Cenk Uygur
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Purity Mayor Awards Virginity Scholarships
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January 30, 2016
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Jan 30, 20164:10Now PlayingA South African mayor has given scholarships to female students who have maintained their virginity. They have to do a “virginity check” to prove their “purity.” Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A group of 16 young women in South Africa have been awarded scholarships by their mayor for remaining virgin in an effort to push other young people to be “pure and focus on school.”
According to the Associated Press, the mayor of the Uthukela district municipality, Dudu Mazibuko, told a local radio station that the recipients had all agreed to undergo periodic exams to prove their virginity. He went on:
“To us, it’s just to say thank you for keeping yourself and you can still keep yourself for the next three years until you get your degree or certificate.”
The mayor says his intention was to encourage women, who are more often faced with the problems that arise with young pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections and diseases, to continue their educations, rather than becoming pregnant early.”*
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