Understand what is Two Finger Test of Rape Victim Not Banned Recommended to ban two finger test of rape victim in India

Understand what is Two Finger Test of Rape Victim Not Banned Recommended to ban two finger test of rape victim in India

Supreme Court of India has ruled that the results of a ‘finger test’ cannot be used against a woman, and that a rape survivor’s ‘habituation to sexual intercourse’ is immaterial, this ‘unscientific, inhuman and degrading’ test is still widely used in India

Recently Government Committee has recommended abolishing the "two finger test" for determining rape or sexual assault.



In India if female is raped after that for the verification the Two Finger Test is done.

Planning Commission's working group headed by secretary, women and child development ministry said that the two finger test should be abolished.

So what is the two finger test of a rape victim female?

Two Finger Test is a Virginity Test.
A virginity test is the practice and process of determining whether a female is a virgin, i.e., whether she has never engaged in sexual intercourse.

The test involves an inspection of a female's hymen, on the assumption that her hymen can only be torn as a result of sexual intercourse.

The two-finger rape test involves a doctor inserting fingers in a rape victim's vagina to determine its "laxity" and decide if she is "habituated to sex."

Meaning of Laxity - slackness or looseness; a lack of tautness, firmness, or rigidity

Defense lawyers often use this evidence to discredit the testimony of unmarried rape victims, who are dismissed as "loose women."

The finger test is relevant for the defense…if the medical report says that two fingers have passed, the defense can show that she is habituated.

The defense says that she consented for the sex and she is used to sex with lot of males I am not the only one.

These types of arguments are done which humiliate the rape victim more.

The hymen is a thin film of membrane situated just inside the vulva which can partially occlude the entrance to the vaginal canal. It is flexible and can be stretched or torn during doing Physical activities like cycling
It may get broken during physical activity or the use of a tampon, menstrual cup or dildo, or during some medical examinations.

Two Finger Test procedures are backward, humiliating and insulting to every female.

Virginity Testing is degrading and considered a violation of human rights by Amnesty International and is illegal in many countries

The Panel has recommended that the two finger test should be banned in India.

This means that the test is not banned now government will think on this and later it may get banned.

I just read few sites saying it’s banned.

Recommendation of Ban does not mean ban

Let’s hope Government of India will ban the 2 finger test of rape Victim.

Reality views by sm –

Monday, January 30, 2012

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