Before I attended Monday’s presentation, most the issues Dr. Tiefer brought up in her presentation were unheard of to me. For one, I had never heard of genital cosmetic surgery. I was completely astounded that women actually felt the need to get this done, especially without the scientific background/data to support the results of the surgery. It fascinated me when Tiefer talked about how Dr. Matlock turned the idea of medical surgery into a business, and at that a marketing scam. It feels as though he is cashing in on the breaking down of self-image and self-esteem of women. I took a look at his website (and posted a link at the bottom of the post) and it is really remarkable how women’s bodies are being marketed. He offers package deals as if to say ‘buy one get one’. It just does not seem right to me to reconstruct certain parts of the body because some women feel uncomfortable with something like a long labia (because society for some reason makes her feel as though that is unacceptable to have). It is a shame that we live in a society that cannot embrace natural beauty, but instead has you pay tens of thousands of dollars to artificially fix it.
Overall, I found Tiefers presentation to be very interesting. I thought that some of the ways of protest were very creative and unique. I really enjoyed her small bits of comedy used throughout the presentation.
Here is the link for Dr. Matlock's website. It is really quite interesting
http://www.drmatlock.com/
Meredith Cotter, Post #13
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