Female hygiene brand Libresse, known as Libra to those of us down under, is not one to shy away from taboos in its advertising.
Its latest ad “Viva la vulva” has been released in Scandinavia and it’s one heck of an ode to the female form.
Oh, and it really makes you realise just how many everyday objects look like vulvas.
There is singing origami, fortune cookies, purses, oysters and fruit. Lots of fruit.
The three minute video, set to Camille Yarbrough’s Take Yo Praise, is an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the uniqueness of a woman’s vulva.
It was made to promote the brand’s shower gels, but it also aims to bring attention to the fact that as women (and girls), we are often insecure about our vulvas.
As Libresse say in a (Swedish) blog post about the video, each vulva is unique and “we want you to feel proud of what you have.”
Basically, hell yeah you are beautiful just the way you are and you should never feel ashamed about your body.
It’s an important message: Among the 41 girls and young women referred to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne between 2000 and 2012 because of concerns over how their labia looked, the median age was just 14.5, and in nearly a quarter of cases it was the mother who was concerned. None of them was abnormal.
Top Comments
God. Porn and our sexual partners who have seen other vulvas cannot be our own reference or benchmark to how we perceive and feel about our vulvas.
I liked the part in the video where the girl had a hand-mirror and is checking herself out, also the crystal vulvas.
The statistics on surgeries to 'correct' the vulva is so sad! I dont love mine I wouldnt take a photo or look at it for too long but it is what it is. Its such a sad world where everyone has to be a perfect clone. I wonder if there will ever be a turn around of self acceptance or are we stuck with this Kardasian insta world.