A Saudi businessman has paid £30,000 for a solid 18-carat gold adult sex toy.

The Canadian manufacturer of the penis enlarger recruited a jeweller to help with the construction which includes the encrusting of 40 diamonds.

The maker said the buyer had an allergic reaction to the normal material of stainless steel. The usual price is £320.

via Metro.co.uk.

This just breaks my heart. Unless there’s something seriously medically wrong, there’s just no reason to have surgery, much less cosmetic surgery, on your genitals. Especially given how incredibly complex and far ranging the female clitoris is, cutting parts of your genitals away, for sexual pleasure no less, seems like a complete contradiction. I can’t help but think, upon reading this, that it’s got less to do with any supposed sexual benefit and more to do with controlling female sexuality. First through crushing self-esteem by telling young women that their perfectly normal parts aren’t pretty (or whatever the term that’s used) or porn-starry enough. Second is the cutting itself. What’s the difference between this and some horrid scene of female genital mutilation in a third world country?:

AlterNet | Rebecca Chalker

Women are risking their lives to achieve an unrealistic and unnecessary ideal.

Type “labiaplasty,” “vaginoplasty” or any of nearly a dozen female genital cosmetic surgeries into any search engine, and a flurry of doctors’ Web sites will pop up touting the self-esteem, sexual enhancement, comfort and fashion benefits of female genital cosmetic surgery.
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