By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. This thesis concerns a qualitative research with the aim of getting an insight in the experiences, perceptions and visions of pre-marital sexual behaviour, the hymen and virginity of highly educated girls from a middle or upper class background who live in Casablanca, Morocco. Moreover, how this specific group of women perceive and deal with sexual taboos in present-day Morocco.
Theory on the second demographic transition and sexual revolution sheds a different light on former research that has been conducted.
Fourteen semi-structured face-to-face interviews have been conducted for this thesis with girls in the age range of 19 β In many of the households, sexuality is still a taboo. Some respondents have pre-marital sexual relations before marriage during which some of them lose their hymen.
Since there is still very few sex education in Morocco, girls use mainly the internet as a source to have their questions answered about sex.
Some also talk to other female friends who might be more experienced to learn about sexuality and to share experiences. Because most girls do not find virginity that important, many would not consider having a hymen reconstruction. Many respondents perceive the sexual restrictions imposed on them to be quite unfair and perceive them as sexist.
