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which_chickEarlier this week, I saw a NYT story on cosmetic surgery for female genitalia. Ick. I say unto you: Ick. But being of inquisitive mind and hearty constitution, I couldn't just leave it at "Ick".
What on earth do they *do*? What is the goal, here? Pilgrim, seek no further! (The Westfield Seek-No-Further is an heirloom variety of apple, a factoid I bet you didn't expect to find in the middle of this discussion.) Here are before and after pictures so that you can see what three to eight grand (cost of this sort of foolishness) purchases in the way of *ahem* neatening.
How am I supposed to feel about this? Let's try on some reactions, see how they look, twirl around in 'em in front of the mirror and see how big they make my ass look...
It's a step forward, women taking ownership of that they should be ashamed of* and making it more attractive to them. Huzzah? *sigh* No, okay, pretty much I'm not buying that. (*Confused? See here.)
It's brilliant marketing, selling something that (barring certain lines of work) will only be seen and/or appreciated by a very, very select audience.
It's kind of disturbing -- the "after" pictures look like they're... twelve? I guess it makes sense, the whole youth-is-sexy thing, and probably my view of things is somewhat warped by the shaved aspect. They'd look more like they belonged to adult women if they were furrier, maybe.
Kinda kills the whole orchid metaphor, doesn't it? They don't look very floral, neatened up like that, do they?
*sigh*
One final thought -- does anyone but me wonder about how this sort of foolishness meshes with laws on Female Genital Mutilation? I'm just asking... got an irony detector going off here, probably the damn thing's on the blink again.
What on earth do they *do*? What is the goal, here? Pilgrim, seek no further! (The Westfield Seek-No-Further is an heirloom variety of apple, a factoid I bet you didn't expect to find in the middle of this discussion.) Here are before and after pictures so that you can see what three to eight grand (cost of this sort of foolishness) purchases in the way of *ahem* neatening.
How am I supposed to feel about this? Let's try on some reactions, see how they look, twirl around in 'em in front of the mirror and see how big they make my ass look...
It's a step forward, women taking ownership of that they should be ashamed of* and making it more attractive to them. Huzzah? *sigh* No, okay, pretty much I'm not buying that. (*Confused? See here.)
It's brilliant marketing, selling something that (barring certain lines of work) will only be seen and/or appreciated by a very, very select audience.
It's kind of disturbing -- the "after" pictures look like they're... twelve? I guess it makes sense, the whole youth-is-sexy thing, and probably my view of things is somewhat warped by the shaved aspect. They'd look more like they belonged to adult women if they were furrier, maybe.
Kinda kills the whole orchid metaphor, doesn't it? They don't look very floral, neatened up like that, do they?
*sigh*
One final thought -- does anyone but me wonder about how this sort of foolishness meshes with laws on Female Genital Mutilation? I'm just asking... got an irony detector going off here, probably the damn thing's on the blink again.
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Date: 2004-12-01 07:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-01 08:36 pm (UTC)... those things do best please me
That befal preposterously.
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