Website promotes no premarital sex
By Saladin Xu |
February 11, 2012, Saturday
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A 38-year-old single woman who claims to be a virgin is standing at the epicenter of an online controversy after establishing a website asking Chinese young people to learn from her and keep their virginity before they get married.
The woman, Tu Shiyou, a Hubei Province freelancer who calls herself "Virgin Goddess" online, spent 1,000 yuan (US$158) to set up her "virginity website" because she believed that "some young people's sexual attitudes are distorted."
On the website, Tu published articles, some written by her to "share her experience of successfully keeping virginity for such a long time."
Some articles are published to teach readers the difference between virgins and non-virgins, some to advocate virginity and combat premarital sex, she said.
As some of her readers doubted whether she is a virgin herself, Tu even uploaded photos of medical reports on the website that she said prove her virginity. She also said she has a master's degree from Wuhan University, one of China's lead universities based in the provincial capital of Wuhan.
"I have set up the website because I am quite successful in keeping my virginity for the past 38 years," Tu told Shanghai Daily. "But many young people have failed to do so. I saw them on the TV news or websites that some are living tragic lives because they don't treasure their virginity."
She said she wanted to show young people that, as a "decent-looking" woman, it has not been hard for her to keep virginity and that she is living a "joyful and shiny" life without sex.
The website, which had only about 30 visitors per day after it was set up last November, was instantly swarmed by so many netizens after the address was published on the popular microblog Weibo.com that its server broke down.
A heated online discussion followed over the website and the topic of virginity. A poll started on Weibo.com with 3,700-plus participants shows 57 percent support the woman and her website for her opinion against premarital sex.
About 25 percent of the participants said they disagree with the woman while the rest said they don't care.
"I'm just so shocked and embarrassed to see a middle-aged (woman) showing off not her wealth, not knowledge, not beauty, but virginity!" said Liu Sen, 24.
In traditional Chinese thought, a woman should be a virgin before marrying her husband. In the modern age, that philosophy has caused some teenage girls to purchase hymen chips online to fake their virginity.
Some netizens said they support the "Virgin Goddess" and encourage young people to say no to premarital sex. "Those teens who have tasted the forbidden fruit before marriage will also taste the bitterness later," said one netizen.
Others said it's everyone's freedom to decide whether they should engage in sexual relationships.
In response, Tu told Shanghai Daily that she hadn't expect so many people to support her.
"I only expected that one-third would agree with me, and I didn't read online comments in fear that they would curse me," she said, adding that she's planning to offer lectures to young people if her website remains popular.
The woman, Tu Shiyou, a Hubei Province freelancer who calls herself "Virgin Goddess" online, spent 1,000 yuan (US$158) to set up her "virginity website" because she believed that "some young people's sexual attitudes are distorted."
On the website, Tu published articles, some written by her to "share her experience of successfully keeping virginity for such a long time."
Some articles are published to teach readers the difference between virgins and non-virgins, some to advocate virginity and combat premarital sex, she said.
As some of her readers doubted whether she is a virgin herself, Tu even uploaded photos of medical reports on the website that she said prove her virginity. She also said she has a master's degree from Wuhan University, one of China's lead universities based in the provincial capital of Wuhan.
"I have set up the website because I am quite successful in keeping my virginity for the past 38 years," Tu told Shanghai Daily. "But many young people have failed to do so. I saw them on the TV news or websites that some are living tragic lives because they don't treasure their virginity."
She said she wanted to show young people that, as a "decent-looking" woman, it has not been hard for her to keep virginity and that she is living a "joyful and shiny" life without sex.
The website, which had only about 30 visitors per day after it was set up last November, was instantly swarmed by so many netizens after the address was published on the popular microblog Weibo.com that its server broke down.
A heated online discussion followed over the website and the topic of virginity. A poll started on Weibo.com with 3,700-plus participants shows 57 percent support the woman and her website for her opinion against premarital sex.
About 25 percent of the participants said they disagree with the woman while the rest said they don't care.
"I'm just so shocked and embarrassed to see a middle-aged (woman) showing off not her wealth, not knowledge, not beauty, but virginity!" said Liu Sen, 24.
In traditional Chinese thought, a woman should be a virgin before marrying her husband. In the modern age, that philosophy has caused some teenage girls to purchase hymen chips online to fake their virginity.
Some netizens said they support the "Virgin Goddess" and encourage young people to say no to premarital sex. "Those teens who have tasted the forbidden fruit before marriage will also taste the bitterness later," said one netizen.
Others said it's everyone's freedom to decide whether they should engage in sexual relationships.
In response, Tu told Shanghai Daily that she hadn't expect so many people to support her.
"I only expected that one-third would agree with me, and I didn't read online comments in fear that they would curse me," she said, adding that she's planning to offer lectures to young people if her website remains popular.
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