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Twitter is in a FRENZY y’all!
T.I. was recently as guest on Nadia Moham and Nazanin Mandi’s Ladies Like Us podcast, and admitted that he takes his 18-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to the gynecologist for a yearly check up…to make sure she is till a virgin. No, I am not making this up.
When asked if he had had the “sex talk” with his daughter he replied, “This is the thing, Deyjah’s 18, just graduated high school now and she’s attending her first year of college, figuring it out for herself. And yes, not only have we had the conversation, we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen.”
Listen to the audio below:
He then continued, “So I say, ‘Look doc, she don’t ride no horses, she don’t ride no bike, she don’t play no sports. Just check the hymen please and give me back my results expeditiously.” The rapper says he’s exercising his right as a parent to do what’s best for his child, but the internet is NOT having it and claims it’s an invasion of privacy and inappropriate, especially because she’s over 18.
Checkout some of the reactions on Twitter below:
1. Virginity is a social construct. It doesn't exist.
2. The hymen can break without sex. Your hymen can also still be intact after sex.
3. Men do not have ownership over female bodies, even if the man is the female's dad.
4. She's 18 and can do what she wants with her body. https://t.co/iVslFUlceK— Maria Del Russo (@maria_delrusso) November 6, 2019
Y’all be teaching your sons how to use a condom at 11 but demanding your daughter remains a virgin until she’s 18???? The delusion. Seek help.
— pri 🎄 (@caprice_deann) November 6, 2019
grown ass men: my daughter cant be fucking at 18, ion care what nobody say.
also grown ass men: at the age of 18 you are legal and consenting so i can be 45 and still talk to her and its ok cause she's 18….and legal….and adult….and i cant go to jail…
— Playy 🐰🍒 (@playygrl) November 6, 2019
That’s mad weird for TI to annually go w his daughter to check if her hymen is still in tact 🥴 especially now that she’s 18 & in college. Get out yo kids sex life
— Ashley Spinelli (@itsJMhuh) November 6, 2019
She’s 18 is trending….I see toxic masculinity is being addressed on this here #WellnessWednesday pic.twitter.com/NgTUIs0FEZ
— fuck em🌈 (@librasun1006) November 6, 2019
TI she's 18. 🛑
1. You & the gyn are violating #HIPAA if they give you her med info w/o her consent.
2. Do you hold your sons to similar standards.
3. That's not your business as a #father or a man. It's her body not yours.
4. Vaginal sex is only one type of sex.
5. Do better.— A. Celeste Books (@acelestebooks) November 6, 2019