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Clinicians lack integrative guidance linking outcomes with feminist ethical analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To synthesize evidence on labiaplasty through feminist frameworks of liberation, objectification, and medicalization; evaluate functional, sexual, and psychological outcomes; and propose a clinical framework centered on relational autonomy and non-pathologizing education.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A narrative review of peer-reviewed literature (2002\u20132025) was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar, with screening of relevance based on predefined thematic domains including motivations, outcomes, sociocultural influences, and ethics. Empirical studies on motivations, outcomes, and educational interventions were included as clinical evidence, while feminist theoretical and ethical analyses were used for interpretive synthesis. Data were synthesized thematically along three axes: Liberation\/autonomy, objectification\/sociocultural pressure, and medicalization of normal anatomy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Utilization of labiaplasty has increased markedly, including in adolescents, although population-level rates remain underreported. Patients commonly endorse overlapping functional, aesthetic, and psychosexual motivations; many have labial dimensions within published normative ranges. Prospective cohorts and meta-analyses show high satisfaction and improvement in pain, functional symptoms, genital self-image, and sexual function, with low rates of major complications or long-term sensory loss when nerve-sparing techniques are used. However, elevated body-image distress and clinically significant body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) occur in a substantial subset. Media, pornography, and clinical marketing narrow perceptions of \u201cnormality,\u201d while language and diagnostic labels can pathologize benign variation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Labiaplasty sits at the intersection of liberation, objectification, and medicalization: Many patients experience benefit, yet decisions are shaped by sociocultural forces that constrain autonomy and recast normal anatomy as abnormal. The proposed L.A.B.I.A. framework (legal safeguards, autonomy assessment, body-image\/BDD screening, informed consent and non-pathologizing education, and aftercare) offers clinicians an ethically grounded approach to counseling, patient selection, and follow-up while underscoring the need for education and policy that normalize vulvar diversity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/sxmrev\/qeag045","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]],"date-time":"2026-07-06T21:02:25Z","timestamp":1783371745000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Feminist perspectives on labiaplasty: liberation, objectification, or medicalization of normal anatomy?"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Amta","family":"Azeem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Ponce Health Sciences University , St. Louis, MO 63103,","place":["United 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