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Attention, T.I.: There’s No Such Thing as Virginity

The rapper’s comments about his daughter’s hymen show that America is still obsessed over a purity standard that’s totally imaginary

Jessica Valenti
GEN
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3 min readNov 7, 2019

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TThis week, rapper T.I. admitted on a podcast that he takes his 18-year-old daughter to get an annual “hymen check.” On…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
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Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.