Comments on: alternet’s six weirdest things women do to their vaginas

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:14:22 +0000

I read this in the Huff Post a couple of days ago. Fascinating where the quest for beauty sometimes leads. It lead me to the link (in the article on alternet) to an Atlanta surgeon who had 35 (thirty five) before and after photo sets of his clients’ vaginas on his website. It wasn’t always clear to me what the surgery accomplished cosmetically, but it is hard to evaluate this most sexually appealing part separated from the rest of the female body!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:35:32 +0000

Sad, sooooo very sad!!
How did we get here?? There are few things as beautiful as vulvas, and the great variety of them. Why change them? Why make them all look the same?
And the saddest thing is, there are many magazines, etc. targeted for women, which make a case for it.
Sad.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:58:38 +0000

I wonder how long before Australian Censorship (oops, I mean Classification) Board bans vaginal bleaching (not to mention the shaving of pubic hair) in porn. Along with small boobs, that can only be an attempt to cater to the lust of pedophiles.

By: Vlad Alexa

Vlad Alexa — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:15:01 +0000

#6 in the article is funny stuff “what’s a woman with a vagina colored vagina to do”

By: Lea

Lea — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:19:58 +0000

Hi – again, love your blog – usually feel too shy to comment – but feel compelled to do so today – just because cosmetic surgery on one’s sensitive, beautiful (just my opinion!) labia is too creepy … so, regarding ‘labioplasty’ (and leaving aside possible smart-assed comments on the rest and drug companies’ blatant consumerism!), this article is also well worth reading – http://www.alternet.org/story/141479 – and a couple of quotes:

” … many cases, labia reduction removes sexually sensitive tissue, may cause lifelong hypersensitivity or numbness, pain on intercourse, infection, adhesions and scarring.” And “female genital cosmetic surgeries that would fall within the definition of female genital mutilation articulated by the WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA …”

… as well as the observation that “Normal female genitals are virtually invisible in the popular media, except through pornographic sources …” – obviously, all the more reason to talk about sex and share our experiences as well as images of course – and not be afraid to do so – which, speaking as someone currently living in Australia (see Violet’s previous article, below?) – where many good people are feeling less welcome in general in this current seemingly more-and-more polarised society – intimidated and for what?

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:39:47 +0000

I just read through the article. All I can say is… holy hell! Do women really do that stuff to themselves? I don’t know why, but the mints one disturbed me the most… the thought of putting sugar in the vagina seems a singularly horrible thing to do (although why that should be worse than cutting your labia is beyond me).

Sorry, I think I have to cower under my desk and gibber in horror for a bit. Carry on.