Rapper T.I.’s Comments on His Daughter’s Hymen Check Exposes Dangerous Myths and Misconceptions About Women

Rapper T.I. faced a wave of backlash after admitting in a podcast interview that he forces his teenage daughter to go to the gynecologist every year with him to “check her hymen” and make sure it is “still intact.”

The practice of checking hymens, or so-called virginity tests, has been condemned by the United Nations (UN) as “degrading” and having “no sc…