What is the Big Deal with Boobs Anyway?
I met such a handsome man the other day, the kind who reminds me of all the promise of masculinity from my childhood. He's strong and tall and built, and he's really into boobs. Now I don't know about you, but when I meet someone like this, I always wonder if maybe I should conform to his standards just in case the whole meaning of life centers on getting his attention. And his standards definitely include having massive tits, much more massive than mine.
So one more time I found myself pondering getting breast implants. And you know what I decided?
Nope. Not even for him. Not even for the best looking man I have ever seen. No one is cutting into my healthy breast tissues and cramming a bag inside and filling it with chemicals, not even if that means that for the rest of my life fantastically attractive men like this one cough boredly and look the other way when I enter a room. Is this perverse of me? or sane? I live in such a strange culture it's hard to tell.
On the one hand it seems obvious that the best way to live is to be true to oneself, the advice Polonius gives son Laertes in Hamlet. But in that same play that same older male character has very different advice for the daughter. "Think yourself a baby," he tells her, and by this means that he will do her thinking for her. Since I am female, then, and not male, shouldn't I think myself a baby and follow the male advice that screams out at me from every corner?: GET BIGGER BOOBS.
The message is on television shows, in advertising, on the chests of the women at the gym today. It's like they were massing for my benefit this morning, one after another, little tiny things with big hardballs sticking out in front of them. How soft and small my own seem sometimes! How inadequate. Didn't these women do the right thing by surgically altering themselves so that all the men stare after them like salivating dogs? What if getting all that male attention is the key to happiness? How dare I think for myself and flaunt these little floppy titties? How dare I turn down the doctor's advice to cut off my aerolae and stitch them back up teeny like current fashion dictates?
How dare I indeed. I dare because women came before me who walked a courageous path in which they envisioned themselves as something more than appendages to males. They believed they were people, not tits, and that their sexuality was their own possession, not that of a sexist male patriarchy. I believe these things as well, and I like who I am today, and I want to feel like this again tomorrow. That means that I need to keep doing what I am doing, for it's working, and for it to keep working, I cannot give in to the fear that I am inadequate, to ask a surgeon to "fix" something that ain't broken.
Not even for him.


Comments
You have the most beautiful set of bazoombas (to use the technical term) it's ever been my extreme pleasure to witness on a Lusty Dusty Desert Moon Goddess. Don't mess with perfection.
XOXO
Posted by: Slappy Lovenuts | March 31, 2006 11:02 AM
My boobs look a lot like yours. In some circles floppy boobs with huge aereolas are considered a birth defect. I have often thought about changing mine - a lift and some extra roundness, please - but I never thought about doing it for anyone else's attention. I've been wanting to do it for ME. Because my boobs hurt when I don't wear a bra. I lose them in my armpits sometimes (just kidding). I want to wear one of those tank tops with the built in bra - I want boobs perky enough to carry that off. ALL of the clothes - even bras - are fit for a shape that I am not. I wish I could say that I don't care, but I do. I want to be able to undress in a locker room without shame. I wish I was the "right" shape. I am, with a good bra. But it sure would be nice to burn that bra...So, I wonder if you're considering it so that you can get a certain type of man's attention? What about your husband? Or does "open" mean that you can have partners in addition to him? If so, where do I sign up for that?? If I were trying to please someone other than my husband maybe I would have already had a boob job by now!. My husband loves mine the way they are and doesn't want me to have scars...I'm glad that you're not giving in to the messages around us. I would never show my tits on a public web site (I'd sooner show my vulva). But I wish I could. And I'm glad you that you're doing it.
Posted by: Hippiechick | April 1, 2006 04:53 PM
Vulva to follow! Hippiechick lemme just say that I certainly identify with you. And I would NOT have shown my breasts in a locker room or anywhere else because of this shame that we both carry. But I decided to change my outlook instead of my looks, and, well as you can see from the above post which is my goofy fabulous lover from Burning Man, it turns out that there's nothing wrong with my/our/your breasts and the best men know it!!!!!!!
Posted by: Diana | April 1, 2006 09:53 PM
There's nothing wrong with your breasts, the best men know it, and furthermore, why do you even care about the handsome man if his standards include big boobs. It's pretty revealing that you say "not even for the best looking man" as if his appearance, not his mind, would make him the most valuable of men. Has feminism devolved into women with low self-esteem worrying about what the irrational morons of our world (especially the attractive ones) think about them? I understand that women have been (and still are to varying degrees) oppressed, but the opinions of fools are not (by themselves) tools of oppression unless you let them be. It sounds to me like you live in a war zone made possible by your concern for the opinions of others. Maybe living for yourself, not for "him", is the key to happiness.
Posted by: Brains are sexy | April 11, 2006 12:12 PM
"Maybe living for yourself, not for 'him,' is the key to happiness."
Precisely, my friend!! And I work on it every single day, in full-blown defiance of the cultural values and messages that would have me live for 'him.'
The fact that I cannot completely disengage from the ideology of the system is in no way surprising. What's shocking is that I have managed to do so at all!
My hope is to pass that same strength on to others.
