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The dangerous rise of vaginal lightening

Fiction

Fiction

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I remember years ago on the other board someone made a comment about brown nipples being gross and I was so confused...then I noticed all the girls in porn have pink nipples.

I hate to say I've been slightly self conscious of it since.
 
CatAssTrophy

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I hope, if I ever get into a relationship with a girl that feels the need to do these things, that I'm able to effectively and respectfully communicate to her that I don't need her vagina to be bleached and that I accept it as is. It makes me sad to hear that societal pressures and pop culture etc are making women feel like they need to do this.

Fiction said:
I remember years ago on the other board someone made a comment about brown nipples being gross and I was so confused...then I noticed all the girls in porn have pink nipples.

I hate to say I've been slightly self conscious of it since.
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Brown nipples are awesome. Fuck that noise.
 
rubidium

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Nude_Tayne said:
I misread this as "vaginal lighting". I was like..........what?
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Same here lol.

TrailerParkRanger said:
I thought this was a typo and wondered what in Asgard "vaginal lightning" was. But yes, lightening your skin in the name of vanity is dumb. But, cis hetero western beauty standards are to blame.
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PaJeppy said:
Oh man, I missed the E and thought it said lightning. I was very intrigued!

But yea, didn't realise this was a thing. Doesn't surprise me though. It's sad and understandable :(
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Cow Mengde said:
I was expecting a thread about girls shooting lightning out of their vaginas. Suffice it to say, I'm disappointed after reading the article.
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Also this.
 
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Zelda

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There's dick lightening too, super popular in Thailand and other parts of east Asia.
 
higemaru

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IggyChooChoo said:
Did anyone else ever read Mario Puzo's The Godfather? It has a whole subplot about a woman with a loose vagina that a Corleone-affiliated abortion doctor gets tightened, and it turns her whole life around. Coppola was a fool not to include that in his tepid, anemic adaptation. Really makes you think.

Edit: misread "lightening" as "tightening." My point still stands.
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Here here
 
TheBeardedOne

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It really is scary and disturbing what people will do for 'beauty.' This feels so unnecessary.

Nothing will make a vagina pleasing to look at imo. He says, as a straight guy.
 

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The general aesthetic presented in mainstream pornography is so damaging to girls and young women. It takes time to realize that life is better once you stop caring about what men think of you or even what the media tells you they may want. All the more reason to tear down the patriarchy.
 
SageShinigami

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What? Yo leave your vagina alone, it's fine the way it is. ><

And these procedures shouldn't even be offered. Instead we should be finding ways to reinforce positive body image ideas and self love.
 
Vilix

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Vonnegut said:
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*shutters* 😬
 
finalflame

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What the heck? The puffier darker ones are the best. This seems so misguided.
 
Boddy

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These beauty standards are insane.
We will need to get the message across that porn is nothing like real life.
 

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Men repeat porn has no impact, as women get weird looks for not looking like (photoshopped) porn actresses and get pressured into unsafe sex practices that have become the new "normal" (read: anal).

Saying "women are dumb" for beauty standards is kinda missing the point. When guys freak out because "ewww why is the vagina so dark", she'll eventually internalize that, you know?

Add to this the *abyssmal* sex ed in "some" countries... it's often difficult to even know what's normal.
 
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Bramblebutt

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Vonnegut said:
I don't really see it as an issue if somebody wants to have this done.

People get nose jobs, boob jobs, Botox, laser hair removal (I'm a fan), LASIK eye surgery, liposuction, circumcision, lip fillers, hair plugs, fake tans, real tans (cancer risk), and so on.

Every procedure has risks.

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It's a bit of a stretch to bundle laser eye correction with boob jobs.
 
big_z

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I read this as vaginal lightning and was excited to see the mystery inside.

Now that its just anal bleaching off shoot I could care less. Ive never seen a vag and thought man that would be nicer if it was lighter but if having the whitest holes possible is your thing all the power to you.... honestly looking at my anus the other week I noticed its a little more colored that need be. are there at home kits?
 
Elandyll

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What happened to the good old days when people knew porn was just pure fantasy and not life, nor should it be?
 

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Fiction said:
I remember years ago on the other board someone made a comment about brown nipples being gross and I was so confused...then I noticed all the girls in porn have pink nipples.

I hate to say I've been slightly self conscious of it since.
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Meh. We're told all our lives what men prefer women's bodies to have. I just block it all out now. Haven't exactly hit the hairy legs phase but the only opinion regarding my appearance I care about is my own.
 
