Thursday, 18 January 2007
Vagina Soliloquy
I'm reading Levy's Female Chauvinist Pig at the moment and I saw this bit about vaginoplasty or vaginal rejuvination, cosmetic surgery on the vulva and labia. This is a little caption from p23 of the book, I've paraphrased it somewhat.
"plasticsurgerybeverleyhills.net says that the demands for these procedures (vaginoplasty or vaginal rejuvination) is increasing. The surgeries are not designed to heighten sexual pleasure. They are designed to exclusively render the vagina more "attractive". Warning that large labia can give a 'ragged appearance' to a vagina if not 'corrected'."
So they're saying my vagina should be 'corrected' because one of my labia's is a little on the large side.
They're saying I should pay a great deal of money, not so I can increase my pleasure or heighten my orgasm but to please whoever is looking at my vagina.
They also said that some scarring from these procedures can numb sexual pleasure even more, so not only will it not make sex more fun, the procedure will lessen my enjoyment!
Please tell me who is benefitting from these 'procedures' really and why the voyeur is more significant in a woman's relationship with her down there regions than the woman herself or the sensations she feels!
Has society taken the 'woman' or the 'female experience' out of the vagina somehow and laid it out like silly putty for everyone else to play with?