Rapper T.I. addresses backlash over taking his daughter to OB/GYN to ‘check her hymen’

CBS News ^ | Nov 29 2019

[CondoleezzaProtege]

After facing intense backlash earlier this month for stating that he goes to the gynecologist with his teenage daughter each year to “check her hymen,” rapper T.I. defended himself this week during an appearance on the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk.” T.I. told host Jada Pinkett Smith that he thinks a “false narrative” about his comments has been “sensationalized” — but he also defended his choice to “protect” his daughter from “the little slimy, grimy, chubby-fingered little boys who want to just come and defile and destroy the sanctity that I have.”

The rapper made the initial comments during an episode of the podcast “Ladies Like Us,” which was released earlier this month. T.I. was speaking with hosts Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham about parenting when he was asked about whether he’s had the “sex talk” with his daughters, BuzzFeed News reported.

The rapper, who has six children, brought up how he handles the discussion with his oldest daughter, 18-year-old Deyjah Harris.

“Not only have we had the conversation. We have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen,” T.I. said, according to BuzzFeed. “Yes, I go with her.” He also informed the podcast hosts, as well as their listeners, that “as of her 18th birthday, her hymen is still intact.”

His original comments faced swift backlash on social media. “Idk who needs to hear this but virginity is a made-up social construct, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your hymen,” tweeted Planned Parenthood in a long thread. “This is horrible on so many levels,” tweeted prominent gynecologist Jennifer Gunter.

[Irish Eyes]

Son In Law

[M1903A1]

I seem to recall Robert Pirsig (of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”) countered such BS by asking if Hiroshima had been a “construct”.

[BenLurkin]

Ah! Got it.

[familyop]

Today’s society wants the drug dealers employed by human traffickers to have exclusive rights to administer and broadcast the news of the deflowering and consequent attachment of each young woman to their criminal groups.

[familyop]

"Frankly, if this weird and controlling behaviour is his idea of parenting she would be better off with a deadbeat absent father."

Libertine slavers want every victim of human trafficking they can get, but she'll more likely be rich, drug-free, STD-free and able to have children instead. For now, she's taking advantage of opportunities afforded by the publicity.