ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. Sullivan explains in her book on American medicine's development of the cosmetic surgery industry that it is hard to establish figures for death and injury. This book describes that the international prostitution industry, particularly in the form of pornography, has been a powerful motor force in the production of savage surgical beauty practices in the last two decades. The book exmaines that Western culture is not 'progressive' in comparison with non-Western cultures in its cultural requirements for women's appearance. The enforcement mechanisms are likely, however, to be less severe, as women are not usually beaten in the street or in their families for failure to comply. But in the severity of their impact upon women's health and lives the Western practices fulfil the UN criteria for recognizing harmful traditional/cultural practices very well.
