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Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
I recently saw some porn where all but one of the women had very small/short labia minora (the inner vaginal lips). Now I know that women come in all different sizes: height, weight, breast size, nipple length, areolas size, etc. Guess I never thought about labias coming in all different sizes as well, until they were in my face/on the screen.

So my question is: Is small labia minora a trend in porn? I've heard and read about a rise in labiaplasty. Is small labia minora what is preferrered among the majority? Just curious...

Thanks for any input.
01/05/2012
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Contributor: MrWishyWashy MrWishyWashy
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Originally posted by MissCandyland
I recently saw some porn where all but one of the women had very small/short labia minora (the inner vaginal lips). Now I know that women come in all different sizes: height, weight, breast size, nipple length, areolas size, etc. Guess I never ... more
Have not noticed, but personally does not make any difference to me, have never paid any attention to it. I love labia either big or small, inner or outer!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Mxd Mxd
YES, YES, YES, IT'S A (&*(*^*%*%^%t-ING TREND!!!

/Facepalm

It annoys me so much!

Just like how porn focuses on "ideal" penises, porn companies also focus on "ideal" vulvas. This usually means one that looks "neat, and tidy" because it would be so "unladylike" for a woman to have a vulva that didn't confirm to a very narrow set of physical norms.

This has gotten particularly horrifying in Australia where you are allowed to have full frontal female nudity in "lad magazines" provided that a woman's external genitalia look a certain "neat and tidy" way. This has led to a lot of photoshopped vulvas. And much worse, women getting surgery to make their vulvas match the "ideal" that they are seeing in the mags.

They are literally getting their bodies altered to match a made up "ideal" that was invented as a way to circumvent censorship.

/headexplodes

Also, there happens to be a pretty sizable market for women with big clits and meaty vulvas. So there is still hope.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Mxd, you made my day.

When I was on reddit semiregularly, a lot of guys were all "ewwwww labia are nasty and I don't like how big some girls' are."

And, I had never really noticed the variance in labia sizes (because I'm not attracted to girls so I don't tend to see a lot of them naked), but then I checked, and saw that mine are pretty big, and then I was all sad.

But then I realized that it was actually a good thing, because it's super-easy for me to stay lubricated during sex, and sex is super enjoyable, and if I had shorter labia maybe I would be annoyingly reliant on lube or something.

So I'm really glad to see that Mxd knows how the trend started so I can cast away that last little shred of feeling bad about my labia that I still hadn't shaken.

Thank you!
01/06/2012
Contributor: zeebot zeebot
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Originally posted by Mxd
YES, YES, YES, IT'S A (&*(*^*%*%^%t-ING TREND!!!

/Facepalm

It annoys me so much!

Just like how porn focuses on "ideal" penises, porn companies also focus on "ideal" vulvas. This usually means one that ... more
Yeah, this. It makes me super angry.
01/06/2012
Contributor: Mxd Mxd
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Originally posted by Antipova
Mxd, you made my day.

When I was on reddit semiregularly, a lot of guys were all "ewwwww labia are nasty and I don't like how big some girls' are."

And, I had never really noticed the variance in labia sizes (because ... more
Aww, thank you. No matter what someone's genitals look like there will always be people out there who are really into it. And I think we just need to teach everyone that their genitals are awesome and that if someone else doesn't like them they aren't worth having sex with. At all.

There is a documentary that comes on Current tv about it. And there might be another one or two around the net.

The documentary actually showed a woman in her early 20s getting it done under a LOCAL. A freaking local anesthetic. And her reason for it was to "not gross guys out, and have them look 'neat and tidy," and I want to barf just thinking about it. Also, she had to go back and get the stitches taken out: NO LOCAL. Holy fudge, how is having your crotch look a certain way worth it? Do you really think that any guy that cares that much about what your vulva looks like really likes you as a person. And what about when you have kids?

And it's really scary to that AUS has a comparatively low rate of. . . "designer penises" (for the sake of not derailing the thread). And yet we are seeing an increase in designer vulvas because of porn trying to skirt laws, or just presenting what one director likes or thinks will sell.

And if one more person says that genitals should look "neat and tidy" I will. . . I don't know what will happen, but it will likely involve incoherent screaming that defeats the point of trying to form a coherent argument later. Genitals are these amazing, often times drippy things that totally look different from person to person. And the sooner we learn to accept that the better.
01/06/2012
Contributor: Ghost Ghost
This is the reason I've had a doctor try to "sell me a new one". XD
No thanks. I'll take them long and lopsided.
01/06/2012
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
You should definitely watch The Perfect Vagina on Documentary Heaven. Vulvas come in so many shapes and sizes, long, lopsided, droopy, all folded up, straight, tiny, and so on - and honestly, as long as it is healthy, I think it's beautiful - whatever shape and size it is. I have never seen a healthy vulva that I thought was ugly.

I totally agree with Mxd. This is a silly fad that no one should be sucked into without actual medical need. Inner lips have a lot of nerve endings that can feel reallllly good when stimulated. It would be a shame to have those removed just in the name of looking "pretty"... when the standards for "pretty" might just completely change the next decade.

Viva la vulva!
01/06/2012
Contributor: ddd masturbator(bye all!) ddd masturbator(bye all!)
Quote:
Originally posted by Mxd
YES, YES, YES, IT'S A (&*(*^*%*%^%t-ING TREND!!!

/Facepalm

It annoys me so much!

Just like how porn focuses on "ideal" penises, porn companies also focus on "ideal" vulvas. This usually means one that ... more
I love that you have an informed and passionate response!!!

Good to know that not everyone supports plastic surgery for sexiness.
01/06/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
I agree ddd masturbator. I just love the passionate responses here. <3

I like to think of my vulva as a Georgia O'Keeffe painting between my legs.

01/06/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by MissCandyland
I agree ddd masturbator. I just love the passionate responses here. <3

I like to think of my vulva as a Georgia O'Keeffe painting between my legs.

I will need to find a slightly floppier painting But that's a beautiful one!
01/06/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Okay, I am a cross between these sweet peas and this petunia:


01/06/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
I would be fine with someone prefering one over the other. I guess it's like preferring circumcised or uncircumcised. And then there are people that don't care either way.
01/06/2012
Contributor: meezerosity meezerosity
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Originally posted by MissCandyland
I would be fine with someone prefering one over the other. I guess it's like preferring circumcised or uncircumcised. And then there are people that don't care either way.
Well said! Vulvas come in all shapes and sizes, just like people do in general. Having a personal preference is one thing but saying one is better than the other doesn't sit well with me at all.
01/06/2012
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
As a straight-ish guy, I kind of enjoy the anticipation of wondering what she's like down there. Aesthetically speaking, it really makes no difference to me which type she has, but the wonder...ya know?
01/06/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
I don't mind that some people have a preference - what I mind is that so many people feel they have to be a certain way in order to be beautiful.

I used to watch porn and think I was slightly deformed because my labia is very short on one side, while large and long enough on the other to protrude from between my outer lips slightly. Now I know that every woman is different, and that there's really nothing wrong with me.

Though truthfully, I might have the one side shortened a bit if I had the chance, but not to look more "tidy." It tends to rub against my panties and dry out, and sometimes even gets pinched as I walk, so it'd be more to increase comfort than anything else.
01/07/2012
Contributor: Chirple Chirple
It's a "trend" due to the idea that labia are obscene and to not show them to avoid legal problems and moral outrage.

Outrage about women's natural bodies being obscene, hooray.


It's as ridiculous as if they selected only male models with teeny-weeny testicles to be less "obscene".

Basically, prudes ruining women's self-esteem once again.
01/07/2012