In the article Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis, she talks about the modification of woman's vagina and the outside influences women are pressured with, which can cause them to feel shame towards their labia minora. She states that the media, such as pornography, creates an unhealthy view of what a "good looking vagina" is and how women feel that their privates are inferior and are therefore pressured to act upon that mindset. These insecurities are forced upon women by their partners and other women as well.Davis, Simone Weil. "Designer Vaginas." Women's Voices, Feminist Visions. Ed. Susan Shaw and Janet Lee. New York: McGraw Hill (2012): 270–77. Also leading to a surge of these types of procedures is increased interest in non-surgical genital alterations, such as Brazilian waxing, that make the vulva more visible to judgment. The incentive to participate in vulvo- and vaginoplasty may also come about in an effort to manage women's physical attributes and their sexual behavior, treating their vagina as something needing to be managed or controlled and ultimately deemed "acceptable".
In the article Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis she talks about the modification of woman's vagina and the outside influences women are pressured with which can cause them to feel shame towards their labia minora She states that the media such as pornography creates an unhealthy view of what a "good looking vagina" is and how women feel that their privates are inferior and are therefore pressured to act upon that mindset These insecurities are forced upon women by their partners and other women as wellDavis Simone Weil "Designer Vaginas" Women's Voices Feminist Visions Ed Susan Shaw and Janet Lee New York McGraw Hill (2012) 270–77 Also leading to a surge of these types of procedures is increased interest in non-surgical genital alterations such as Brazilian waxing that make the vulva more visible to judgment The incentive to participate in vulvo- and vaginoplasty may also come about in an effort to manage women's physical attributes and their sexual behavior treating their vagina as something needing to be managed or controlled and ultimately deemed "acceptable"