I contacted the artist to ask if all of these vulvas were intact because I noticed some looked mutilated. She told me “Some are trans post op surgery.” I have a big problem with trans post ops being included in a “vulva diversity” video. Here’s why. 🧵
I contacted the artist to ask if all of these vulvas were intact because I noticed some looked mutilated. She told me “Some are trans post op surgery.” I have a big problem with trans post ops being included in a “vulva diversity” video. Here’s why. 🧵
The problem is most post op trans vulvas look like female genital mutilation. It is much harder to find post op photos today than in the past, but in 2019, I wrote a Quora post explaining how surgeons do a very poor job making these outcomes look like intact female vulvas.
@MediClit As a labour and delivery nurse I’ve seen every shape, size, color, ethnicity… and let me tell you NO TWO are alike… and everyone of these casts look ‘normal’ to me. 😎
@MediClit Looking at the video was really interesting. The intact/natural vulvas all look like floral structures. Irises and the like. The others look sad and stunted.
@MediClit I had my first period at 9yo. As my vulva developed, I was sure I was intersex because there was "too much" out of labia majora.