“This court has time and again deprecated the use of two finger test in cases alleging rape and sexual assault…The test is based on an incorrect assumption that a sexually active woman cannot be raped. Nothing can be further from the truth,” said the apex court in its judgement which came on an appeal against a high court order in the case. The Supreme Court said, “The probative value of a woman’s testimony does not depend on her sexual history. It is patriarchal and sexist to suggest that a woman cannot be believed when she states that she was raped merely because she is sexually active”.
Social Issues
October 31, 2022
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- By Jayabhuvaneshwari B
Supreme Court Bans Two-Finger Test; Says It’s Based On Patriarchal Mindset That Sexually Active Women Can’t Be Raped!
Trigger Warning!

The Supreme Court on Monday (31st October) banned the two-finger test and said that anybody who performs the same will be held guilty of misconduct. For the unversed, the two-finger test is a virginity test performed on women, which tests the laxity of vaginal muscles. A doctor performs the test by inserting a finger into the female’s vagina to check the level of vaginal laxity, which is used to determine if she is “habituated to sexual intercourse”. A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrchud and Hima Koli that it is regrettable that the ‘two-finger test’ continues to be conducted even today. Restoring the conviction of an accused in a rape case, they said that the test has “no scientific basis” and “only re-victimises and re-traumatises women” and it “must not be conducted”.
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