Comments | ontd_political: So women and girls are again being made to feel their bodies are gross...

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So women and girls are again being made to feel their bodies are gross...

Jul 03, 2017 17:45

Vagina surgery 'sought by girls as young as nine'

Girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their genitals because they are distressed by its appearance, the Victoria Derbyshire show has been told.
( Trigger warnings: misogyny, body shaming... )

*trigger warning: sexism, men suck, sexism, medicine, *trigger warning: body shaming, i wish i could delete this, misogyny

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velvetunicorn July 4 2017, 16:07:00 UTC

Ugh at all of this although I was definitely one of those girls who thought that way. I hate society.

lightframes July 4 2017, 22:08:06 UTC

Some experts fear that pornography and images viewed through social media are leading young girls to have unrealistic perceptions of how their genitals should look.

I dislike children being exposed to pornography. Actually just let me be honest, I dislike pornography.

amw July 5 2017, 00:59:39 UTC

I saw a lot of this in the trans community back in the late 90s/early 00s. Amongst MTF transsexuals, there were grand debates over which surgeon did the best labia and whether you should get one-step or two-step ops to construct the perfect labia, clitoral hood etc. Even in this subculture of people who are perhaps forgivably obsessed with genitalia i found the whole conversation a bit uncomfortable - i just wanted to lose the peen ( ... )

queerbychoice July 6 2017, 00:26:45 UTC

"I still believe that my desire to change my sex was rooted more in discomfort with my male junk than because 'i was born a woman' or something."

Just curious, and not expecting you to speak on behalf of All Transpeople Everywhere, but just on behalf of your own experience and perspective as described above:

Do you feel that your life/transition experience/etc. might have been improved if people generally understood better that this discomfort was your main motivation to change your sex? If so, can you describe any more specifically how it might have been improved or what you wish had been done differently?

Or, contrarily, do you feel that it doesn't make much difference what was driving your desire to change sex, because basically the only solution in any case is still going to be to change sex, and there aren't necessarily any different ramifications just because your motivations were a little different than the commonly expressed ones?

amw July 6 2017, 01:49:46 UTC

That's a very good question ( ... )

queerbychoice July 6 2017, 02:01:03 UTC

Thank you for taking the time to reply! It is an interesting perspective to hear.

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mickeym July 27 2017, 02:39:53 UTC

It's amazing how all the voices saying labiaplasty shouldn't be done before 18, and preferably not at all because it's not actually necessary, are women...

...and the voices saying, "hell yeah, we need to make this available to all ages, there's nothing wrong with wanting to fix this or that"... are male.

Color me so surprised. /sarcasm