Entertainment | February 22, 2011 | 5 comments

#LadyPornDay: What Normal Looks Like

source: http://thedemoiselles.com/archives/what-a-normal-vagina-looks-like

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The Demoiselles talks a lot about body image: what we look like, how society and the media want us to feel about it, and why we should all ignore that crap and choose to love every curve, angle, blemish and hair on our bodies anyway.

However, because our brains process every small detail, especially when we’re judging those details by the harsh light of fashion magazines ruled by a Photoshop Autocracy, we often get stuck on our body image, and even subsets of our body image. We pick apart our faces – our symmetry, our noses, our jawlines and skin tone – and wonder at the sharpness of our collarbones, the lift of our breasts, even the proportion of our calf muscles.

And, especially as teenagers, we wonder about our vaginas.

Ladies, you know what I mean. Is my mound too hairy? Are my inner labia the right color; are they too big? Is my clitoris normal-looking; do I get wet enough; does it…smell okay?

I don’t know a single girl that, after watching standard pornography for the first time (Playboy, Spice, etc.), didn’t ask herself these questions (along with a hundred more about her breasts, body hair and how the hell one person can stay in that position for so long). I’m surprised I haven’t heard the phrase "pussy image" before.

Being a curious, anatomy-lovin’ lady with a penchant for sexual freedom and LGBT support, I know a bit about gender reassignment and, therefore, a fair amount about genital plastic surgery. That knowledge led me to learn about labioplasty, vaginaplasty, and a whole host of other genital plastic surgery sometimes performed after childbirth but more often for aesthetic and/or sexual reasons…but I can always learn more.

With that in mind, I went searching...

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http://thedemoiselles.com/archives/what-a-normal-vagina-looks-like
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