Vulva 3.0 between Taboo and Fine-Tuning
Director Claudia Richarz, Ulrike Zimmermann
Countries Germany
Duration 79 min
Synopsis
We live in hypersexualised times. The world around us constantly puts naked women and their genitalia on display. But many women are still deeply prudish when it comes to the relationship with their own body. In public we see airbrushed anatomies which conforms to the porn industry's ideal image of the smooth, perfectly shaped vulva that has little to do with the actual shape of most female genitalia. The insecurity of many women is a gold-mine for cosmetic surgery promising the perfect vagina. VULVA 3.0 looks at sex education and censorship, the airbrushing of ‘misshapen’ labia in pornographic images, the cosmetic genital surgery and the work of activists against female genital mutilation – and in doing so celebrate the diversity of the female body.
We live in hypersexualised times. The world around us constantly puts naked women and their genitalia on display. But many women are still deeply prudish when it comes to the relationship with their own body. In public we see airbrushed anatomies which conforms to the porn industry's ideal image of the smooth, perfectly shaped vulva that has little to do with the actual shape of most female genitalia. The insecurity of many women is a gold-mine for cosmetic surgery promising the perfect vagina. VULVA 3.0 looks at sex education and censorship, the airbrushing of ‘misshapen’ labia in pornographic images, the cosmetic genital surgery and the work of activists against female genital mutilation – and in doing so celebrate the diversity of the female body.