Comments on: Challenging the Idea that Women’s Vaginas and Vulvas Need Cosmetic “Correction”

By: Derek Dujardin

Derek Dujardin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:02:30 +0000

Thanks so much for linking to this piece. I’m the writer and co-founder of the MENding Monologues. I’m Derek Dujardin. If you’re interested a recent commentary I’ve wrote about how it feels to be man and to be sexually harassed, checkout: http://www.vday.org/meet-vday/v-men/dujardin. I”m also blogging weekly at vday4men.wordpress.com if you want to say up to date on other gender related issues and humor. Thanks.

By: Bradley (Dr. Vaginski)

Bradley (Dr. Vaginski) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:29:54 +0000

I am the actor and co writer of the “Dr Vaginski” piece in the MENding Monologues and I am delighted that it is reaching out to people. The whole idea of this peace is for everyone to accept themselves the way they are. I feel that our culture has a high rate of anamorphic disorder in both men and women and it needs to change. I will never look like the Hulk nor do I want too. Life is short and I love myself and my mate as we are, which allows time for the real gifts in life to be explored. I think that the USA has self imposed limits on what we as a culture are willing to explore and our media is too fear based. Travel outside the US and see other realities outside our own and one will see that we all are the same in so many ways. Our uniqueness is the only thing that sets us apart from the rest, embrace it, love it, and share it with pride. This pride will radiate to others and overcome any insecurity that you or those around you have, making us all strong and free.

By: pixie

pixie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:24:45 +0000

This sounds weird, but stick with me for a minute: this is the exact reason I am opposed to male circumcision. To me, it is very much a feminist viewpoint. It’s about teaching that normal and natural are, not only just fine, but preferred. In our society, where there’s ever more pressure on women to conform to some “ideal,” making anyone or any one body part “conform” just reinforces the insecurities. “Why can’t you be thinner/less hairy/have different hair? At least it doesn’t involve removing a chunk from your genitalia!” Not to mention, if men were put through penile surgery as infants, shouldn’t women have something happen to their bodies, too?

Sheesh…

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:58:54 +0000

Thanks for linking to me! Oh, yeah, I have a lot to say on this subject. I am president of the student ob/gyn association at our med school, and I am fighting one of the other members who wants to invite a speaker back who was oh-so popular two years ago. He is a vaginal cosmetic surgeon. He talked about how great it is for his patients’ self esteem to fix what’s so ugly about them, vaginally.

I am glad I stumbled across the MENding Dialogues. When I was putting up posters for the Vagina Monologues last year, I got into an argument with a self appointed men’s rights activist who, at first, wanted to know why there were no Penis Dialogues and thought that made this automatically a sexist production, and then wanted to discuss, in detail, any rape sequences from the production. Now i can just direct such people (who have found other members our women’s group at the med school who are involved) to the MENding Dialogues and tell them to put it on to support us.