Breaking News: Change Is Possible

Reported in the Wall Street Journal (The WSJ is not available online - this is a syndicated version. Watch out for the croaking frog at the top):

For her 17th wedding anniversary, Jeanette Yarborough wanted to do something special for her husband. In addition to planning a hotel getaway for the weekend, Ms. Yarborough paid a surgeon $5,000 to reattach her hymen, making her appear to be a virgin again.

"It's the ultimate gift for the man who has everything," says Ms. Yarborough, 40 years old, a medical assistant from San Antonio.

Hymenoplasty, a controversial medical procedure known mostly for its prevalence in the Middle East and Latin America, is becoming popular in the U.S. Although there are no hard data, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says vaginal surgery, including hymenoplasty, is one of the industry's fastest-growing segments. Gynecologists are marketing hymenoplasty in magazines, local newspapers and online. They report business is booming.

Restoring innocence this way has sparked criticism. Religious groups that value abstinence until marriage say hymen repair is a deception. Some feminists liken hymenoplasty to female genital mutilation. In addition, hymen repair, unlike other types of reconstructive surgery, isn't taught in medical residencies. Some medical associations worry that surgeons might be improperly trained.

Revirgination" costs as little as $1,800 at Ridgewood Health and Beauty Center, a spa and cosmetic-surgery center in the New York City borough of Queens. To promote the procedure, the center's owner, Cuban-born Esmeralda Vanegas, has given away hymenoplasties on a Spanish-language radio station. She also promotes them in her eponymous magazine, Esmeralda. U.S. women seek a second first time with hymen surgery

To break this down, there are virgins, and there are "experienced" women. Always have been. And now, due to the miracle of modern medicine, there are ex-experienced women, or, as they might call themselves, removing the double negative, "Perienced."

What I want to know is, why do Montgomery County Public Schools discriminate against Perienced Women? The sex ed curriculum pretends that such people don't even exist -- refuses to even mention the possibility. Doesn't the Satanic, er, I mean, School Board realize that women with new hymens are virgins, too? Do these "elected officials" have something to hide? Huh? Huh? Answer me that. Why are they afraid to discuss this issue?

The People demand that time be taken in the classroom to teach Montgomery County students the truth: you can have your hymen reattached. You can be a virgin again. Change is possible. <Chanting swells to deafening volume> Teach both sides! Teach both sides! Teach both sides...