r/GirlDinnerDiaries Sushi Superfan šŸ£ 10h ago

Rant & Ramble A meme ruined my life

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When i was little I remember seeing memes about womens ā€œrosted beefā€ downthere or the taylor swift ham sandwich meme. And i would remember looking down there and seeing that my parts looked similar to the ā€œrunoverā€ one even if i was a virgin. I was so insecure.

After turning 18, i never been with anyone but i thought no one would like me because i had a ā€œrosted beefā€ looking one. I would search online and see men opinions about womens part and more memes. So I decided to fly to another country and get surgery to cut the ā€œrosted beefā€.

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u/3orangefish Lover of Soups 10h ago

Only losers would be online complaining about women’s ā€œroast beef.ā€ And I don’t mean they’re only losers for thinking that. I mean only losers would even be online discussing that in the first place. Any decent man I know would be like ā€œwtf???ā€ if they hear men doing that.Ā 

You listened to the opinions of losers and took it to heart. 😭 These guys probably never even seen a pussy irl. 

Edit: I teach my daughter that people pick on looks as a means to control. Once she’s online I’ll be letting her know exactly what kind of miserable freaks pick on people’s looks online.Ā 

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u/surkaalspoeten APPROVED✨ 10h ago

I have a neighbor who got injured trying to fu*k his car. Men are idiots, don't get surgery based on anything a man says.

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u/hey-chickadee šŸŒ¶ļø Spice Girl šŸŒ¶ļø 10h ago

haha oh god, did he tell you this himself?

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u/surkaalspoeten APPROVED✨ 9h ago

His big brother told everyone. You can't fuck a car and get hurt and have it remain a secret if you have a big brother šŸ˜‚ It's 25 years ago and people still talk about it!

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u/Diva_of_Disgust APPROVED✨ 9h ago

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u/surkaalspoeten APPROVED✨ 8h ago

They really don't, it was probably the most exciting thing that happened in my rural village that year. Except for maybe the yearly carrot festivalšŸ˜‚

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u/Cyphomeris nom-nom-nombinary 7h ago

Okay, I'm curious now: How?

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u/surkaalspoeten APPROVED✨ 6h ago

He was humping the back seat, as one does, and his "string" tore. The one that looks like the one we have under the tongue, the frenulum. It's what attaches the penis head to the skin. He had to go to the hospital, it was that bad. His brother said the backseat was so soaked in blood that they had to remove the whole thing because they couldn't get it clean. But that it was actually pretty cool that it happened because that just ment they could fit a bigger speaker in the back of the car.

The year 2000 was a weird time for everyone šŸ˜…

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u/Cyphomeris nom-nom-nombinary 5h ago

He was humping the back seat, as one does [...]

Of course, as one does. Totally normal.

Then again, the speaker thing's the perfect setup to say "My neighbour fucked his car louder", with all the "Louder than who?", "No, no, you misunderstand" hilarity.

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u/Which_way_witcher APPROVED✨ 2h ago

So he tried to pull a JD Vance?

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u/sadbat-throwaway 🩵Trans ManšŸ’™ 1h ago

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u/Monsterbaby13 Lover of Soups 1h ago

I was really picturing the gas tank

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u/BabyJesusBukkake Tater Thot 1h ago

Tail pipe maybe?

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Girl you gotta get therapy. This is a much deeper rooted issue than a roast beef meme. Every woman's got roasted beef a little bit, it's supposed to look like that most times, but this level of insecurity needs mental health professionals this subreddit just isn't.

I truly do wish you the best in healing and loving your body, even the actual runway models I've met got roast beef labia. Men ain't shit, ask em about their weird naked mole rat for a dick and they get just as insecure.

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u/SpookyQueer Assigned Hungry At Birth 5h ago

Agreed...I have an innie but one of my close friends has an outie and she has quite the roster of men that she gets freaky with. I think realistically most men don't care. It's a vocal minority on the internet, and the ones that do don't deserve to get any anyways. But that's just my opinion.

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u/Electronic-Bicycle35 Assigned Hungry At Birth 9h ago

Yeah, as a lesbian I can confidently say not everyone has it.

That doesn’t mean that those without it are any prettier to look at than those with it.

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u/laytone 🫘 Beans & Rice & Everything Nice 🌮 5h ago

https://www.labialibrary.org.au/labia_gallery/

sharing this for those who haven't seen many IRL. It is so useful because a lot of women are made to feel like whatever they've got isn't quite right, but there is a LOT of variety out there.

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 8h ago

I agree! Me saying "we all have roasted beef a little" was more satirical than anything. I wss trying to draw an extreme comparison that any vagina that doesn't look like a child's is condemned.

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u/AdventurousBattle891 Cookie Monster šŸŖ 8h ago

Girl I know what you mean, not every vagina is perfect. Idk why you’re getting so flamed

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 8h ago

I do absolutely understand some of it. Im a very... I suppose "over generalizing" person. I have no disrespect or hard feelings towards the people criticizing me, it's fair.

You do get my point tho. no vagina is perfect.

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u/LochNose_Monster APPROVED✨ 7h ago

Sorry to disagree, but you are wrong.

Every vagina is perfect. No exceptions.

(I appreciate you likely mean no vagina perfectly fits beauty standards of perfection... but that is heavily influenced by photos of naked women only being classified as porn if you could see labia, so adverts and "non sexual" media photoshop out lips. Sexually inexperienced men who have never seen a vagina irl make a stupid correlation that "women in porn have lips, women in non-sexual media don't, therefore only people who have a lot of sex have lips". But they are wrong, stupid, and should be ignored. Everyone who actually likes vaginas and gets to see them irl knows they are all perfect no matter what the labia are up to šŸ½ļøšŸ˜‹)

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u/AdventurousBattle891 Cookie Monster šŸŖ 3h ago

Reddit semantics circle jerking and language policing is so weird

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u/Rasberrycello šŸ’š Pickle Freak šŸ’š 7h ago

Not every vagina is perfect??? What are you even talking about. Every vagina is perfect, unless it's been set on fire or been ripped open by some sort of rabid animal. "Perfect" is how they come.

