An Egyptian woman was ordered to pay her former husband approximately
$8,044 for emotional damages after failing to tell him she was
previously married and had surgery to restore her virginity.
During
a bitter divorce, an Abu Dhabi appeals court upheld a ruling that the
woman had lied to her husband about being a virgin at the time of their
marriage. Previous divorce proceedings found the woman, with the help of
her father, was guilty of making false statements in the couple’s
marriage contract, including that she had never had sex.
The husband claims he was informed that his wife was previously married via an anonymous text message he received three years after their wedding, at which point the couple already had a child. The £5,240 ($8,044 USD) awarded to him is for emotional damages, including the shame and embarrassment brought on his family.
The anonymous texter also
forwarded him a copy of her first divorce papers. He then filed for
divorce and separately sued his ex claiming he was “suffering from
depression and had lost trust in the people around him as a result of
her deception.” He also claimed that she had surgery to restore her
virginity before he married her, a procedure that is becoming relatively
common in Arab countries. The husband claims he was informed that his wife was previously married via an anonymous text message he received three years after their wedding, at which point the couple already had a child. The £5,240 ($8,044 USD) awarded to him is for emotional damages, including the shame and embarrassment brought on his family.
Egypt has a very conservative view of premarrital and extramarrital sex. "There is sexual frustration in Egypt. It's a fact," a 37-year-old female journalist in Cairo told Oprah.com. "Because of religion, you cannot, or you should not, have sex before marriage. And because of the economic situation, many men cannot afford to get married and start a family. Therefore, they don't end up getting the sex that they need up until their mid-30s or even after that."
In 2009, Conservation lawmakers in Egypt moved to ban a Chinese-made Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit, which when inserted will leak blood, making it appear as though the woman is a virgin.
Source: Biglaw News Line (Online).
HBC: Desperate House Wife Issues! Well to me, Trust is the backbone of every Marriage and once that is missing, things will definitely fall apart! This Artificial Virginity Hymen Stuff, No be small cheating OooOooO...lol..Ladies, what do you think?
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