented, not covered |
| 8.Labia majora | Thick, fleshy, both majora are in close apposition | Less fleshy, not in full apposition |
| 9.Breasts | Smaller, firm, pinkish smaller areola, and small nipple | Larger, flabby, pendulous, wider areola, large and raised nipple |
Other conditions which may affect signs of virginity
- Trauma or Accident
- Surgical operation or Gynaecological examination
- Sanitary tampons
- Foreign body – sola pith (APTAE VARIS)
- Scratching due to irritation from uncleaniness
- Masturbation
- Ulceration – d/t diphtheria , fungus, etc.
False Virgins
- Hymen is intact but the woman has had sexual intercourse.
Difference between True Virgin and False Virgin
Point of difference |
True virgin |
False virgin |
| 1.Basic difference | The woman has no experience of sexual intercourse | Has experience of sexual intercourse |
| 2.Hymen | Not ruptured. It is thin flap of tissue of regular shape and appearance | Not ruptured. It is thick , fleshy or fibrous elastic with folds |
| 3.Introitus | Does not admit more than the tip of little finger, it is painful | May admit 2 fingers, it is not painful |
| 4.Vagina. | Marked rugosity on wall
Full length of a finger cannot be admitted |
Rugosity diminishes
Full length of finger can be admitted |
| 5.Fossa navicularis | Less conspicuous | More conspicuous after sexual intercourse |
| 6.Fourchette | Intact | Healed tear |
| 7.Labia minora | Smaller pinkish, covered with majora | enlarged, pigmented, not covered |
| 8.Labia majora | Thick, fleshy, both majora are in close apposition | Less fleshy, not in full apposition |
| 9.Breasts | Smaller, firm, pinkish smaller areola and small nipple | Larger, flabby, pendulous, wider areola, large and raised nipple |