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Pain as performance: re-virginisation in Turkey.

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In Turkey, women seeking re-virginisation often desire pain as a performance of regained virginity. This pain serves functional roles, marking a successful procedure and fostering community connection.

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gender studies pain management performance sociology surgery

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Area of Science:

Sociology
Gender Studies
Medical Anthropology

Background:

Traditional views of pain focus on negative experiences like chronic or medically induced pain.
The complex relationship between pain and pleasure is often overlooked in various social contexts.
Societal expectations in Turkey mandate virginity before marriage, perpetuating myths about its proof.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the blurred lines between pain and pleasure in the context of re-virginisation in Turkey.
To analyze the meanings attributed to pain through women's narratives in online and offline spaces.
To understand the performance and function of pain in the re-virginisation process.

Main Methods:

Semi-structured in-depth interviews with women undergoing re-virginisation.
Phenomenological analysis of lived experiences related to pain.
Post-structuralist discourse analysis of online narratives and data.

Main Results:

Pain during re-virginisation is often desired and actively sought.
Pain is performed as a gendered and context-specific act, influenced by time and space.
Pain functions as a marker of a successful surgical procedure and a catalyst for community formation.

Conclusions:

The experience of pain in re-virginisation is a complex, socially constructed phenomenon.
Pain serves multiple functions beyond mere sensation, including social validation and communal bonding.
The performance of pain is intersubjectively negotiated, depending on specific circumstances.