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Part Two: The (Male) Doctor Who Redesigned Vaginas

Behind the Bastards

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Do You Really Want to Stop Dr. Burt's Love Surgery?

In 1978, the Boston Women's Health Book Collective sent copies of a medical world news article about the surgery to an Ohio gynecologist. The BWHBC condemned the surgery as sexist and with their letters sought to pressure Dr. James C. Burt to stop performing it. In late 1980, he took a job appearing on a weekly radio talk show for an hour every week. His show Love Doctor was billed as an opportunity for listeners to hear his take on sex, sexual and gynecological problems,. As well as his work in female reconstructive surgery.

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