Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The Obsession with Underboob

Let me take a moment to preface by saying the following: I'm a naturally small-busted girl.  I'm built thin and tiny and, for the most part, I own it.  I have  my days where I feel self-conscious (just like everyone else) but generally, I truly own the way I look.  There are things I wish I could change but I think that even if I had the money to initiate plastic surgery, I just wouldn't.  Being that I'm always in the .0001% of things, I'd be the one with the botched boob job walking around with nipples pointing in opposite diagonal directions.
With that being said, I am so over-the-top annoyed with the amount of obsession placed on boobs that it's ridiculous.  Look at who flashed under-boob.....look at who's showing off their cleavage.....look who's suffered a wardrobe malfunction....on and on and on.  The obsession with boobs makes me feel like the media is run by a bunch of "breast men" who were denied the ability to nurse when they were babies so they're over-obsessed now. (Yes, I understand that's not entirely accurate but that's how I feel).  While I understand that there's a lot of desire to see what celebrities are doing, I ask myself why in the world their boobs are so important.
On an entirely different level of this, it makes me afraid for my girls.  Chances are that they might end up small-busted too.  If the world is so obsessed with breasts having to be perfect and D cup, how are they going to feel about themselves.  I can build up their confidence all I want but, in the end, the outsiders are going to make their opinions known.  How do I get them to own their bodies in a world obsessed with porn star bodies?  I can only roll my eyes and attempt to shield them from this phenomenon so long, especially when the "Disney stars" they've been watching for years are "exploring their sexuality" by finding it necessary to pose nude, dress like skanks or show off their breasts in skimpy little outfits.
The reality of it is this: Everyone was born with certain genes.  Way back when, you accepted what you  had and flaunted your assets instead of attempting to fix everything to be perfect.  I'm not a Barbie doll and I'm not trying to be.  My body is what it is.  I try to eat healthy and work out to maintain my health but the chances of me magically floating into perfect, D cup boob heaven are pretty slim (unless some parting of the Red Sea miracle comes along).  I've had four kids...my body's not perfect and quite frankly anyone who wants to gripe about that can go pack sand.  I wish that more people would focus on owning your body (pre AND post children) as it ages and accept and own the reality that perfection is not something that's worth trying to achieve because it will never happen. Implants are giving you years of maintenance.  Lipo only works if you work out to keep the weight off.  Plastic surgery is great for some people (especially if it helps them feel better about themselves) but owning what you have is an even better option!
*Steps down off soapbox*

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