Ragnar

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CatAssTrophy said:
I hope, if I ever get into a relationship with a girl that feels the need to do these things, that I'm able to effectively and respectfully communicate to her that I don't need her vagina to be bleached and that I accept it as is. It makes me sad to hear that societal pressures and pop culture etc are making women feel like they need to do this.
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What you need to do is to accept that your acceptance is most likely not the solution, nor the centre of your partner's troubles. You can convince them 100% that you believe that they're beautiful, but then there's the entire rest of the world, its societal beauty standards, and all the people in it. So they will still feel ugly and inadequate. Obviously it's important that your partner knows that you find them beautiful, but it's also useful to keep in mind that this is, if not a drop in the ocean, then one part of a larger issue which will perpetuate their insecurities. Our opinions on their appearance rarely weigh as heavy as we (or they) would like, and it is not a panacea.
 
Donos

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Ragnar said:
What you need to do is to accept that your acceptance is most likely not the solution, nor the centre of your partner's troubles. You can convince them 100% that you believe that they're beautiful, but then there's the entire rest of the world, its societal beauty standards, and all the people in it. So they will still feel ugly and inadequate. Obviously it's important that your partner knows that you find them beautiful, but it's also useful to keep in mind that this is, if not a drop in the ocean, then one part of a larger issue which will perpetuate their insecurities. Our opinions on their appearance rarely weigh as heavy as we (or they) would like, and it is not a panacea.
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You are probably right but i some cases the partner is the problem and not society, see the last sentence in the op excerpt:
In addition to the hundreds of emails she gets from people who come across her videos, she regularly does consultations with women in their 20s and 30s, who she says often come in after being shamed by their partners.
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Fliesen

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It's curious how much some people care about the intricate optics of their sexual organs.

Like, if i go down on a woman, it's not like i see very much of her vagina to begin with, and once the actual intercourse starts, there's much more pleasing / interesting things to look at.

Like - i've been with my girlfriend for 10 years and i couldn't, for the life of me, draw a police sketch of her vulva / vagina.

So it's rather baffling that people / women feel the need to "prettify" their business beyond finding a genital hair style they like.
 
Ragnar

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Donos said:
You are probably right but i some cases the partner is the problem and not society, see the last sentence in the op excerpt:
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Definitely. What I mean is that an insensitive partner can ruin most people's confidence completely, while a sensitive and supporting partner often cannot achieve the opposite extreme, because they have the entire world's shitty opinions to contend with. Which is not to say that we should ever try to be anything less than 100% supporting and accepting.
 
HyperFerret

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Incels believe that the darker you labia is, the more you've slept around. It doesn't make sense, but it's disheartening to see people bleaching their vagina anyway.
 

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Damn, how can you even tell? Maybe folks are having sex in better lit places these days but back when I was single 95% of my intimate encounters were with the lights down low :P Of course that was also before the widespread "baby smooth" look caught on which probably exacerbates the issue.
 
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Ragnar said:
What you need to do is to accept that your acceptance is most likely not the solution, nor the centre of your partner's troubles. You can convince them 100% that you believe that they're beautiful, but then there's the entire rest of the world, its societal beauty standards, and all the people in it. So they will still feel ugly and inadequate. Obviously it's important that your partner knows that you find them beautiful, but it's also useful to keep in mind that this is, if not a drop in the ocean, then one part of a larger issue which will perpetuate their insecurities. Our opinions on their appearance rarely weigh as heavy as we (or they) would like, and it is not a panacea.
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This is very insightful and makes sense. Thank you for the perspective. I'll keep this in mind.
 

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I've previously seen a lot of people (not necessarily here) claiming other types of cosmetic surgeries are part of female empowerment, this doesn't seem any different from a boob job or something.
 
Ragnar

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CatAssTrophy said:
This is very insightful and makes sense. Thank you for the perspective. I'll keep this in mind.
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No problem. I hope it didn't come off as too much of a downer. It's just a way to ensure that you won't get too frustrated and disappointed when you possibly realize that your support and acceptance doesn't seem to solve the problem. Lord knows I've been in that situation. It's not on your shoulders to solve it; all you can do is be a good person.
 
HyGogg

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I don't understand this at all, but I know women who worry about this. I don't get it. I really feel like this is just porn giving women a complex. I've never met a man who is turned off by a little extra melanin under a girl's panties.

All skin tones are beautiful. This cannot be repeated enough. Fuck colorism so much.
 
Dook's Revenge

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Some people prefer bubble gum; others prefer Charleston Chew. As with any other feature, it's ok to have a preference, but no one should feel pressured to bleach their bits or butthole. Be nice to assholes!
 
Richietto

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If someone is self conscious about themselves and wants to make a change let them. Don't see much difference in this and other plastic surgeries. The women saying they were shamed by their partners is fucked up, though. Get out of that relationship if your partner wants to point out how imperfect your vagina is. That's fucked up.
 
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