Dr David Parirenyatwa, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare has said issues pertaining to masturbation and compulsory virginity tests should be brought to debate if they help restore moral values in the society.

Zimbabwe Minister of Health and Child Welfare

Dr Parirenyatwa also commented on the issue of women who refuse having sex with their husbands after reaching menopause. One elder had stood up and uttered that, “our wives no longer want to have sex with us. They say the sperm we release will be dirty in them as they no longer have eggs to absorb them and they totally refuse to go to bed with us which in turn sees us engaging in illicit affairs,” much to the applause of all elderly man that were there.

In responds Dr Parirenyatwa made it clear that having sex after menopause does not change anything on a woman. “Talking from a doctors point of view, women let me tell you that you can actively have sex with your husbands even after reaching menopause,” he said. Although he highlighted the need for debate on issues relating to virginity tests, he also hinted on the need to respect the law of the land as it emphasised on the need to respect rights of individuals.

Also of note that Dr Parirenyatwa elaborated on was that virginity tests good as they might be were now making girls from areas where it is practised victims of males who believe in the myth that having sex with a virgin can cure AIDS. Zimbabwe has managed to fight the AIDS prevalence rate from 24,6% to the current 15,6% in a period of roughly a year. Although this has been the case, youngsters in the country are the most prone to getting infected with the epidemic due to reckless behaviour, poverty as well as being victims of rape.

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