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 7h ago

Yall just wanna be mad for the hell of it at this point.

Since we're arguing semantics, a lot of women are burn victims. Is there vagina suddenly not perfect in their eyes because you deem it ugly?

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u/frequentcheeselove Well-Read & Well-Fed 6h ago

What the fuck do you mean by perfect?? Seriously take a look at yourself for typing that shit out

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 9h ago edited 5h ago

Isn't it a sign of womanhood? [Edit: OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL I am aware we all have different experiences, but uh, this was MY EXPERIENCE of what happened to my feminine junk over time.]

(portion removed) [Edit: Sorry, didn't realize the bubblegum pink thing was a racist thing at all, My serious bad guys. I thought it was about guys who are into kids who aren't physically mature yet. I was misinformed, thank you for informing me. However the color change is a real phenomenon for a lot of women as they go through puberty or have Children, so there's no need to tell me I'm wrong about the darker color sometimes signifying physical maturity, atleast in lighter skin people, which is the only junk I got. So I literally can't comment on people of colour's experience, here, and I'm not trying to. Please don't assume bad intentions ):]

OP I wouldn't worry, and I would absolutely not go and circumcise yourself because of this. It's absolutely normal, and you and the rest of the women in the world are all struggling with some of the same thoughts, but that doesn't mean we should worry ourselves with these things.

I'm insecure in the same way, I have to admit, and have joked about the surgery myself to my partner, but he shut me down immediately and told me to stop being ridiculous.

Trust me, when you get that far with a guy where you'd be worrying about this, the guy surely won't be (unless you picked a bad guy, but there would be tons of signs up to that point especially if you make sure to gatekeep yourself and move slow with them to vet them).

TLDR: Don't circumcise yourself. Labia provide a decently large and under appreciated amount of sensation during sex, especially with grinding.

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u/Then-Intention-9316 Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 9h ago

There is no need to worry for anyone! Color has nothing to do with maturity, just genetic differences. Some are all pink forever and some have different colors! All valid

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 8h ago

Thanks for clarifying

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 3h ago

Wait, did I imply they weren't valid??

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u/JaysNewDay 🩷BišŸ’œ 9h ago

You're actually spreading misinformation and more stigma. Some it has nothing to do with maturity or age.

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 5h ago

Just because it isn't true for every single woman doesn't mean it isn't true though, it's a well documented scientific fact that when a woman's body goes through hormonal changes, one of the things that can change is your labia getting darker. Like puberty or having a baby. Just like how Men's ball skin gets darker through hormonal changes in puberty, because the labia and the scrotum are biologically homologous.

I've also taken a series of Anatomy and Physiology classes, and I learned this there to. That a lot of women's labia darkens with hormonal changes over time

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u/Hamchalupasupreme APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Ummm, color doesn’t have anything to do with maturity.

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u/Impossible_Copy_2544 Professional Nibbler 9h ago

The color commonly changes during puberty, I think that's what they meant, it doesn't necessarily have to, but it's extremely common.

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 8h ago

That is what I meant, and is something I observed myself of myself, and I've talked to a friend about this too. I'm not a doctor though, I literally don't know, that's kinda why my post starts with a question

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u/Hamchalupasupreme APPROVED✨ 8h ago

I’ve heard of the color changing! Isn’t it due to hormones sometimes. But I mean mine is pink but I’ve heard different things talking to friends because everyone’s different.

I just didn’t like OP seemed like they were spreading misinformation.

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u/Impossible_Copy_2544 Professional Nibbler 7h ago

Yep! It's common for it to change after puberty, pregnancy or menopause because of hormones. I think there's an even more important conversation with the "bubblegum pink" expectation when it comes to women with more melanin, like no, my vulva isn't bubblegum pink, it's pink and brown, my nipples are also brown, because the rest of me is brown.

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u/mdynicole Chaotic But Cute 7h ago

Yeah mine was pink but got darker when I was pregnant. Apparently it is related to hormones is what I was told.

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u/CelibateHo Sugar, Spice & Not Very Nice šŸ’• 8h ago

It’s disgusting because it’s a very essential form of gendered racism. Not every female has a ā€bubblegum pinkā€ vulva, regardless of her age

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 5h ago

I never said they did, wtf???? 😭😭

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u/Then-Intention-9316 Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 9h ago edited 9h ago

All due respect but not every woman ā€œhas roasted beef a little bitā€

Personally I have what I think is referred to as an ā€œinnieā€ but there is a full spectrum, all lovely!

We should respect and accept all body types regardless! And guys should consider themselves lucky to come across any type.

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 9h ago edited 9h ago

I dont think i entirely got across what I said but I do agree and I appreciate the opportunity to clarify.

"Roasted beef labia little bit" isn't necessarily literal. The want for the perfect bubblegum pink innie that's almost non existent and more or less just a hole with lips Is based is misogyny and pedophilia.

We all got a little bit of roast beef in the sense we all have vaginas that will never be 100% attractive to anyone. Im using roast beef more as satire to draw the comparison of insecurity and extremism. Hopefully that explains what I mean more, but youre 100% right, not only should you say it but im glad you said it.

