A friend of mine who is from an Indian family told me that she us going back to India to get a virginity test done, because her fiance’s family have requested it. She seems fine with it (she’s definitely a virgin) and said its not uncommon in India, Pakistan and the Middle East for brides to be to be tested by the groom’s family. Seems bizarre to me as the test she said she’d have (a relative of the groom will insert two fingers into her vagina to check the hymen and how tight she is) isn’t going to test conclusively whether she’s had sex or not. Is this a common practice in India and the Middle East? And why?