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Subject: Mon, 11/17,
Protest against Unregulated Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery in USA!
http://www.newviewcampaign.org/fgcs.asp
Research and Monitoring Needed for Female Genital
Cosmetic Surgery- NYC protest set for November 17, 2008, 12-2PM
New View Campaign demands
Government and Medical Associations Examine Effects of Unregulated Surgical
Procedures on Vagina and Labia marketed as “Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation,
Designer Vaginoplasty, G-Spot Amplification, Revirgination, or Cosmetic
Labiaplasty”
New York, NY_
Uncritical publicity about a new, unregulated, unmonitored, and untested
genital cosmetic surgery industry has left the public dangerously misinformed,
says the New View Campaign, a group opposed to the medicalization of women’s
sexuality. Women assume that the new surgeries are safe and effective at their
peril. “Surgeons make unsubstantiated claims about their procedures. Genital
cosmetic surgery franchising spreads misinformation. Professional
organizations, the FTC and the FDA are failing to protect women from harm.
Before-and-after photos on clinic websites depict procedures that would be
labeled ‘female genital mutilation’ in other parts of the world,” says group
spokesperson Leonore Tiefer, Ph.D. a New York psychologist.
“In September,
2007, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology issued a statement
claiming ‘it is deceptive to give the impression that [these procedures] are
accepted and routine’ and that ‘their safety and effectiveness have not been
documented’ yet the advertising and franchising of these procedures has
increased. We demand that the FTC limit the advertising activities of these
cowboy surgeons until independent research assures consumers that their genital
health is not being endangered.”
On November 17 the
New View Campaign will stage a protest outside a NYC cosmetic genital surgeon’s
office from 12-2PM. The specific location will be posted on http://newviewcampaign.org
on November 16. The group demands new regulations requiring that women
requesting these procedures receive adequate information about possible
scarring, chronic pain, obstetric risks, loss of genital sensation, reduced
erotic pleasure, and post-operative anxieties. It also calls for independent
post-procedure research to determine the extent of these adverse reactions.
Education must be
a larger part of the informed consent procedures for these surgeries, says Dr.
Tiefer and other group members. “Following centuries of sexual misinformation
and misogynist genital disgust, women requesting clitoral and labia reduction
surgeries need accurate information about the wide range of normal genital
configurations and measurements. Women inquiring about “G-Shots” must be told
of the scientific controversy surrounding the purported existence of the G-Spot
as well as informed of potential dangers.”
For further
information contact:
Leonore Tiefer,
PhD; Clin Assoc Prof., NYU School of Med 212-533-2774 [log in to unmask]
Lisa Rubin, PhD,
Asst Prof Psychol, New School for Socal Rsch, [log in to unmask]
Rachel Liebert,
MA, PhD student, CUNY Grad Ctr, [log in to unmask],
917 882 7384.
Michelle Leve, MA
Program in Psychology, New School , [log in to unmask],
646-522-0816
Rebecca Chalker,
Adjunct Prof Gender Studies Pace University 212-722-3536 [log in to unmask]
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