A UK cosmetic surgeon is claiming that there has been an increase in heterosexual couples signing up for ‘genital matchmaking services’ that involves one person getting a penis enlargement and the other vaginal tightening or ‘rejuvenation’ in order to create a supposed ‘perfect fit’ for sex.
Dr Lucy Glancey told the Daily Mail that the service involves using filler in the penis to increase the girth, while people with vagina’s can either have nonsurgical vaginal tightening or surgical labiaplasty.
‘Couples now are more educated about what makes them enjoy their sex life even more and one of the things they seek is that perfect fit, like a glove on your hand or a key in a keyhole,’ she said. ‘If right from the beginning the problem is in the penis girth then using filler in the man or using the patient's own fat can give a significant improvement. Later on in life after childbirth the female partner might wish to have vaginal tightening.’
While this might seem like yet another cosmetic surgery fad that one would hope doesn’t take off, Dr. Glancey’s experiences with women interested in the treatment show a much bigger problem than supposedly ill-fitting genitals.
'I often hear comments from my female patients they are embarrassed by the noise they sometimes produce during intercourse which is due to air getting in between the penis and vagina when they don't fit so well,’ she said. ‘Or their husband prefers to have anal sex with them because there is a better fit there which upsets them.
It seems then, this is a problem of women feeling too much pressure to be perfect during sex and ultimately, they’re turning to cosmetic surgery rather than looking inward. Because, if your sexual partner isn’t making you feel comfortable enough that you can’t queef during sex without sheer embarrassment, or is encouraging you to have anal sex when you would rather not it isn’t a problem with your body, it’s a problem with your partner.
If 75% of women don't orgasm from penetration, vaginal tightening certainly isn’t benefiting them.
When you think about what this ‘service’ really involves, it’s all about catering to men. Labiaplasty and vaginal tightening? We know that having longer or protruding labia doesn’t effect orgasm for women in the most part, and when 75% of women can’t orgasm from penetration, vaginal tightening certainly isn’t benefiting them.
In fact, Dr. Glancey goes on to say that the friction introduced by ‘well-fitting genitals’ is proven to improve sexual pleasure with orgasm ‘ultimately depending on the degree of friction produced during intercourse' for both partners’. Frankly, we’d like to see that research, because is only 25% of women can orgasm from penetration, the majority of us aren’t reaching climax whether there’s more friction or not. Who is though? Men.
We’re all for doing what you can to achieve a better sex life, but when it comes to altering your body for the pursuit of a supposedly perfect vagina in the eyes of a man? No thanks.
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