most young women she sees marry between the ages of and she said although in urban ismailia where she grew up yearold brides are not uncommon in violation of the law at any age young women and their husbands know very little about what to expect sexually since premarital chastity is strongly guarded she must wait until after marriage to dispense them because she said a brides virginity must be intact on her wedding day but by then the woman has been informed about choices