Change classification guidelines!
Change classification guidelines!
The Issue
Labiaplasty has become a recent trend in cosmetic surgery and an increasing number of women want their labia to be reduced, even if they are of normal size and appearance. This is something like money machine for private surgeons: exploiting female doubts about their bodies by selling them surgeries they don't need. Instead of restricting such a practice, the government is actively reinforcing the practice in the name of morals an decency. As it turns out, the National Classification Board of Australia has a guideline which says that depictions of the female labia "should be very discreet." In practice, magazines and other media that depict nudity and want to be publicly available will photoshop the labia away, making it look very smooth and clean.
Or, as Brad Boxall, publisher of ACP Extra, which publishes "The Picture" and "People" put it:
These will be the only depictions of the female genitalia most young girls get in contact with. In the name of morality, these women and girls are directly tricked to alter their genitalia to a more "normal" look. Have a look here for more information:
http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/why-australian-law-demands-all-vaginas-be-digitally-altered-nsfw/
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hungrybeast/node/1428/index.html

The Issue
Labiaplasty has become a recent trend in cosmetic surgery and an increasing number of women want their labia to be reduced, even if they are of normal size and appearance. This is something like money machine for private surgeons: exploiting female doubts about their bodies by selling them surgeries they don't need. Instead of restricting such a practice, the government is actively reinforcing the practice in the name of morals an decency. As it turns out, the National Classification Board of Australia has a guideline which says that depictions of the female labia "should be very discreet." In practice, magazines and other media that depict nudity and want to be publicly available will photoshop the labia away, making it look very smooth and clean.
Or, as Brad Boxall, publisher of ACP Extra, which publishes "The Picture" and "People" put it:
These will be the only depictions of the female genitalia most young girls get in contact with. In the name of morality, these women and girls are directly tricked to alter their genitalia to a more "normal" look. Have a look here for more information:
http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/why-australian-law-demands-all-vaginas-be-digitally-altered-nsfw/
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hungrybeast/node/1428/index.html

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Petition created on February 13, 2013