Shadowing Practice: Why People Love Virgins - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, my name is Aline and I was a virgin until I got married.
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And this is why.
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Ever since I was a little girl, people always said to me, don't have sex.
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I heard people say, here is a piece of gum.
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Then they would chew it and spit it out.
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Do you want this piece of gum now that it's chewed?
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They would compare sex to chewing gum.
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nobody wants you once you're chewed up and used.
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You lose your value.
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It seemed like whether I did this one thing or not would define me completely. But why?
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Why is everybody so obsessed with virginity?
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And why isn't it a big problem for men as well?
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In many societies, the more people you have sex with, the less valued you are.
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That is, if you're a woman.
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But if you're a man and have sex, people say...
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Oh, come on!
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Boys will be boys.
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It's not a big deal.
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In fact, in many cultures around the world, if you're not a virgin, you can't get married.
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And sometimes, your life might even be in danger.
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Here's why.
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A long time ago, there were no condoms, no birth control pills.
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So if you had sex, you were very likely to get pregnant.
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And men wanted to make sure that the baby was really their baby to carry on their bloodline.
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So they would marry a virgin.
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Women were seen as property, like an animal, or like land.
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And that's how virginity became a way of controlling women that is still used to this day.
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In some parts of the world, parents check the bedsheets after the wedding night to make sure there is blood.
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Doctors would do virginity tests before marriage,
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all to make sure that the bride was actually a virgin because otherwise the families would call off the wedding.
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and family members wait whole night out of the room
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and the next day they proudly show the blood to everyone that the bride was virgin.
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So I grew up in a very conservative religion.
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I saved myself for marriage and then guess what?
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When I got married, I had so much shame around sexuality that I couldn't even have sex.
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Because of these thoughts putting so much shame and this pressure around sexuality and being a woman.
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It's getting so crazy that in some cultures, women who have had sex feel forced to get plastic surgery
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on their private parts to make them look as virgin-like as possible.
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And the discrimination doesn't end there.
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For women who are not virgins in Morocco, it can be very hard to get married.
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In the island of Kiribati, you could be disowned.
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And until last year in Indonesia, you could not join the army.
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Over 5,000 women a year are killed in honor killings, for not being a virgin, and for bringing shame to their families.
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When the only people who should be ashamed are the ones killing women.
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But this video is not about virgins.
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It's about double standards and how we are always trying to control women.
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We tell girls to save themselves for marriage, but we encourage guys to do the exact opposite.
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I want to say here and now that a woman's virginity is not important.
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It does not matter and it does not define her.
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Women are so much more than their sexuality.
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They are their talents, their careers, their families, their personalities.
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So I really feel like what we need to do in this world is change how we're talking about sex.
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I totally think it's okay to not have sex if you don't want to, but what I think is not okay is when other people are forcing these decisions on you,
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are forcing the shame on you, when it's happening only to women and not to men.
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That's where the problems really lie.
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But some countries are taking steps in the right direction.
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Like in France, India, or Pakistan, where the governments are taking steps to ban virginity tests
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and are even considering jail time for doctors who do these tests on women.
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It will take a lot more than a few laws to change how society views women.
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But we have to start somewhere.
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My hope is that someday soon a woman is defined not by her virginity, but by who she is.
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And that starts with me, and that starts with you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Why People Love Virgins”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: virgin, sex, virginity, shame, married. Deze video bevat 62 zinnen en 742 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:57. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 150 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 10 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| virginity zelfstandig naamwoord | /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/ | maagdelijkheid |
| chew werkwoord | /tʃuː/ | kauwen |
| bride zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɹaɪd/ | bruid |
| bedsheet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɛdʃiːt/ | laken |
| disown werkwoord | /dɪsˈoʊn/ | verloochenen, verstoten |
| obsess werkwoord | /əbˈsɛs/ | obsederen |
| spit werkwoord | /spɪt/ | spuwen, spugen |
| pill zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɪl/ | pil |
| someday bijwoord | op een dag, ooit | |
| ashamed bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əˈʃeɪmd/ | beschaamd |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Do you want this piece of gum now that it's chewed?
- That is, if you're a woman.
- I saved myself for marriage and then guess what?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were seen · could be disowned · are killed |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | women that is · women who have · women who are |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bride /bɹaɪd/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als virginity, chew, bride.
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