A Nigerian lady has taken to social media to tell how her classmate’s father would take her to the hospital for a virginity test every holiday.
The lady, identified as @beingHauwa on Tiktok, shared her classmate’s experience in a video recently posted on the video-sharing platform.
She said her classmate, who is from the Northern part of Nigeria, was always asked by her father to come home on every holiday, who would then take her to the gynecologist for a virginity test.
According to Hauwa, she found it really strange and felt that the father had gone too far in checking his daughter’s virginity status.
“Is this Normal?” Hauwa asked in the video she shared
Watch the video below…
The video has since gone viral on social media, drawing mixed reactions from netizens, with some defending the father’s actions, while others condemned him.
@segun.adegoke wrote: “Her father is taking it too far. I will never be this strict on my daughter”
@queenofdsun wrote: “Actually this strictness works on some people like me, there are some things I would have done but once I remember my parents’ strict actions, I’ll just have a second thought. Speaking 4 myself”
@iamchindimma wrote: “My parents weren’t this strict but my father’s threat helped me.. having strict parents is cool u won’t like the outcome now but u will appreciate the result in the future… I am a witness”