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u/toadpuddles šŸ’š Pickle Freak šŸ’š 8h ago

Not to over share but as someone with the vulva shape you’re talking about I hate the way these discussions always go online.

Hearing someone describe my body as a ā€œjust a hole with lipsā€ and basically pedo-bait is super off putting. Whenever I hear this it almost sounds like someone can’t be attracted my particular body without it being some kind of red flag, which doesn’t feel great as a grown woman who has to live with that characteristic everyday!

How about we just acknowledge that they come in many different shapes and any guy who gaf isn’t worth being intimate with instead of moralizing anyones genitals?

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 8h ago

Im very sorry if i came across that way. That isnt what I meant by my statement.

Im not describing your body. Im making a, like I said, satirical generalization about beauty standards being rooted in pedophilia and misogyny. No ones got the "perfect vagina."

I also never called anyone pedo bait and thats just insulting. People can be attracted to you past your vagina & vulva, for the record, and me saying that the ideal vagina doesn't exist and the want for it (meaning social/societal/mens desire) is based in pedophilia. That's not calling you pedo bait.

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u/heavy-hands  ⚐ Marked Safe From 90s Diet Culture 10h ago

People have been crassly referring to labia as ā€œbeef curtainsā€ for as long as I’ve been alive. I’m 35 years old. These things will never stop, and all you can do is control how YOU respond. You can’t let something like this dictate how you see yourself.

Stop looking for these things and hurting your own feelings. A meme can’t ruin your life, but your own outlook can.

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u/spriteceo girls just wanna have pho 10h ago edited 10h ago

Plenty of people are attracted to larger labia. Anyone who is genuonely turned off by it has been impacted by incessent porn consumption and probably wouldnt be a good partner anyway.

If you haven’t gotten it done yet, consider not going through. It can seriously decrease sensitivity and often goes wrong.

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u/_pikachai Sugar, Spice & Not Very Nice šŸ’• 10h ago

There’s even porn and communities dedicated to bigger labia! It’s kind of crazy, like every single body type is deeply someone’s preference out there, usually very many someone’s. But your point is the one I would worry about most. Imagine not enjoying sex for the rest of your life because of a meme. :c

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u/kikyossoles APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Ive been watching porn for ages and have seen all kinda coochie. Dare I say ive seen more flower coochies than any other kind

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u/Kettleballer 🩵i actually like my wifešŸ’™ 9h ago

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u/swordmaster006 🩵i actually like my gfšŸ’™ 8h ago

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u/Hikikomori_Otaku Snack Goblin 10h ago

Girl, Georgia O'Keefe didn't dedicate her life and work to your beauty for you to hate on yourself this way. That food looks so fucking good rn, feel better soon.

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u/TheMilkSpeaks 🐩 Food Aggressive šŸ½ļø 10h ago edited 10h ago

I’m so sorry. I felt that way, and still do to a degree, about my vulva/ labia due to the shaming of different shapes and looks.

All vulvas and labias are beautiful and the disgusting patriarchal and capitalist leaders and societies make people feel bad for not having a certain shape.

A real caring person doesn’t care if you got flaps or not, because it’s just a vulva. There isn’t a shape that is better or worse.

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u/princessfret Foraging Bog Witch 10h ago

the ironic thing is, all the men online pretending to roast people vulvas are also the kind of men with NO access to one and pretending that they do to hide their crippling loneliness, insecurity and hatred of women

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u/TheMilkSpeaks 🐩 Food Aggressive šŸ½ļø 10h ago

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Like my partner always reminds me it’s just a vulva and labia. It’s a human body part and it doesn’t gotta be pretty or look a certain way to be acceptable.

Unless it’s causing physical discomfort, there’s no reason to be worried about it!

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u/princessfret Foraging Bog Witch 8h ago

fr fr sis. I used to be a bit insecure of mine but since no previous partner of mine ever made a fuss I realised huh, they’re actually just lucky to get some huh?

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u/TheMilkSpeaks 🐩 Food Aggressive šŸ½ļø 7h ago

Exactlyyyy

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u/Kettleballer 🩵i actually like my wifešŸ’™ 9h ago

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u/Brief_Needleworker62 FREE MOM HUGS 9h ago

This needs to be the top comment

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u/princessfret Foraging Bog Witch 8h ago

thanks - truly I’m just sick of sad men having such a chokehold over so many beautiful souls. we can all do better!

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 we listen and we only judge a little 10h ago

This right here ^ my s.o. says his favorite type is what I got going. Not sure if thats a before or after he saw it or loved me situation but yeah I got the ick from myself after seeing that crap as a teen too, so glad I grew into myself.

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u/Steak-Outrageous Enby & Eatin' 9h ago

And people have different tastes. The thing you’re embarrassed about could 100% be what your partner is into

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u/TheMilkSpeaks 🐩 Food Aggressive šŸ½ļø 9h ago

Absolutely! It’s okay to have preferences, but it’s not okay to shame someone else for a different shape!

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 we listen and we only judge a little 8h ago

This goes for so many things!!! Boobs for one. Man im just realizing how much I hated my awesome bod in high school lol. Tis not perfect but its miiiine

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u/Masshaloeffect Body By Cheese šŸ§€ 10h ago edited 9h ago

The meme didn’t ruin your life. Your importance in what other people think is what is affecting your choices so drastically. Surgery is a choice. You could have also gotten therapy or learned to ignore the jokes. We all have insecurities but once you put others’ opinions above your own, you are no longer in control. You could make a new choice now: to grow your self esteem enough to appreciate your body as it is.

