Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
Well, the woman is very important in Islam as well as in Judaism. It goes back to Ye Olde Days, where the only way you could make sure that your children were indeed yours (tribalistic society) was to make sure the woman was a virgin. That's also the reason why Islam forced/forces women into subservience, it's because the tribal society demands that a woman be kept pure.
now, how to surely "test" a virginity?
A finger in the ? not even a blood mark will made it sure. For some reasons, at 9th century, unvirgin girls are known to stratch the inner side of their to create fake blood effect, or bite a bit of their fingers and fake that blood. It was mentioned on several stories and poets.

well, virginity is finally based, like it or not, upon your faith and trust in that girl alone.