ＮＹ州、「処女検査」禁止法検討へ　ラッパーＴ．Ｉ．の発言炎上受け

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米国人ラッパーT．I．（ティーアイ、39）が先月、毎年自身の娘を産婦人科に連れて行き「処女膜をチェック」させていると発言し激しい非難を浴びたことを受け、米ニューヨーク州はいわゆる「処女検査」禁止の検討に入った。（写真は米国人ラッパーのT．I．）
　民主党のミケール・ソラ―ジュ州議員は、処女検査の禁止を求める州法案を提出した。世界保健機関（ＷＨＯ）によると同検査には科学的根拠がなく、性暴力に等しいという。
　ソラ―ジュ氏はＡＦＰの取材に対し「処女膜検査は医学上不要で、痛みを伴い屈辱を与えることが多い」と述べた。同様の検査は、処女であることが結婚の前提となる保守的な社会の国々では一般的となっている。
　ＷＨＯは処女膜の様相では性交の有無を判別できないと指摘し昨年、処女検査の廃止を呼び掛けた。処女膜は膣（ちつ）の入り口を囲うまたは一部を覆う薄い組織で、乗馬などさまざまな要因で損傷することがあり、すべての女性が持って生まれるとは限らない。
　過去３回グラミー賞を受賞しているＴ．Ｉ．（本名：クリフォード・ハリス）は先月、ポッドキャストの番組で、現在１８歳の娘を毎年産婦人科に連れて行っていると発言していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/12/05-13:00）

New York state is considering banning so-called virginity tests after an American rapper sparked outcry by saying he takes his daughter to a gynecologist every year to check her hymen is still intact.
Democratic legislator Michaelle Solages has tabled a bill proposing the ban, saying the examination, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says has no scientific basis, amounted to sexual violence.
Hymen exams are not medically necessary. They are often painful and humiliating, Solages told AFP.
WHO called for the practise to be stopped last year, noting that the appearance of a woman's hymen cannot prove whether they have had sexual intercourse.
The hymen is a thin tissue that surrounds or partially covers the entrance to the vagina. It can be damaged in many ways, such as riding a horse, and not all women are born with them.
Rapper T.I., a three-time Grammy winner whose real name is Clifford Harris, told a podcast last month that he took annual trips to a gynecologist with his daughter, now 18.
The Atlanta rapper, 39, said he tells the doctor to check her hymen and give me back my results expeditiously.
T.I.'s comments... and the examination he does on his daughter is unacceptable. He sends a message saying women are property and that's wrong, said Solages.
Her bill, which she says has bipartisan support, will be debated in January when the assembly returns from recess.
If it is approved, then any doctor who carries out the examination will lose their license. Others could be charged with sexual assault.
The tests are common in socially conservative countries where being a virgin is a prerequisite to marriage.
T.I. has served two terms in jail on possession of weapons and drugs charges.