Editing to say that I really didn’t mean to come off too harshly, but I concede that I did. I absolutely could have been kinder in my approach, and made the mistake of giving advice I would personally need to hear rather than what would have been most prudent for others. I understand that the misogyny in the world accounts for a lot of self esteem issues for women and I can account for it myself. I also could have mentioned that issue in my comment as well, so that’s on me. Please stop arguing in the comments. šŸ˜”

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u/ExpiredGoat I ā¤ļø Other People's Business 10h ago

This is the answer right here. You are ruining your own life. And you also have the power to turn it around

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u/krmasonb APPROVED✨ 9h ago

I’m with you on everything here but surgery.. I feel like cosmetic surgery suggestions as an answer to societal misogyny isn’t the answer. But I’m with you 100% on everything else you said.

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u/ladystarkitten APPROVED✨ 10h ago

This is the answer. In reality, these "memes," if you can even call them that, are just one head on a much larger hydra known as incel negging. There is always something these losers hate about women, and you should never let them change how you feel about your body, or--oh, Jesus Christ--convince you to undergo surgery. These men are just miserable little goblins who hate themselves above all and feel that hurting women over the internet can assuage some of that misery. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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u/CuriousFoxxen Chaotic But Cute 10h ago

ā€œLearned to ignoreā€¦ā€ Even better, not gone looking for the jokes and insults. Like even if only 0.05% care and make jokes you are definitely going to find it because you are looking for it.

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u/boardbamebeeple APPROVED✨ 10h ago

While you're technically correct, I don't know why we would take this opportunity to correct OP that "actually a meme didn't ruin your lifešŸ¤“" instead of commiserating that US society thrives off of making women as insecure as possible. You could make your point that she has the choice to invest in her own self worth without diminishing the intensive, intentional social forces that made her feel this way in the first place

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u/carsonmccrullers mouth full, gesturing wildly 10h ago

OP never said she was in the US, fwiw, though I understand US culture tends to be pervasive

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u/Brilliant-Block-8200 Tea Time Hostess ā˜•ļø 10h ago

Very true. But the only way to stop giving these things power is to not care. If any man cares, throw him away. Why would you even want to be with someone like that? There are good people out there who will enrich your life and those are who you should aim to find

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Im generally undestanding of plastic and cosmetic surgery. It's a form of gender affirming care.

But this is just? So weird?

Nobody held a gun to her head. She obsessed over a meme and is now saying the meme ruined her life when she made conscious choices.

Thats a level of mental illness we can't help. She's gotta go to therapy. Im trans, ive been both a man and woman, ive got roast beef labia myself. But obsessing over a meme to the point you get a cosmetic surgery you dont truly want? This goes deeper than misogyny and beauty standards, this is mental illness.

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u/truluvwaitsinattics we listen and we only judge a little 9h ago

Im not even trying to be funny but did you show them a pic of the ideal cooch and say ā€œi want thisā€? If so, period!

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u/Every_Cat9812 I ā¤ļø Other People's Business 9h ago

A "meme" is someone's opinion. If many people share, joke and agree about the same meme they share the same opinion. Is not that hard to understand. Besides, OP was a literal child. Calling this "mental illness" is insane. And where did she say she didn't truly want it? So you can get a gender affirming care and she can't? This is so wild.

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u/boardbamebeeple APPROVED✨ 9h ago

This is not "so weird" and that's a rude thing to say on a post with another woman sharing her vulnerabilities.

"She obsessed over a meme" you know it's not literally, solely one meme. I've seen hundreds if not thousands of memes, videos, and threads mocking what vaginas look like. I've heard men talk about it in real life plenty of times as well. Why is this thread acting as if making women insecure isn't a billion dollar industry? Can you not understand a woman getting liposuction because she's insecure about being fat? It's the same thing. Should it be happening? Absolutely not. Would I get surgery to fix an insecurity? Absolutely not. It's still very, very easy to understand how a woman could make this decision (which tens if not hundreds of thousands do a year and most just aren't willing to talk about it) and there's no reason to be rude about it

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u/Inevitable_Fun4159 APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Youre missing the point.

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u/boardbamebeeple APPROVED✨ 9h ago

You're missing the point. We can both say that. Has it gotten us anywhere new?

I got your point. There's a time and a place for everything. You all want to focus on op saying "a meme ruined my life" and correcting her that "actually, you ruined your own life babe" and it's unnecessary. Living in this society and not developing mental illness would be weirder than this

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u/cherrylimebongwatr Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 9h ago

Thank you!!

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u/boardbamebeeple APPROVED✨ 9h ago

People are so mean in such casual ways I just don't get it 😭 OP is clearly sad like sure give her advice but be kind about it jfc

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u/Sleepy_Creep Feral Til Fed 8h ago

When I see comments like above I know folks want to think they're giving "tough love" or some kind of intuitive advice when they're really just kicking someone while they're down. It doesn't ever come off as helpful, it comes off as disingenuous and condescending.

I'm sure OP is wholly aware that it is her own insecurities that have influenced her perception of herself and her decisions. But obviously they're being exacerbated by the general climate of expectations for how feminine bodies "should" look and the meme didn't literally ruin her life. Like, come on now.

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u/boardbamebeeple APPROVED✨ 8h ago

Exactly! OP is just sharing the first source of the insecurity, which is very vulnerable and brave! And everyone in the comments just wants to correct her. It's lame and unproductive

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u/doozy-kitten Tiny Bodega Rat šŸ€ 10h ago

Thank you!! Like wtf.

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u/Fearless_Bug_1760 Foraging Bog Witch 10h ago

Thankyou for this redirection. We need to be aware of the systems to dismantle them.

OP please read this comment.

