Why do girls want labiaplasty? They're told to hate every inch of themselves | Jessica Valenti

Despite all the feminist progress we’ve made, women and girls are still subject to mixed messages about how their bodies must be perfect

It would almost be easier if there were a specific moment that sparks self-loathing in a young girl. A particularly nasty comment made, maybe. Or an advertisement that inspires just the right amount of doubt in her appearance and forever shifts the way she thinks about herself. If only it were that simple, if there were just one moment we could help our daughters avoid.

The truth is much more complicated – and much more intimate. For all the feminist progress made, there is still a shocking amount of disdain for women’s anatomy when it is not firm, tucked, primped and waxed.

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