Coincidence? Hmmm
Some female readers may be thinking that "These are men's magazines. I do not read them, nor do I view porn. Why would I and other non-pornography-seeing girls be affected by this?" Studies have shown that most frequent consumers of pornography are truly men and 1 out of 3 visitors to all adult sites are women.
So how can porn impact girls who don't see porn often?
Whether it is in a magazine or online, "Soft-core porn" can be as simple as the nude Playboy model above (presumably supposed to titillate men).
If this can be essentially girls' only exposure to nudity, then it really is only natural that they'll inevitably compare themselves to these unclothed models (and consequently, they will reason their vulva is unusual). With regard to their own genitals, the message they will get is that they need to shave their pubes and get labiaplasty. Otherwise they'll not be regular, nor will they be sexually desirable to guys.

They have been as unique as an individual's face. The Museum of Sex currently has a large display entitled "The Sex Lives of Animals," which includes a section about animal genitalia. I found this quote which exemplifies my point: There is not any one right' shape for a member or for a vulvaamong people and throughout the animal kingom. Few, if any, structures show more variation than the genitals.
As Learn About Young Naturists in Naturism Today have found, the present craze for pubic hair is to go totally bare. Naturally, porn is often viewed as the driving force behind this tendency. The total lack of pubic hair now is also mentioned as contributing factor in the recent labiaplasty tendency. Since naked vulvas are so common in mainstream pornography, it enables producers of porn to show even more genital detail and to make the labia that much more observable.
In 2011 some British feminists staged "The Muff March." Present study, only 17-18-year results data were assessed. was a protest against the negative influences of porn which make women want to shave their pubes and / or get vaginal cosmetic surgery. This post about the protest states that from 2007 to 2008 labiaplasty surgeries grown by 70% in the UK.
Sex Education
Some individuals are not too quick to pin the blame solely on pornography. Some consider that the problem originates directly from sex education - or lack thereof.
In a Huffpost Live section entitled Designer Vaginas, sex-positive teacher Carlin Ross says:
The number one problem, internationally, with guys and women, girls and boys, is genital pity. And I feel it's because we do not teach that there is a variety of genital styleseveryone is distinct and exceptional..You can see members in pop culture but when do you see a woman kind of unfold open? You don'tas much as from an educational perspective, at what point does a young girl see 10 or 12 images of a range of what a vulva can seem like? the average vulva has dangling inner lips.
Right! A typical sex-ed course in America will reveal girls a simple (medical journal kind) instance of a vulva. It'll have the names of the various parts, but that's it. That is all I saw in my 6th grade sex-ed course. If I hadn't grown up as a naturist, I Had have no idea what the average vulva or penis looks like.
Ross, jointly with famous sexologist Betty Dodson, runs a sex-ed site, dodsonandross.com. Top 15 Oddest or Most Awkward Unclothed Stock Images and Funny Bare Pics felt this way because she'd no other visual reference of what the typical vulva looks like.
Sex-positive activists like Dodson and Ross, Laci Green and others supply some amazing online resources and information on sex and sexuality. But how about sex-ed in American schools? Are teachers moving beyond textbook examples and minimal advice?