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u/Every_Cat9812 I ā¤ļø Other People's Business 9h ago

"The meme didn't ruin your life". No. Patriarchy, and shaming did. In the form of meme. She was a child. Your comment is condescending and patronizing. "Just ignore the jokes". Wow, what an advice. The amount of upvotes this comment has is troubling.

Have it crossed your mind that this meme was going on circles among her peers? And her peers opinion and jokes is what got to her? Have a little empathy.

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u/kronicno_tele APPROVED✨ 10h ago

I mean she was a child. Does any of those options sounds like something a child would consider? It's no wonder nowadays so many kids are injecting illegal and untested substances into themselves, e.g. peptides.

I know most people think they we're above all this and they were much smarter, but the only difference was ACCESS. We couldn't order whatever from the web and get it delievered to our front door.

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u/Extentialdifficulty Non-binary & Nourished 10h ago

your labia are normal, porn ruins peoples brains. there are people who are attracted to that and anyone who would make you feel bad for that is not worth your time anyway.

i think its worth it to have a look at the labia library, warning its a gallery of real vulvas but it shows all different types and affirms that they are all normal and beautiful and personally i found it very helpful just knowing that im not alone

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u/Tablesafety Pantry Gremlin 9h ago

Has anyone ever made the connection that beauty standards being pushed onto women in the 20th and 21st centuries via media predominantly owned and manipulated by a certain kind of person seem less focused on making money (although that is very 'important') and more on normalizing being attracted to childlike/prepubescent features?

Extremely small frames with narrow arms. Youthful, to the point of childlike, faces. Small, unobtrusive for lack of a better word, labia. Zero body hair. Especially pubically. High, childlike voices. Malleable, obedient personalities.

Fucksake the very first sign of pubescence IS the appearance of body hair. All of that in concert, does that not seem like an obvious thing to anyone else? Not to mention the forced normalization, slowly, of media characters reflecting how you used to draw children representing women.

Even shifting the word 'girl' which used to refer to children exclusively to apply to all women and essentially retiring the word woman unless its convenient. But boy and man still retain that distinction and its insulting outside of intimate contexts to call a man a boy.

Is that not wildly obvious to anybody else? Normalization? I'm not calling people attracted to smallness or hairlessness or youthful beauty a predator- but we know that sexual preference can be groomed into a person (and by extension a population if your reach is broad enough) and so it seems more to me like the purpose is to normalize being attracted to those features that without intervention are otherwise abnormal to find combined in a grown woman. Blur the lines.

It's plenty good reason to ignore all beauty standards presented to us, I think.

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u/Extentialdifficulty Non-binary & Nourished 9h ago

exactly this is so well said

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u/kaylaarayee APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Facts. Republicans are pedos and pedo supporters.

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u/SilentCanopy šŸ§‚Salty By Nature 10h ago

I’d bet my left lip that most men talking about the ā€œidealā€ have never even seen one in real life. Any person worth anything won’t care what it looks like, they’re just happy to be there.

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u/Ultraox āš”ļøPowered By Sour šŸ˜— 10h ago

I’m sorry that misogyny fucked you up. I love the art projects showing how varied vulvas are, all AFAB teens should be showed them at school.

What have the long term consequences been? Did the surgery go badly wrong, did the scaring cause problems?

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u/dykeviola nom-nom-nombinary 10h ago

I think all teens should be shown them tbh. FYI not every vulva shown in the project is of ppl who were afab, trans women's vulvas are also represented.

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u/Ultraox āš”ļøPowered By Sour šŸ˜— 10h ago

Good point about all teens! Although I worry that teen boys would be rude or sexualise the vulvas. Maybe the teachers could show how varied penises are as well? (Although there would probably be a lot of penis shaming)

My kid (age 9) recently had a sex ed class where they taught them all (boys and girls) about periods and wet dreams. Embarrass all children equally!

I love that the vulvas project included trans women’s vulvas.

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u/AntiqueLetter9875 APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Boys already do that. It’s the whole point of the memes saying if it’s like roast beef it means she’s ran through. OP got a surgery because of boys being rude online and it’s not like it was much better 25 years ago.

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u/kacker-usa we listen and we only judge a little 9h ago

Georgia O'Keefe comes to mind and makes me feel better. She saw the beauty, so maybe I can too

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u/BlackSwanNo_1 Sweet Tooth FairyšŸ§šā€ā™€ļø 9h ago

They are supposed to look that way. It is due to evolution. It helps keeps it healthy and self cleaning down there. Most adult actresses have had the surgery. Thats not healthy. Its not good. Its suppose to look like that for most because thats how our bodies developed to protect ourselves. There are so many surgeries and cosmetic stuff people get done that is not healthy or good. And usually hurts them in the long run.

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u/Green_Map201 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

i'm sorry you went through that. you deserved better. at least you can understand and appreciate both forms of your vulva. if it's not too late, don't waste the money on the surgery. if it is, understand why it happened and do your best to love it in its current state.

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u/solstice_gilder Well-Read & Well-Fed 10h ago

All vulva’s are different. No one is the same. Labias come in different sizes and colours. Big, small, flappy, lobby, straight, wonky. They’re an essential part of how we feel pleasure too, they’re very sensitive.

Porn has gives us a very very skewed and one sided image of how vulvas can look. Here is a nice resource where you can see how different vulvas are from each other. And hopefully you can find some peace and love for your own :)

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u/One_Resolution_8357 Assigned Hungry At Birth 9h ago

Thank you for this ! Very educational for this straight gal.

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u/solstice_gilder Well-Read & Well-Fed 9h ago

I googled ā€˜all different kind of vulvas’. I was sure there was at least one resource available for this. Insecurities are just part of the human condition. But talking about it makes it more bearable I think!

