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Labiaplasty and the Construction of the “Normal”

Abstract

Labiaplasty has become another market to create homogenized, standard bodies through a claim on perfect pre-pubescent vaginas for all women disregarding racial and natural differences in shape and color. The booming market indicates women who can afford the procedure are alienated from their own bodies and somewhat are convinced that their bodies deviate from the standard in area where deviance is the standard.

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