Why is genitalia so ugly

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Are all dick pics doomed to inspire zero lust? Harriet, Penises are not particularly visually appealing. They are veiny, knobbly and generally quite weird. Some are nicer than others, but most are fairly unpleasant to look at.

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Laura, 1. But it is often considered to be unpleasant, embarrassing, fearful and even painful by a lot of women. These are probably some of the reasons why so many women are skipping smear tests — with millions of British women failing to attend their screenings every year.

This development could help to break some of the societal shame that surrounds the female anatomy and could even lead to a decline in the number of women getting diagnosed with cervical cancer. It is the most common cancer among young women , and is thought to be on the rise due to the number of women missing their smear appointments where early signs of pre-cancerous cells can often be found and treated. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

The media has set some extremely odd rules for genitalia. Think about the Free the Nipple campaign, does censorship socially classify the female nipple as a genital?

Censoring something manufactures a taboo, the consideration of nips and tips as private property has cursed private areas. We must conceal areas of our body as they are grotesque and inappropriate…and yet Donald Trump is allowed to keep his face on display. Pop culture is increasingly placing sex on a pedestal, encouraging sexual expression and exploration, and yet leaving genitalia behind.

It sounds as if her vagina is some sort of horrendous advent calendar do not try at home. Almost the entire female body is sexualised, but the vagina is frequently abhorred and heavily censored. There is a growing movement working to destigmatize the vagina, fighting its depiction as dirty or even weirdly ethereal.

Artists such as Megumi Igarashi make a statement fighting against the unfair treatment the vagina receives, aiming to treat it as any other body part is.