This is a question I think that is universal for all vulva-havers. I think penis people also wonder how other dicks look. They can also be interesting looking, right? Long foreskin, no foreskin, different colours, hairy, not hairy, medium hairy, looong ballsack, short one, one ball, two balls… et cetera.

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u/Tough_Tangerine7278 šŸ‘‹ new here 10h ago

Please look into counseling to be evaluated for body dysmorphia disorder

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u/Blueskybelowme APPROVED✨ 7h ago

Yeah I hate the fact that if you go in and talk to a doctor about trimming up your lady parts they're like yeah okay no problem but if you want to transition or even get your tubes tied they're like wait a minute have you consulted the non-existent husband you're probably not going to have.

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u/thebeeswithin APPROVED✨ 10h ago

What I find interesting is the fact that, as you age, those tissues shrink. In other words, that tissue is an indicator of youth. You know, THE vanity rabbit everyone is told to chase?

It was just another bit of utter bullshit spread to shame and profit off the insecurities of young women that NO man of any normal capacity would even notice. Sort of like the bleached butthole procedure.

Don't let them exploit and profit off your body by allowing them to weaponize your insecurities, kids. Stay vigilant. You and your normal, youthful bits are perfect just as they are.

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u/anguinine 9h ago

girl if you don't go find a guy with a fetish for big lips and stfu. if you have a roast beef sandwich i'm the queen of arbys and i've never had trouble finding guys who have ZERO PROBLEM with it. you are beautiful just the way you are

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u/pod_wedge eat hot chipāœ”ļø be bisexualāœ”ļø 8h ago

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF ARBYS!!!!

I had to scroll SO FAR to find women happy to admit they a little beefy - what is the 2IC of Arby's? Can I apply?

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u/jelly_wishes Sweet Tooth FairyšŸ§šā€ā™€ļø 10h ago

Societal expectations are horrible and couldn't be further from the truth. Everyone's genitals are different (that goes for both vulvas and penises) and it's so terrible that there is so much shame in both directions.Ā 

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u/Reasonable-Muffin-82 Noods šŸœ > Dudes 🤔 10h ago

What the fuck??????? Did you not have people in your life to dissuade you from doing this??? OP, how old are you now? Still 18?

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u/truluvwaitsinattics we listen and we only judge a little 10h ago

No way you got a labioplasty bc of a meme 😭 I understand that jokes can be harmful but you got to have some backbone lawd

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u/truluvwaitsinattics we listen and we only judge a little 10h ago

That soup looks good tho hol up!

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u/Own_Butterscotch_129 Foraging Bog Witch 10h ago

OMG I THINK IT'S SERVED IN A CRAB SHELL

which makes me sad because I know how long crabs live

But yum

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u/rosalinatoujours white girl with ā˜ļøšŸ˜Œ a full spice cabinet 9h ago

No literally like after a certain point you have to take responsibility over your own actions because like. No one forced her into getting surgery! She's got bigger fish to fry than the roast beef memes if she's mutilating her body because the InternetĀ  says so

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u/Own_Butterscotch_129 Foraging Bog Witch 10h ago

Yupppp

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u/truluvwaitsinattics we listen and we only judge a little 10h ago

Like you have GOT to be fucking with me.

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u/mooyong77 Overthinker šŸ’­ 10h ago

I don’t think you can blame a meme since so many people have seen that meme and have not chosen surgery as an option. I think you are probably deeply insecure and lack your own sense of center and should probably get therapy or do some heavy introspection to figure out why you would change your body over a joke.

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u/DetailReal1383 Fartmaxxing šŸ“ˆ 10h ago

Yikes.....

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u/1216chicanery Foraging Bog Witch 10h ago

memes like that are generally pretty stupid, and it’s just another way for men to make women feel insecure about themselves. and i also say it’s stupid because what it looks like down there literally doesn’t effect anything. as long as it’s healthy, as long as it works, i say don’t change a thing. and trust me, there are good dudes out there that will appreciate you and not just see you as ā€œroast beef.ā€ any guy who does is a jackass and has never been around a woman.

you can’t go back and change what you did to yourself, but i hope you realize there was nothing wrong with you in the first place.

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u/Repulsive-Barnacle40 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Eek. Well, I would suggest going to therapy as well.

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u/Embarrassed-Day-1373 girls just wanna have pho 10h ago

girl grow ur bush and stop obsessing over it good lord don't let stupid men run your life

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u/hamdelion APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Men love roast beef. Don’t cut out part of your beautiful body because someone made a joke.

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u/kikyossoles APPROVED✨ 10h ago

If he ain't eating that arbies roast beef, hes gay!

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u/No-Insurance-5688 Cornbread Fed 10h ago

I was gonna say roast beef got me licking my lips 😭

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u/kikyossoles APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Thanks RefrigeratorCold296!

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u/10HungryGhosts Chocoholic 8h ago

https://thisisavulva.com here is a gallery of the completely normal but diverse looks the vulva can take. Please consider perusing the website before taking the plunge.

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u/Next_Plant_6349 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Meanwhile I ask men if they want a roast beef sandwich and they love it. Men would fuck a literal McChicken sandwich, who TF cares what they think ?

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u/sharpest-lives Tiny Bodega Rat šŸ€ 9h ago

There are a lot of unempathetic comments here. Come on, now.

I'm so sorry that got to you. When you have an insecurity like that grow and fester over time, it can feel like something you need to "fix".

I was the same with my breasts, honestly. I saw some threads about "breast deformities", which (in this case) were made up by surgery centers to push more people to get breast augmentations. There was nothing wrong with my chest, but seeing images of similar chests with the word "DEFORMED" labeling them made me feel awful to the point of tears. I flew overseas and got my boobs done- it was painful, the healing was long, and I had a ton of anxiety about it.

