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Judging a woman's worth based on virginity is archaic

Judging a woman's worth based on virginity is archaic (Photo: iStock)

Every transaction has a currency. In politics, they say the currency of business is loyalty to the boss. It would help if you sang their anthem even when and where it is unnecessary provided there is a conduit that can let them know. In terms of relationships, it is said your word is your worth. In the market place of course we do business using money, whichever currency one is holding provided the seller accepts it.

I am persuaded to argue that the currency for a woman is her purity. In the years past when we were still crude and needed to verify that a girl was whole at the time of marriage, there was a need to provide proof of what transpired.

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