Virginity

In Code d' Odalisque the word "virginity" has a technical meaning different than common usage. In Code d' Ode, "virginity" is a measure of the slave's worth (on the theoretical slave market.) In fact, it is a measure of her physical condition and hence of the amount of wear and tear there has been on her body. It thus means more than just having her hymen ruptured in sexual intercourse.

6.3. - Definition of virginity

Under this Code "virginity" is the quality of physical innocence in a female. It is not a state once lost but a quality that diminishes through the course of life.

A young woman is inherently virgin. The things that decrease her "virginity" are such things as:

*Childbirth
*Suckling of children
*Pregnancy (even where it does not reach term)
*Marriage

There is also wear and tear on her skin and teeth to consider. Scars, burns, blemishes - these decrease her value and decrease her "virgin" quality. Wear on teeth, cavities, fillings, extractions, dentures - these decrease her value, decrease her virgin quality.

6.4. - Things that diminish a woman's virginity

The virginity of a female is diminished with age, and when she marries, when she is married for any duration, when she falls pregnant, when she gives birth, when she suckles, when her teeth wear and whenever her body is blemished by age or injury or use.

Note that the sexual activity of the woman don't impact upon her "virginity". She can be wildly sexual but it has no impact upon her "virginity" unless she becomes pregnant or other such events ensue from that activity.

Again, "virginity" is a measure of the pristine sexuality of the woman's body. Mainly, it is use of her reproductive system that diminishes the quality of "virginity".

There is a set procedure in Code d' Ode for examining and valuing a slave. The quality that is being assessed is called "virginity". (See article 6.5)

Odalisques should be assessed and graded and given a value (on the theoretical slave market) according to their "virginity".