beauty standards

Ever Smiling Doll

Submitted by Nailo on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 18:02.

I used to play with Barbies a lot when I was little. No wonder I wanted to be blonde.


I'm too ugly and fat for him and I can't take it anymore.

CMH asks:

I recently turned 24 and I have never been in a real relationship. I am in love with my best friend, with whom I have had a very interesting and painful 4 year friendship. He took my virginity at the age of 21, and he is one of 2.5 guys I have slept with; he is the only one I have hooked up with more than a couple times. He has cheated on two different girl friends with me, and he tells me he loves me but he has always been very clear that he will never be in a relationship with me. I have asked him a couple of times why. After a lot of beginning, he finally gave me list of everything that is physically and mentally wrong with me.

Because you make us sick, that's why.

Submitted by Heather on Wed, 09/21/2005 - 00:00.

We've had more than one cosmetic surgeon post on the Scarleteen boards endorsing labiaplasty or "vaginal rejuvenation" to the young women who read the site.


Labiaplasty, my Asty.

Submitted by Heather on Wed, 11/17/2004 - 00:00.

Doctors say these women request the procedure because they are afraid of having "old looking" vaginas. Doctors Loftus and Young say feedback from male partners is the number one reason women request the surgery.

"The most common reason we hear is that they have had a negative comment made by a male sexual partner. Women are made to feel that they are not perfect the way they are and often it's the partner that sets this off," Loftus said.