10 Reasons Why Indian Men Want Virgin Brides

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In the Indian epic Mahabharata, Draupadi had five husbands. However, she was considered the purest woman in the world. This is because Draupadi had a special boon. She was supposed to spend a year with each of her husbands and at the end of every year, she will become a virgin again. This story shows the obsession of Indian men with virgins. They are happy to have casual flings with 'racy' women, but when it comes to marriage, Indian men want virgin brides.

WHY INDIANS ARE OBSSESSED WITH FAIR SKIN

Call it culture or nature, a majority of Indian men judge a woman by the status of her hymen. The concepts of purity are inseparable from the tag of virginity. And just like habits, old beliefs too die very hard.

That is why; the preference for a virgin woman is deep-seated in the psyche of Indian men. What men really want is a wife they can trust. They have to marry a virgin woman in order to respect her.

While the world has moved on, Indian men are still stuck with ideas that should have died a slow death by now. A combination of limited parenting and a repressive society is responsible for such kind of an outlook. If you want to know why Indian men want virgins to marry, these could be the possible reasons.

Values n Traditions

It has been a custom in India for women to be virgins when they come to the marriage altar. Indian men are willing to become modern in every other way but when it comes to marriage, they are still traditional.

It's What They Are Taught

Indian parents bring up their daughters in such a way that they preserve their virginity and sons to believe that having a virgin bride is their birthright. So, Indian men imbibe this belief from a young age that virginity is a woman's best gift to her husband!

Hypocrisy

It is impossible to tell whether a man is virgin or not. But when it comes to women, they demand a mark of purity. It is nothing but hypocrisy.

Religion

Even the religions that we follow dictate terms when it comes to the purity of a woman. There are precedents of women like Draupadi and Sita who had to prove their purity to their husband.

Marking Your Territory

For a man, taking a woman's virginity is like taking ownership of her body and soul. It's funny how similar this sounds to the concept of a tiger marking its territory in a jungle!

Myths Of Purity

Most Indian men confuse virginity with purity. Just because a woman is a virgin, does not mean she is pure. Besides, what is going to stop her from cheating on you after she loses her virginity.

Fear Of STDs

Men think it safe to marry a woman who is a virgin because she would not carry any sexually transmitted diseases. That sounds a bit lame because both partners should undergo a test for STDs before they tie the knot.

Male Ego

The biggest reason why Indian men are obsessed with virginity is their own ego. A man gets an ego boost when he thinks to himself, 'I was the first and the only man to de-flower my wife'.

Misconceptions About Virginity

Most men are poorly informed about the concept of virginity. For them, a woman who has a hymen is a virgin. But there are also some women who are born without a hymen or rupture their hymen due to cycling or other sports.

Faithfulness

Indian men have this incorrect belief that if they marry a virgin woman, she will be faithful to him forever. Someone needs to tell Indian men about emotional cheating and platonic love.