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Leaving Our Breast Impressions

The struggle that no one told me about.

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At the age of twelve I was considered "lucky" because of the boobs I was acquiring. By the time I left middle school I had already been harassed by countless people on the premise of my boobs. Anything from other girls being jealous to older men being to obvious with their eyes. But even with all this weird inappropriate stuff going on, I was still lucky to be so well endowed.

I'm not complaining, I love my boobs one hundred percent. I'm merely letting everyone know that having boobs is an actual responsibility. No one asks for it to be a responsibility but it is. As being relatively large chested from a young age, I quickly realized that all eyes were on me (or more likely my chest) to set an example. I either had to be modest to destroy the nonsensical idea that large-chested women were whores, or I had to play right into it.

So I became an advocate for boobs. Instead of letting myself be shamed for a body I hadn't asked for, I played right into the idea that big-breasted women were whores and show-offs. I got questioned constantly. I was told I was looking for attention, that I was being a slut, that I couldn't complain about people staring, and I refuted each claim.

Why was I being blamed for the way my shirts fit me? I had limited options! I wasn't going out of my way to buy modest clothes, I wore the hand-me-downs I was given and I refused to be ridiculed for them not covering everything. I refused to apologize for my assets or how much of them was visible because there was absolutely NO REASON for them to be offensive.

BOOBS ARE NOT OFFENSIVE. They are not some crazy secretive things that need to be hidden. They are not unnatural, they are not something to be ashamed of. They are just part of your body. How much a person chooses to show is a personal matter, and if a body offends you maybe you ought to just stay home because you are in no position to make other people's decisions based off your own personal opinion.

It's bad enough that women are already taught to be so self conscious of their own bodies and all of their parts. Boobs especially! We are told we have to wear wire contraptions to make our boobs look super perky, and if we go bra-less we have to tape them up in all sorts of weird ways so they look perfect instead of looking like actual boobs, we have to pretend nipples aren't real and always have to have them covered with pasties and such so that people don't get uncomfortable. Why does my body make you uncomfortable? It's just doing it's thing, and so am I.


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