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WHO classification of female genital mutilation

I. Excision of prepuce
and part or all of clitoris
II. Excision of prepuce and clitoris together
with partial or total excision of labia minora
III. Infibulation and
excision of part or all of external genitalia
IV. Pricking, piercing,
incision, stretching, scraping or other harming procedures on clitoris and/or
labia

In the last couple of years, more and more western women succumbed to the newest craze of having designer vagina. It can be a labiaplasty (changing the look of the labia to be more sculpted), a vaginaplasty (tightening vagina) or injecting collagen on the G-spot to make it more bouncy. Some did hymen reconstruction too, a practice that used to be done by some women from conservative background (Asian, Moslem) to re-virginized.

There are women who have legitimate reason to undergo labiaplasty. Their labia are causing them trouble on daily life. It hurts when biking for example. Some women feel that their vagina are too loose after giving birth(s), so they want it tighten up so the experience of love making becoming better, which actually doesn’t only depend on the tightness of one vagina but also on lubrication, blood flows, nerves, and also peace of mind. Remember, the biggest sexual organ is your brain.

However, a growing number of women opted for designer vagina mostly because they want to look good down there. So it looks more like what they saw from porn movies. Some said it is good for their self-esteem. They want to look "normal".

What is normal?

Female genital comes in all colors, shapes and sizes. Just take a look at this site. (Warning: it's explicit and not something you want to see at the office) Those are pictures of normal genitals.

I have trouble wrapping my brain around the idea that women want to undergo surgery which is most of the time unnecessary, not to mention risky for the sake of "fitting in" into the image that is projected to them by the (porn) media.

There are no peer-reviewed studies on the long term outcomes of these procedures to date. The risks involved in these surgeries are: pain from scarring by lasers used on the vaginal wall, decreased lubrication or incontinence, asymmetrical appearance, infection, bleeding, and psychological trauma. A tighter vagina doesn’t mean a better sex experience; some could even be very painful if it is too tight. There's such a thing as too much of a good thing! Just as with any surgeries, these procedures could damaged your nerves, which means you could probably loss the sensation or becoming hypersensitive down there. Definitely not the effect you are looking for after paying between $1500 and $8000 to have it done!

I also have trouble understanding how come women in the West who mostly, if not all, are against FGM in the developing countries, can put their selves into a FGM procedure voluntarily. Yes, I see these surgeries as FGM based on WHO classification. How could they condemned women in developing countries who were also trying to "fit in" to an image projected to them by their culture, while subjecting themselves to the same thing. It's the pot calling the kettle black!

There are other ways to increase one self-esteem, to have better body image. Do your homework. Do kegel exercise!

"[B]ad things are happening to women's vagina's everywhere"
Eve Ensler- The Vagina Monologues