An open letter to T.I. on policing your daughter’s virginity

Bina Shah
5 min readNov 9, 2019
Brides in Afghanistan can be jailed or killed if they are not virgins on their wedding night.

Dear T.I.,

This week I read an article that said you told a podcast that you take your daughter, Deyjah, to the gynecologist every year to check her hymen. This is to ensure that she is still a virgin. She is eighteen years old, so she has to sign a legal waiver at the doctor’s office so that you are allowed to access this information.

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Bina Shah

Wellesley grad. Pakistani writer & NYT columnist. Feminist. Author of Before She Sleeps. I want women to live powerful lives.