Insight (1995)

Like A Virgin (2014x33)

: 29, 2014

"I know that my hymens have passed inspection in Australia and overseas and not been detected." – Les Blackstock, cosmetic surgeon Les Blackstock is proud of his reconstructed hymens. He says women request them for all sorts of reasons: because they have had pre-marital sex, they are victims of rape, or they "want to achieve a sense of a clean slate". He’s not the only Australian medical professional involved in virginity matters. Dr Wafa Samen, a Sydney-based gynaecologist, issues doctor’s certificates in English and in Arabic certifying that a hymen is intact. As part of Insight’s celebration of ten years as a forum, this week we revisit our program from 2013 on virginity: who wants to keep it, who wants to get rid of it, and who’s trying to fake it?