Most young women she sees marry between the ages of 18 and 25, she said, although in urban Ismailia, where she grew up, 16-year-old 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 bride's virginity must be intact on her wedding day. But by then the woman has been informed about choices.