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Part Two: The (Male) Doctor Who Redesigned Vaginas

Behind the Bastards

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The Love Surgery by Dr James Bert

In Dr. James Bert's view, sex is the only thing that matters in a healthy relationship. He urges couples to quote disregard previous definitions of the word love in order to concentrate on what he calls the ecstasy of living and loving. According to the New York Times, Bert's book included the this real banger of a line: women are structurally inadequate for intercourse. This is a pathological condition amenable to surgery. Did he ever take a second to think it might be him?

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