Not talking about breasts this time. May not be safe for your workplace, but Twisty explains the situation. One purported physician claims: “LABIAPLASTY will not only recreate more youthful and aesthetically pleasing external genital structures, but will also restore self-image and self-esteem!” His NSFW website is here. I’m finding “labiaplasty” difficult to distinguish from other forms of female genital mutilation.
–Ann Bartow
There is a difference between this and female genital mutilation, it is mutilation wrapped in a nice package with a ribbon on it, presented to those who were raised in this society to believe they must adhere to the impossible standard of what men find attractive. They’ve already done a good enough job making women feel insecure about more public parts of the body and now they are trying to market this.
You aren’t being mutilated by force but instead broken down, then promised your self-esteem will return if you will allow them to rebuild you “new and improved.”
In the end, harmful forms of advertising like this must be banned as we must protect our young girls from attacks on their self image and brainwashing that tells them they must comply to a predetermined look.
Thanks for posting this.
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