Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University.
Department of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University.
J Sex Res. 2022 Nov-Dec;59(9):1163-1174. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2050667. Epub 2022 Mar 18.
Labiaplasty is an increasingly common form of cosmetic surgery involving the removal of portions of the labia minora to achieve a smaller, more symmetrical labial appearance. Labiaplasty is inextricably linked to the colonial medicalization of Black women's labia, necessitating examination of labiaplasty and race in concert. Participants ( = 4351, = 26.58; = 8.89) were shown 12 randomized images of White and Black female genitalia - unaware that they were "before and after" images of labiaplasty procedures - and evaluated them on their alignment with societal ideals, personal ideals, perceived normalcy, and disgustingness. As hypothesized, postoperative labia were rated as more normal, more societally ideal, and more personally ideal than their preoperative counterparts; preoperative labia were rated as more disgusting than postoperative labia. Preoperative Black labia were perceived as more normal, more societally ideal, and more personally ideal, as well as less disgusting, than preoperative White labia. Postoperative White labia were perceived as more normal, more societally and personally ideal, and less disgusting than postoperative Black labia. Gender trends were inconclusive. Our findings point to the need for greater examination of how White bodily ideals shape evaluations of bodies, and for greater historical contextualization in research on labiaplasty.
阴唇整形术是一种越来越常见的整形手术，涉及切除部分小阴唇，以达到更小、更对称的阴唇外观。阴唇整形术与黑人女性阴唇的殖民医学化密不可分，因此需要同时检查阴唇整形术和种族问题。参与者（=4351，=26.58；=8.89）观看了 12 张随机的白人女性和黑人女性生殖器图像——他们不知道这些图像是阴唇整形手术的“前后”对比——并根据这些图像与社会理想、个人理想、正常感知和令人反感程度对其进行评估。正如假设的那样，术后阴唇被认为比术前阴唇更正常、更符合社会理想、更符合个人理想；术前阴唇被认为比术后阴唇更令人反感。术前黑人小阴唇被认为比术前白人小阴唇更正常、更符合社会和个人理想，也不那么令人反感。术后白人小阴唇被认为比术后黑人小阴唇更正常、更符合社会和个人理想，也不那么令人反感。性别趋势不明确。我们的研究结果表明，需要进一步研究白人身体理想如何影响对身体的评价，以及在阴唇整形术研究中需要更多的历史背景。
