Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
You have GOT to be kidding me
Ann at Feministing brings news of the “latest” trend in plastic surgery Nigerian Letter Scams. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce…T3h G-Sh0t!!!111!!111!!1!!!1!!1!
Ann aptly describes the procedure as “what you get when you cross labiaplasty with the myth of the vaginal-only orgasm” - a myth that anyone with a basic understanding of reproductive biology - particularly the *gasp* evolutionary factors involved - could debunk in a heartbeat. And if that isn’t enough to set one’s misogyny radar blinking red, there is apparently a long list of increasingly nasty-sounding side effects, including “urethral injury,” “hematuria,” “local tissue infarction and necrosis,” “possible hospitalization for treatment of complications,” “lidocaine toxicity,” “reactions to medications including anaphylaxis” and “allergy to collagen material.” Not to mention “serious injury” or “other risks or complications.” (Such as death, maybe?) Makes me wonder why any woman in her right mind would want to do it. Seems like high-tech genital mutilation to me. Logic would dictate that the mere existence of this sort of procedure should set off all the right-wing strawfeminists who are constantly crusading against female genital mutilation in the Muslim world. Oh, wait. That’s right. This procedure is aimed at “good Christian women” seeking desparately to provide sufficient non-faking satisfaction for their Commanders, and thus is okay in the wingnut mind.
