My favorite shows are reality tv shows, and so I have watched the plastic surgery reality tv shows. I remember one in particular where a muslim woman came for hymen reconstruction. It was shocking to me that a young woman would be forced to go to such extremes in this day and age. Virginity is highly prized in the muslim faith, but more so it is regarded as a question of family honor. If a woman is found to have lost her virginity before marriage her family may even undertake an honor killing to avenge this supposed wrong. When life becomes less valuable just because it is female and has chosen to give of itself when it chooses, then there's something seriously wrong with a culture. It's no less different than when Chinese couples kill their female children because they prize their male children more.
I weep for the women around the world who have to put up with such indignities. I hope someday these things will be a thing of the past. Until then, despite the mostly narcissistic reasons for plastic surgery, there are actually times when plastic surgery is warranted as in when it saves a life due to religious ideals gone wrong. The show I watched was about a beverly hills plastic surgeon who provided provided expert breast enhancement with both saline and silicone breast implants. He did liposuction and facelifts also, but by far, the most touching episode was the hymen reconstruction. It speaks a lot to the discrimination women put up with every day all over the world.
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