This article aims to explore Congolese male and female high school students' cultural attitudes concerning virginity. The study employed a qualitative approach to collect data from 56 boys and girls aged years old. Eight focus group discussions and 40 individual interviews were conducted among participants from two urban and two rural high schools in South Kivu province. Findings indicate that men are disappointed when they marry non- virgin girls. In fact, most male and female participants perceived girls who were virgins as trustworthy individuals. They believe that the girl's virginity loss brings shame to her family. However, some female participants clearly dissociate from societal views or norms about virginity , and remark that virginity itself is not the key to a successful household nor a guarantee for remaining faithful after marriage. They indicated that they would lie about it regardless of any consequences they may encounter. In fact, some traditional beliefs need to be challenged and modified. Sperm competition games: the risk model can generate higher sperm allocation to virgin females.
Choose your region
Adobe Stock
Pay Monthly phones. SIM Only. Pay Monthly tablets.
Similar Images
If you want to be a contributor, please sign up here. Item number : See all. This Stock Illustration, whose title is "Cute little girl Praying to Blessed Virgin Mary"[], includes tags of praying, mary, girl. The author of this item is Jacky Brown No. You can download watermarked sample data comp images , check the quality of images, and use Lightbox after signing up for free. See all. Any size and format is available You can download any size from S to XL including vector images.
Hi there! Sign in Create an account Buy images Sell images. Share Alamy images with your team and customers. Current lightbox. Live chat. Virgin Girl Stock Photos and Images 8,
