What is Normal? Women’s Perception of Female Sex Organ.

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We will discuss “What’s normal? Influencing women’s perceptions of normal genitalia: an experiment involving exposure to modified and nonmodified images” (bit.ly/1aOp67K) by Moran and co-workers from 29 January 2014. The paper is now free-to-view at BJOG for 4 weeks!

Start date: 29 January 2014 (for 7 days)

Hosted discussion session(s): UK Time (GMT+1) at 8pm.

Host: @elaineleung (UK)

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[Emily_Jesper Partner Sense About Science]

We've seen similar research on cosmetic genital surgery discussed in the news: dailymail.co.uk/health/arti.... And whether procedures should be available on the NHS: bbc.co.uk/news/health-24942981

If you have any questions about the study above (it is free online), you can tweet them as part of this journal club. Or for longer questions there's a Facebook page: facebook.com/BlueJournalClub

Or follow the hashtag #BlueJC to follow the critique. Although the scenario is set up for gynaecologists, the editors are keen to answer your questions about the study.