Posted by: Diana | April 13, 2006 07:50 AM
You DO pass on that strength. In more ways than you may ever know.
Many blessings!
Posted by: Cindy | April 24, 2006 04:12 AM
Way to go lady we need more women like you in this world. I also am a professional educated 45 yr old male who is single. I am sooo fed up with women who cant just be true to themselves, and use the best with what we have been blessed with. I dated a woman who wanted me to pay for her to have a boob job, she had small perky hard breasts and I was in heaven to play with them. I would tell her every time we made love how her breasts could intoxicate me and turn me on. She was so obsessed with her size that I finally kicked her thru the uprights and dumped her ass. I will not date a woman who has had a boob job
carpe diem
Posted by: Sergio Garcia | May 8, 2006 11:00 PM
Are you generalizing? Some women get breast implants because they want to feel better about themselves, they want to look nicer in clothings, not necessarily because they want to attract or impress men.
Posted by: Nina | May 9, 2006 12:47 AM
To Sergio Garcia: "I will not date a woman who has had a boob job" why? are all women who had boobs' job the same?
Posted by: Nina | May 9, 2006 01:40 AM
To Sergio Garcia: "I will not date a woman who has had a boob job" why? are all women who had boobs' job the same?
Posted by: Nina | May 9, 2006 01:40 AM
As a not very reconstructed male who likes teh boobies, I just read your above post and agree with your decision, if not totally with your argument. It's my experience that there's only a relatively small minority of males who genuinely discriminate against women because of the size of their breasts. We may *talk* a lot about it, but we're talking about ideals in the non-real world- just as every woman has an ideal set of attributes they wish all men had- but most recognise that we're really more of a mixed bag :) Men look at those ideals in the unreal world of glamour and porn, but that doesn't mean we really want to impose them on womankind at large.
In imagery, *all* one has is the image. A picture of a glamour girl with unfeasibly protruberant breasts is just an image- so of course all one can focus on is physical attributes. You can't interact with an image, have a laugh, go for a beer, whatever. Well you can, but that's really quite weird.
Large breasts are, at best, an advertisement. Like a loud car salesman, they get one's attention. But to stretch the analogy, that's no reason to presume they're going to make a sale. They may get a woman's foot in the door, that's all. Really, no biggie.
I spend my life drawing women (generally with teh big boobies) for a living. The woman I miss most from my past was a very ordinary 32A. Am I adding to the pressure on women to conform to unrealistic stereotypes? Yes, to an extent, and that troubles me. All I can say is that fantasy != reality.
Please women, don't even contemplate boob jobs unless you're genuinely deformed. We love you just the way you are.
Posted by: Jaxtraw | May 9, 2006 06:43 AM
Go Jaxtraw. it's your birfday.
Posted by: DifferentMike | May 9, 2006 06:51 AM
Fake boobs are horrible. They look fake, they feel fake, they ARE bad for your health and any woman who feels that she needs to have some greedy, self-centered plastic surgeon slash, gash, stuff, pump and stitch her up has serious issues. She needs to see a shrink. Small boobs are not a defect... hard plastic bag boobs are. I would never date a woman with breast implants... I have gone out with several and they ARE all the same. Insecure, low self esteem and seeking the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of men. The truth is, the vast majority of men prefer the look and feel of real boobs. Ask a group of men directly and you'll find this to be true. Of course, if you do have fake boobs, most people don't have the guts to tell you to your face what they are really thinking. Too bad.
Posted by: Bret Thorpe | May 9, 2006 08:32 AM
General Rule 1. Small and real are better than big and fake.
General rule 2. Either may be attached to an interesting person.
Posted by: mikebrown | May 9, 2006 05:29 PM
I am a Canadian male and I am very much aware that in general there are many cultural differences between Canadians and Americans and none more so than the attitude toward top freedom and non-sexual nudity. It is not uncommon to see bare breasts and non-sexual, full frontal nudity on network television and in mainstream newspapers and magazines here without any type of digital obscuring. This furor over some top free photos would be a non event here. We are exposed to a lot of American media here and it appears as if bare breast there are considered more obscene than guns, murder, crime, violence and war.
A few years ago women of this province won the right to be topfree anywhere it is appropriate for men to be topfree. Not many have taken advantage of this freedom. I expect some of the reluctance is concern about the juvenile reaction of some men of all ages when they see a bare breast. I notice some of the post relating to this site have produced some juvenile comments as well.
We have a very secluded yard with a pool and hot tub. Many women have discovered for the first time the pleasure and freedom of a more liberal dress code while in our yard. It seems that all it takes is a comfortable setting to become comfotable with your body.
Posted by: Don,BC | May 9, 2006 09:46 PM
Way to go! You have beautiful breast - DON'T CHANGE THEM!!! My wife often complains that her breast sag and she doesn't believe me that her breast are great. We often face to many images of "perfect boobs" aka 20 yo Playboy models who have had a boob job. Natural is the only way to go! Thanks for posting your pics showing your natural body.