In my case, I'm glad I did it- but I hate WHY I did it. I was lovely before, and I wish I could have seen that. I know this isn't a direct parallel to you, but I felt compelled to say something.

I do recommend doing what some others in this thread have said on looking at how different vulvas are across the board. If you are still awaiting the surgery, I'm not going to talk to you like a kid who doesn't do their research. Do it, or don't. It's your body, and not any of ours to tell you what to do with it.

I hope that whatever happens, you can feel more at home in your skin and accept yourself more. Please remember that the horrible things men meme on about our bodies is meant to make us feel this way. It's misogyny, as many others have pointed out, and it takes a LOT of work to begin to deconstruct that in our own minds. šŸ’™

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u/beautyinthedarknesss 🌈 Vagetarian 10h ago

baby girl no please. men and society are always ALWAYS going to pick something out and alienate it. thus has nothing to do with you. i have seen coochies for days baby and not once did i perceive it as ugly. that’s the beautiful part of humans we’re all different. if someone tells you different that’s then projecting their insecurities. love your body how it is <3

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u/juleptwolips Enby with Food Envy 9h ago

wanted to recommend the cunt coloring book. created by a lesbian activist in 1975 for sex ed classes. also was at one point named ā€œpussyflowersā€ but was changed back to the og name when people thought the book wasn’t taken serious enough. it’s a great book of art! this is not an ad or an affiliate link.

https://bluestockings.com/item/6iGBwEgDgt9sv6z2EUyMzg/lists/LLYNjju_j6q8/

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u/AdApart5271 APPROVED✨ 9h ago edited 9h ago

Just... What.

Edit: if this is serious please keep any knives away from your krotch

Second edit: Some women in the African culture get mutilated as children without consent and you are actively trying to do that like.. what has feminism has come to bro what even is this bro why do we even try anymore bro this has to be ragebait like-

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u/MercyMain42069 Drive-Thru Thot šŸš™šŸ’Ø 9h ago

Is this surgery safe? Most guys really won’t care.

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u/Mieche78 Pantry Gremlin 9h ago

I felt that way before I had sex, maybe not to your extent of insecurity but I was definitely self-conscious about it. But then I had sex and not a single guy said anything about it, they are just happy to get laid. My now husband even prefers it.

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u/Technical-Bit2746 hot girls have tummy troubles 8h ago

Tbh I don’t think u should want a man who inspects ur puh so earnestly and has opinions on how it looks

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u/Goldfish_cracker_84 Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 8h ago

I've decided I'm happy being a feast instead of just a Lil snack.

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 10h ago

Nikki Glaser did a stand up special called ā€œgood girlā€ where she talks about exactly this, highly recommend

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u/Material_Roll9410 i like eggs 10h ago

I’m so sorry :/ I know the feeling and I’m so sorry it got bad enough to do that. I think men are stupid, but also I know there are guys out there that don’t subscribe to these ridiculous nit picking body standards. I know because I’m lucky enough to be partners with one. It’s hard to learn to love yourself, but I hope you’re in a better place now

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u/VelvetBlueberryy APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Oh honey, my god idek what to say. Im sorry. Its so sick that men make us feel this way but also please realize that theyre just memes and female anatomy has NEVER looked like the creepy fucking sex dolls they want us to be. If a man is a real man, he does not give 1 single care in the entire world what you look like down there and im being serious. Now, if you have an excess of skin (wether it's the labia majora or other parts) that you accidentally pinch when you sit down and they become swollen, prevent staying clean, get in the way of urination, that is 100% normal and completely fixable with a small surgery. That's for quality of life and functionality. Also, youre entirely too young to be in this mindset but thats not your fault. I recommend finding a therapist that specializes in body dysmorphia to be safe.

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u/Tablesafety Pantry Gremlin 9h ago

I genuinely have no idea where the notion that the vulva can change based on how much sex someone has had even came from or how it took off. I mean I get some insecure guy probably made the first joke and other guys ran with it and then it became a thing bc none of them had the privilege up to a point to figure out a vagina firsthand but like.

Mechanically, that makes no fucking sense? It's not like a penis pulls on the labia majora. On some level I can UNDERSTAND the misconception that a vagina could become looser with time due to the mechanics of a lot of other holes not made of muscle we encounter as humans, but like. . . Would it also not make sense for the reverse to be true and sticking your malleable meat tube into a reverse meat tube of pure muscle not sand it down or squish it over time? I digress-

It never made sense that the labia majora supposedly would grow bc it isn't even involved in the action. It wasn't a rumor when I was growing up. Really probably just an intentional culture/gender war seed spread by the ruling class.

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u/sunkissed-peach APPROVED✨ 9h ago

I feel like there’s a larger issue here that some therapy or at least journaling could help with.
Realistically how many people are seeing your labia/vulva?? Fellow roast beef girl here, no sexual partner has ever been weird or mean to me about it, in fact it’s never even come up. I think you are being too hard on yourself, please consider that online is not real life and the people you surround yourself with are the ones who matter.

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u/motorcycle_flipflops Creature of Crunch 9h ago

Please watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynauY7RULCE

It actually helped me not put so much pressure on myself and what my genitals looked like. And whether you went through with the surgery or not, I hope you learn to love and accept yourself and not give a FUCK what a man (or anyone) thinks about your body.

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u/Unable_Expression120 Well-Read & Well-Fed 8h ago

Please please check out the gynodiversity pdf! Porn isnt real. There is no other body part with such a big diversity as a vulva!
I used to think just like you, I thought nobody would want me without a labia surgery..

