Chinese Court Rules Woman's Virginity Is Worth $5,000
It's not clear what the legal justification is for this, but eh, who cares: a Chinese court ruled today that a woman's virginity is worth about $5,000. The ruling came down in a case where a woman sued her boyfriend for taking her virginity while he was secretly already married.
The South China Morning Post reports:
The court heard how [the woman, surname] Chen met [the man, surname] Li online five years ago but didn't start dating him until September 2013, at which time Li told her he was a bachelor.
During a trip to Singapore later in the year, the couple had sex for the first time, but after they returned to China Li became distant and soon broke off their relationship.
In February, unable to contact Li, Chen broke into his home, where she met his wife.
Dang! Chen sued Li for 500,000 yuan (about $81,000) for violating her "virginity right." The court somehow settled on $5,000 and awarded her that. Li denies the two ever had sex.
According to the Agency France-Presse, the court explained: "Violating the right to virginity might lead to harm to a person's body, health, freedom and reputation... it ought to be compensated."
