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The Mark Groves Podcast

#205: Clitoral Advocacy with Jessica Pin

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Themes: Clitoral Anatomy, Cosmetic Genital Procedures, Medical Misinformation   Summary: Despite labiaplasty being one of the fastest-growing medical procedures in the past two decades, detailed clitoral anatomy has been largely missing from medical literature and curricula. Horrifying, right? My guest today is Jessica Pin, who is an advocate for the correction of medical misinformation about vulvas after experiencing a labiaplasty gone wrong at the age of 18. Jessica has since launched into advocacy and has successfully had eight major medical textbooks update their content, with 15 more considering to future updates. She has also published a cadaveric study with plastic surgeons, convinced OB/GYNs to publish a cadaveric study, and effected changes in OB/GYN and plastic surgery board certification, standardized consent forms, and residency curricula. She holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.    Discover: Jessica's story of a botched labiaplasty at 18 years old and being gaslit and dismissed by medical professionals How this experience led her to become an advocate for the inclusion of detailed clitoral anatomy in medical literature and curricula Why clitoral anatomy isn't covered in medical literature The surprising lack of training standards for female cosmetic genital surgeries The biggest misconceptions in female anatomy   Links: Follow Jessica on Instagram at @jessica_ann_pin TikTok: @jessica_ann_pin Sign Jessica's petition to get nerves of the clitoris into the American College of OB/GYN curriculum here. Sponsors: Organifi | Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off all products at organifi.com/createthelove Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Mark Groves podcast.

0:11.3

Today's guest is someone whose story I heard and I was extremely moved by.

0:16.5

I think it's a very important thing to recognize why we want to change ourselves or alter

0:23.9

ourselves and what this sort of ideal self that we're wanting to change ourself to become.

0:30.8

It's this ideal self or this idea of seeking perfect, where does the idea of perfect

0:37.1

come from or the idea of what our

0:39.0

body should look like and what the shape of a part should be and all that. And it's not to shame

0:44.4

the desire to do it. It's not to shame the choice to do it. It's to explore where does the motivation

0:49.1

come from and is the actual industry that's motivating us to do that, marketing to us, which ideal self

0:56.6

comes from social media, marketing, movies, magazines, Pinterest, you know, all the places. It's

1:03.5

shaped for us in some ways and then status is given for looking that way or being that way.

1:18.2

And imagine if the actual places that are doing the work on us are actually not fully educated in that space themselves.

1:20.8

And then the risk and cost of that.

1:23.0

And so Jessica's story is a very personal one.

1:26.5

And so I'm really excited to have Jessica Pinn on the podcast, to share her journey

1:32.5

and to bring some more awareness to us and motivate us to hold organizations.

1:39.5

And the people doing that work are held accountable and are responsible for having a high level

1:46.3

of education in the space that they are doing the work in.

1:50.4

And so before we jump into today's episode, one way that you can support the podcast

1:55.3

is to wherever you listen to it, subscribe to it, leave it a five-star review, a written review

2:00.5

if you can. And if the episode resonates, subscribe to it, leave it a five-star review, a written review if you can.

2:01.5

And if the episode resonates, please share it. And so without further ado, here is Jessica Pinn.

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