I've occasionally written about, and often grumbled to myself about, our culture's collective Fear of the Vagina. One of its manifestations, IMO, is the promotion of unrealistic standards on how a vagina should look, how tight it should be, and most bizarrely of all, how it should smell. I still shudder to remember those "fresh as a summer's breeze" ads of my youth for a douche that smelled sour as a nun's cunt and served no purpose but to destroy vital bacterial culture in the female cavity.
Anal bleaching, Brazilian waxes, labia lifts....sure, I understand if you're a porn star or a stripper or pro and have a working pussy that's on display all day. But otherwise, are you kidding me? Go feed the homeless and quit worrying if your butt-hole is two shades too dark. Sheesh.
ERGO I love this snarky piece in Mother Jones about some of the ways women try to fix what ain't broke.
What's wrong with your vagina? If you answered "nothing," you're probably wrong. According to the beauty-industrial complex, it's ugly, and it smells bad. But don't worry—there's nothing that money can't fix.
Read The 6 Weirdest Things Women Do to Their Vaginas
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