Facebook Anti Labiaplasty Group -Pointed out by Jessica

I joined the group!
Hope more people will join.

Shawna,

Surely by now you know that "what you resist persists. . .", as quoted by Carl Yung.

You can't make something go away by fighting against it.

Mother Theresa knew this as well. . .she said:

"I'll never attend an Anti-War rally, but if you invite me to a Peace Rally, I'll be there."

I hope I make sense. . .

That said, instead of participating in an "Anti Labia-Plasty" group, why not become more of a contributor on THIS site, which supports women with large labia, and the man who love them?

I totally understand what your intention is, and I know that you only have good intentions, but an Anti-Labiaplasty group will just give more energy to that which we desire to rid ourselves of.

- Eric

Eric,
The anti labiaplasty group is not about war. It is about letting women know that large labia are desirable and labiaplasty is unnecessary and even damaging.
It is about revealing the damage that media and labiaplastists have done to women with their lies.
And of course Shawna and another member of that group have encouraged people to visit this Website as well.  
While labiaplastists get that much coverage in the media, it is necessary that at least a group (unfortunately small right now) try to get their voices out there too.

Eric, I like to think I participate more than enough on this site but my concern is that it took me 19 years to find this website. Facebook is a more popular networking site which makes it more likely for younger insecure girls to see it and join and I posted the link for this site all over the group so In the end it just makes this group that much more popular and noticed. I have already gotten a few really good friends to join that group. Most of which are guys.  

And Jessica is very right, the anti-labia group gives alot of information and I think that together, sexylabia and anti-labiaplasty could join together and help alot of people feel comfortable with their bodies.

Well,

You ladies know where I stand on the topic of "anti" whatever.

I will continue to show support for you ladies, and for this site, but I have to apologize as I can't participate in something that is "anti" anything. =0)

Still luv ya though, and I hope the feeling is still mutual for me too!

- Eric

You seem a little hung up on the title of the group Eric, of which you are misinformed, the group is called Love The Lips, Anti-Labiaplasty group, with emphasis on the love part, the anti-labiaplasty bit's there to avoid confusion with the face, as well as describing my sentiments towards it  
   Jessica summed up exactly the sentiment of the group which is there simply to provide information countering the current trend that there's something wrong with a large labia. Which sometimes includes passionately disputing certain claims, It's simply about common sense. Thanx for leaving the links up despite your aversion. I hope people continue to follow the link from the group to this page, it is good reference.  Cheers  
     Paul, (from Love The Lips)

Slightly off topic here, but whilst we are getting "political" I thought I'd raise the subject of female genital mutilation, which I feel very angry about, I'm enraged that this sort of thing still goes on, including in the West, it is illegal here in Britain, but is still practised on over 2000 British Somali muslim girls a year, and the police are too scared to do anything about it.
I think there should be a big public campaign against it, meanwhile, here are some newspaper articles on the subject, and a link to Waris Dirie's anti fgm group - Waris is an ex supermodel and James Bond girl who campaigns against it ;
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-fails-to-halt-female-
genital-mutilation-1845731.html

www.globalpost.com/dispatch/iraq/100617/female-genital-mutilation-
iraq-kurdistan

www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/25/female-circumcision-children-
british-law

tessera2009.blogspot.com/2010/07/female-genital-mutilation-in-britain.html


www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/

Hot off the press ! the British Government is planning to tighten up the law on Female Genital Mutilation - a draft document has been brought out to which more details will be added - www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/contents - I'd urge everyone to publicise this and make representations to both tighten up the Act - and more importantly to enforce it so that it is not just empty words.

Here is a debate that people on this forum may be interested in, it is on the Richard Dawkins Foundation site  (richarddawkins.net/discussions/608008-why-are-most-religions-anti-sexual) and covers relieous approach to sexuality, additionally, comment 46 by "Dirty Kuffar" has started to talk about female genital mutilation and labioplasty, so you luscious ladies and labia & clitoris lovers may want to get out there and get your point of view in !

More fresh news from Britain ; a new anti female genital mutilation group has been set up ; www.genitalautonomy.eu/#/fgm/4543432621
it has been founded by Doctors,social workers etc and if you look at their home page, they are organising a conferance on Aug 31/Sept 1, aswell as providing other links.

Here is some more news from the UK - a debate has just started up on the influential (many journalists read it) Richard Dawkins site - it is about Female Genital  Mutilation, and there are some pretty strong comments, including from the good professor himself - feel free to join in the debate ; richarddawkins.net/articles/609557-anti-mutilation-drive-at-risk

Another anti-fgm group people may want to check out is the UK based "Forward" - here is the link; www.forwarduk.org.uk/key-issues/fgm

One group formed in the UK quite recently by medical professionals to campaign against fgm etc is the Secular Medical Forum, here is the link ;
www.secularmedicalforum.org.uk/index.php?subject=rsc

PS: a new article on FGM just out today ; www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/15/female-genital-mutilation-midwife-kenya

Antony,  
I don't know what's happening to your country...Conservative muslims practicing sharia law in Britain and getting the government on their side! British people need to wake up!

Following on from the newspaper report above, here is the documentary about FGM in Kenya - forward it to all the sites & blogs you know - the more noise we can all make about it, the sooner this barbarity will be stamped out.
www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/apr/18/female-genital-mutilation-video

Anthony, thanks for providing us with these links. What a brave girl in that documentary!

Jessica & Labi - thank you for your comments, I'm also exasperated as to what is happening to the UK and its slow surrender to islamists. What has happened over the years is that a norm of "cultural relativism" - the dogma that all cultural/religious forms have equal value has taken hold, as if FMG is somehow civilised and democratic !, coupled with a fear of criticising islam for fear of being called islamophobic,racist fascist etc.  
More ordinary people at a grassroots level are waking up to this and becoming increasingly frustrated and angry, but there seems to be a gulf between the political elite and the public - I can see tough times ahead.
By the way, I believe in secular, democratic values and definately do not agree with racism etc, I have dated and socialized with Indian,black,Chinese etc ladies and have very fond memories of them !
In Britain,FGM has been illegal for 25 years and not a single prosecution has been brought, despite the practise being widespread amongst Somali muslims in the UK, due to the police etc being scared of being called islamophobic etc - I'd suggest that the real racism is from those who think that the poor Somali girls who have fgm inflicted on them should not enjoy the same protection and rights as white girls !
Grrr...rant over !

Here are some more fgm info links you can all forward to other sites & blogs, friends etc
World Health Organisation
www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/

Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project:
www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php

UNICEF
www.unicef.org/protection/index_genitalmutilation.html

Amnesty International
www.amnestyusa.org/page.do?id=1108439