- socrates
Posted by: socrates | May 12, 2006 02:26 PM
Don
I don't know what tv programmes and channels, magazines and newspapers you've been watching and reading, but what you've described must be very specific to your province, or city, or the publications and tv channels you choose to read and watch. It's not so elsewhere in Canada. I think what you've seen IS American, with rare exception.
You've painted a very European sounding picture of our culture, and hey, I wish; but it's not so in my perception. (Admittedly I've not monitored Quebec on this issue). I've seen nudity sure, but it's not common, is limited to certain programmes, comes on after a certain hour, and is usually cable. Or football related. It is almost always titillation (oooh I tried to find another word...).
Posted by: Pony | May 12, 2006 05:42 PM
Whoops. DON not DAN. Many apologies.
Posted by: Pony | May 12, 2006 05:47 PM
Hi,
I doubt that you and I have much in common politcally or in our social agendas but I have to agree with you about the breat implants. Not just you but every woman is just fine the way they are. Any guy who rejects you because of breat size is only thinking of you as an object to gratify his lust.
Posted by: Gary J Sibio | May 13, 2006 08:10 AM
Pony
Topfree and nudity is not an every day occurance on Canadian television and in our magazines but when it does occur there usually is no attempt to hide anything like programming originating in the US. For example the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction did not create any reaction in Canada and would have been rebroadcast without obscuring the breast if we had been able to get an uncensored feed from the US.
Don
Posted by: Don,BC | May 13, 2006 05:50 PM
One of the most empowering things for a woman is to spend time on a nude beach. The sense of self-esteem engendered by the experience is absolutely tremendous, and the realization that our bodies are indeed our own and we have the right to show them as we see fit is a simply wonderful experience.
Also, being nude in public in an appropriate place with other naked people brings about the shocking realization that bare skin is really no big deal...we all have it and after a few minutes it's not a novelty anymore to stare at other naked people.
No matter what your body looks like, its YOURS and going to the nude beach will be one of the best experiences of your life.
Plus, nude in the sun is just plain FUN!
Bare Hugs to ALL!
Kristi
Posted by: Kristi | May 15, 2006 12:26 PM
Diana, you have gorgeous breasts. I'm glad you decided not to mutilate them. To me, the bulbous, knobby chest of a breast-implant victim is repulsive.
Posted by: Jared Markov | June 16, 2006 07:45 AM
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Posted by: Mary Box | June 17, 2006 03:29 AM
Good Day Ma'am,
I think that there is one overriding point that most people are forgetting here, there is a health(clinical) issue as opposed to a moral issue...two slightly different
components. The human mammary gland ... is JUST THAT ... a gland. Now it is a well known fact that all EXTERNAL glands should be allowed to "breathe" freely
ie: do not wear restrictive clothing (by the way men, this is also true of the testes, be careful of those very tight underpants)!!! Quite a few studies in my country have shown that there is a significant depreciation of the incidence of breast cancer among rural woman (who natrually remain "topless" virtually all their lives) as opposed to the westernized counterpart that insists on being fashionable, wearing tight jeans, bra's etc. I would suggest that simply from this point of view, it makes good sense for women to get rid of all brasierres, swimsuit tops etc. and start looking beyond what society dictates. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our "morals" that we stop seeing the wood for the trees!!! My own wife HATES wearing a bra (or any constritive clothing) and gets rid of them at the first opportunity...and I can't argue with that...let's start looking at reality. Prof. Blaine, please let me know how you feel about this issue, I can be contacted at barnard.peter@gmail.com
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Posted by: Art | July 9, 2006 09:12 PM
Hi,
A great thought and discussion provoking post.
As a man, I do notice large breasts and there are two women I see fairly often who look very much like they have implants - I swim each morning and these women are also swimmers. Yes I notice them and am attracted to them, but I don't find any enjoyment in them.
I look around and see women with smaller breasts and perhaps not such perfectly sculpted breasts - I find the word 'beauty' much easier to associate with these naturally breasted women.
I can understand the temptation to have implants and become instantly 'attractive' - there is a part of me that would like to be able to be attractive like that. However, I don't think anyone who really cared about another person would want them to mutilate their bodies. Hey I'm probably being very idealistic there, but I would not want someone I loved to mutilate themselves to please me.
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Posted by: Rustin | August 2, 2006 07:36 AM
Having once approach my dear wife I asked, now years ago, if I can watch her while she nursed our daughter. She smiled and said of course. I go to appreciate the beasts for there pure simplicity of function and beauty. I found nothing offensive about seeing them and have never understood the deal about why so many people are taken back when one is exposed. Yet, if I stick my
tongue out at someone or I have to spit out something disgusting nothing is said,no moral laws are shattered, no religious pundit comes on T.V. and
decries you as being part of satans inner-sanctum.
I throughly believe that it
isn't so-much the breast that the law see as dispicable as it is the nipple. I think those who
demand covering over this little more than an en-larged gland, do so for the
sole argument that it represents, sex. Men have them and it okay to bare them in public. Using the excuse that exposing a womans beast will incite a man into rape or someother
lewd conduct is weak, and pathetic. These thoughts of mine are from ones of a
religious man.
- Rob
Posted by: rob hewson | August 3, 2006 12:43 PM