Comments on: “That thrilling conquest”

By: mobius

mobius — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:02:58 +0000

Absolutely disgusting, more so for being so culturally predictable.

Although, I really *do* think “bionic hymen” needs to be added to the 12 days of Christmas Pussy.

Maybe as a stocking stuffer?

By: Darcie

Darcie — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:27:57 +0000

I have no words. O_o

*shudders*

By: EG

EG — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:32:11 +0000

Indeed, prior to such surgery women did come up with inventive ways of faking the hymen–it usually involved taking pig’s bladders with animal blood in them to bed on the wedding night, if memory serves. You can find that kind of thing in Renaissance-era midwifery manuals.

By: Spotted and Herbacious Backson

Spotted and Herbacious Backson — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:27:57 +0000

Eeeeuuuuuggghhhh.
I was so horrified by fiction I read at 14 that I decided to get pro-active and went to work making sure that no one would be able to hurt me in that area. Now, I am still revolted and sickened by the idea that it’s okay to hurt someone just to make their anatomy fit yours. For those who trot out the excuse that some culture demands a gory spectacle or else the victim will be killed, it seems to me that a simulation could be provided that would not be painful for the patient. And for those who think this culture is so superior to those, how come books for young girls–and the mothers of young girls–don’t tell them flat out HOW to make damn sure it won’t hurt??

By: Rosemary Grace

Rosemary Grace — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:18:41 +0000

I want bionic irising hymens installed in my ears to close when I go swimming and keep the water out. To go with the webbing installed between my fingers to make me swim faster, which is a fabulous idea (except I’d have to give up my love for fingerless gloves and go with mittens instead).

By: Allie

Allie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:09:08 +0000

*shudders* I can think of about eighty million more fun ways to have sex involving pain. I can think of at least two to have sex involving pseudo-virginity, both safer than the surgical one. And I am so, so fucking glad that my first partner was not a virginity-fetishizing pushy freak, and that my own first time, while painful, didn’t screw me up for life. Eeughh. That article makes my skin crawl.

By: Seraph

Seraph — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:49:26 +0000

That’s a good point, Mythago. On the other hand, you don’t see ads like this for, say, getting webbing surgically installed between your fingers. Despite the fact that I can see such a thing actually being useful to some people, there’s just no demand for it. Exaggerated as it may be (this is an ad, after all), the demand for replacement hymens exists, and that’s bad enough.

By: mythago

mythago — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:10:36 +0000

The content Lauredhel linked to is an ad for surgery, right? Disgusting, but I rather doubt any of the stuff it says about the great demand for hymenoplasty is true. You don’t sell much surgery by saying “Men don’t really care; in fact, your husband will probably freak out if you’re in pain and bleeding.” Better to make shit up about all the women rushing to get this surgery and the men who love them.

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By: sophonisba

sophonisba — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:44:35 +0000

But the idea of having sex with a virgin has always seemed horrible to me

Oh, good. Because that kind of attitude couldn’t possibly be just as traumatizing as a negligible amount of pain overshadowed by sexual pleasure!

Not that you should ever have to have sex with a virgin, and not that there is anything wrong with preferring women with a certain amount of experience, and good for you for not being a virgin-fetishist. But good lord, most women don’t feel much or any pain if they’re actually aroused and in control of the act. Treating virgins like dirtyscary bags of potential pain, on the other hand…

Seriously, for guys who freak out about this, you don’t have to be some kind of sex god to “initiate” a virgin. Just lie back and let her run the show at her own pace. The only thing virgins and their partners have to know is that it doesn’t need to hurt, and you can stop at any point if it does. It’s really not such a big deal.