Dear Maidens Bursary Award (MBA),
I’m writing this to you in actual surprise. Surprise at what you may think? I’m surprised that you even exist. In fact I think I am more shocked and bewildered that in 2016 you are just being brought into this world. The reasoning behind your existence is that you are to be awarded as a prize to young girls who have made it to University but are virgins. What’s more these girls have to regularly prove the existence of their virginity in order to keep you. Now you see, this is a problem isn’t it? Apart from the fact that you have now set conditions on the bursary which cannot be set for a male (cough * gender equality * cough) there are other problems. For one there’s that little issue that you have assumed that if these girls stay virgins they will be free from contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Sorry MBA, I am not sure who lied to you but that is not the case. You seem to forget that penetration of the vagina is not the only means to contract STD’s. Second, policing a females body. Isn’t that soooo 25 B.C? Even if the trend has not been broken since the beginning of time I seem to remember that the Constitution of South Africa (which is the highest law in the Republic) has that handy clause that calls upon all citizens to be treated with dignity. Is subjecting a female to regular virginity testing in order to fund her education really dignified? In fact, what makes this different from having a sugar daddy who expects sex in order to fund your education? Is this not exploitation in both cases? I’m not saying that these girls shouldn’t be given a right to access their education MBA. By all means please fund them. In fact even set a standard where they need to achieve a certain calibre of marks in order to keep their scholarship. The only problem I have is the fact that you, MBA, want to tie female success to their sex life. As if a person who owns a vagina cannot possibly use it for their own pleasure and still be able to focus on any other life goals. Or that a person who owns a vagina and uses it will automatically fall pregnant. It is now February 2016 and for some people this is the start of a new year as January was just a "trial period". In line with the “new year and new me” motto that many adopt I would like to ask you to please check yourself and do better MBA. Hopefully I won’t see you around next year. Regards, Hulisani WATCH - http://www.news24.com/Live/SouthAfrica/News/maidens-bursary-when-customs-compromise-human-rights-who-wins-20160202 UPDATE: http://ewn.co.za/2016/01/29/Human-rights-commission-looking-into-virgins-bursar
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