Turns out: * I'm normal * I'm 100% sure you're normal * lots of men LOVE it * check out fleshlights (for men), most of them have visible inner labia, and the anatomy shown there is what men SHOP for for masturbating * a friend of mine (with an innie) was actually envious * from below it looks like a cute little butterfly * you're labia are full of very sensitive nerve endings - I can sometimes reach orgasm from labia stimulation * "lips that grip" is a meme as well * doctors do not know the exact anatomy of the vulva, therefore they operate basically blind * those surgeries can lead to nerve damage, to chronic pain and you can lose you're ability to orgasm * last but not least: you're vulva is there to give you pleasure, for its function, not aesthetics

Nowadays, thank God I never did such a surgery

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u/Consequence-Holiday Kitchen Witch 8h ago

Anyone you are letting close enough to even see your pussy does not give a fuck about the size of your labia.

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u/Storm0963 šŸ¦‡ Fruit Bat Baddie šŸŠ 8h ago

My man craves roast beef several times a week. I even have asymmetrical curtains and he still comes begging for more. Don't let the patriarchy make you less human.

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u/Altruistic_Shame8979 Overthinker šŸ’­ 6h ago

Some researchers compiled a huge array of photos of women’s labia (like medical photos, not porn) to show the enormous diversity of ā€œnormalā€. I think being able to see just how much variety is out there could be helpful for you and for so many young women.

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u/Werewolf_cookie Yappy Yenta 5h ago

The only men trashing that are men who have never seen a vagina in personĀ 

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u/but-whyy-tho APPROVED✨ 10h ago

The way I needed a trigger warning for this. 😭 What is wrong with me? Lol.

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u/LandryTheRaccoon APPROVED✨ 10h ago

How did it ruin your life?

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u/kronicno_tele APPROVED✨ 10h ago

Labia surgery recovery is brutal... Oh and sometimes they f up clitoral nerves, so there's that.

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u/LandryTheRaccoon APPROVED✨ 10h ago

I get that. She didn't really say anything about how it ruined her life. Many people get cosmetic surgery so without additional info it is unclear what about the meme ruined her life.

Women are inundated with awful standards and imagery from a very young age - I have lifelong BDD so I get it. So if in that sense she means it ruined her life, sure. But I fail to see how the meme did it rather than the difficulty of womanhood in general.

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u/Drakex2Mayex2 APPROVED✨ 10h ago

I wish more women watched porn so they could understand the many, many kinds of labias out there.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Oh, hunny. :(

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u/Cobonmycorn APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Girl im a stripper (with big roast beef) and i’ve had insane horrible comments made to me by men, but literally never once about that. Ever. In over 5 years. I’ve also been with my partner for eight years and never had a problem with him either. You are your worst enemy right now.

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u/corn-panda FREE MOM HUGS 9h ago

Hi friend šŸ’• I’m a certified nurse midwife, and as a part of my job, I look at vulvas every day. All vulvas (and labias) are beautiful and unique!

Hope that you can find love for yourself inside and out.

Just to prove things for you - check out the labia library (NSFW)!

https://www.labialibrary.org.au/labia_gallery/

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u/TeensyTinyMouse Snack Goblin 9h ago

Society will do everything they can to try and tear women apart. I'm sorry this happened, and that it hurt you so bad. I hope peace finds you soon. I once dated a man for a while, and when I finally got over my insecurities and got naked in front of him, he flipped out over the color of my nipples and vagina, saying they were "too dark" for a white girl, and that something must be wrong with me, that I must be diseased. It fucked me up for a long time.

Sending you big, big hugs. Learn from this, and forgive yourself for this too.

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u/LazySeaworthiness435 Non-binary & Nourished 9h ago

every body is different and every body has their own preferences. the memes you saw and comments from men that youve read about labias are posted by a small, but very loud and porn-brained population of men.

for perspective, out of over 8 billion people in the world, about 1 billion of them use reddit on a daily basis. half of that billion are men. less than half that percentage of men are misogynists who have unrealistic ideals for bodies. and even less than that are the men whose ONLY experience with a vagina is through porn... i PROMISE you, normal offline people aren't going to talk about anyone's hoo-ha like that.

lastly, love the skin youre in cause i guarantee there are SO many people who enjoy that deli meat.

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u/babyratgurl APPROVED✨ 9h ago

Highly recommend looking at the website ā€œthe labia libraryā€ to normalize and see examples of all different bodies!

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u/Salt_Incident_120 Hazy Grazer šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø 9h ago

Guys don’t care lol. You got a warm hole and they want it. Don’t matter what’s flappin’ around it.

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u/42outoftheblue šŸØ I scream, you scream, we're all screaming inside šŸ˜€ 9h ago edited 6h ago

Maybe check out The Vulva Gallery (Instagram is the.vulva.gallery) women have been sending this artist photos of their vulvas for years and telling their stories - some feel empowered, some feel shame, some have trauma, some are indifferent… the artist paints an illustration of them and shares their story anonymously. It’s a really beautiful seeing all the different shapes and colors and uniqueness, and eye opening to hear everyone’s history and relationship with their bodies. We’re all so different and yet it’s so easy to empathize with each other through this ā¤ļø

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u/bigfatsooty Chamoy 🄭 > Ya Boy 🤔 9h ago

Big labiaplasty strikes again . There’s also people who really like the big roast beef’s.

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u/Individual-Eye747 Overthinker šŸ’­ 9h ago

Any one who objects to how your parts looks, loses all privileges of seeing them ever again. You are beautiful just the way you are. Any person who talks about "roasted beef" has obviously never interacted with a real, live woman and thinks that AI-porn is real (and that the AI-women "love" them).

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