The origin is unknown, but historian Hanne Blank writes that the idea may have evolved from Christian legends of virgin–martyrs, whose purity served as a form of protection in battling demons. The myth was first reported in 16th-century Europe and gained prominence in 19th-century Victorian England as a cure for syphilis and gonorrhea among other sexually transmitted diseases. A macabre voyage into the underbelly of nineteenth-century New York.

'I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum-house mystic and the man who broke her heart.' The Virgin Cure begins in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. A series of betrayals lead Moth, at only twelve years old, to the wild. In addition to young girls, who are presumed to be virgins because of their age, people who are 'blind, deaf, physically impaired, intellectually disabled, or who have mental-health disabilities' are sometimes raped under the erroneous presumption that individuals with disabilities are sexually inactive and therefore virgins. The much-anticipated follow-up to The Birth House, The Virgin Cure secures Ami McKays place as one of our most powerful storytellers. The Virgin Cure begins in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. So begins The Virgin Cure, a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871.

The virgin cleansing myth (also referred to as the virgin cure myth, virgin rape myth, or simply virgin myth) is the belief that having sex with a virgin girl cures a man of HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases.Īnthropologist Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala says the myth is a potential factor in infant rape by HIV-positive men in South Africa. The Virgin Cure: A Novel (English Edition) eBook : McKay, Ami: Amazon.es: Tienda Kindle.

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