Here's another great article from Small Bust, Big Heart.
Knickers asks the question: "Who is telling us what size we should be in order to look good and why are we listening to them? Is it the media, the designers, the government, or our peers?"
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I really am ashamed to be called a man sometimes.
Type "boobs" into your favourite search engine and you'll get hits like"
- Big tits and big boobs at jugworld
- Big boobs teens: Galleries of teens with big boobs
- Nice Big Boobs Pics & Sexy Girl Boob Movies
and that's mild compared to what you get if you put an adjective or too in your search.
Not long after I started this blog, a male colleague of mine couldn't talk about it in any other terms than "your tit site."
Why do we have to invent and us such derogatory terms for something that is so beautiful, tender and thoroughly feminine?
Do the people who create these sites and use these terms ever stop to think that these breasts belong to real people? People with real emotions and feelings just like themselves?
In particular do the guys who keep talking about "fantastic big tits" ever stop to think about how they make small breasted women feel? (Of course, just like Alice's Restaurant "you can find anything you want on the internet - including sites dedicated to small breasts. But of course they still use demeaning terms.)
Fortunately, the internet is also a powerful tool for women to strike back. Here's an article written by, dedicated to and celebrating women with small breasts.
And, if you are a woman so blessed, here's a site dedicated to pretty, feminine bras in your size:http://ittybittybra.com/ The Itty Bitty Bra Store.
Ever since I started this blog, I have dreamt of the day where it would be just as easy to say to a woman "you have lovely breasts" as it would be to say "you have lovely eyes."
Well the day still hasn't arrived but something close has.
The other day I had the opportunity to say to a woman (someone I know reasonably well) "I think you have gorgeous boobs."
It just seemed to be the completely appropriate thing to say at the time and it seemed to be taken in the way it was meant. It was not in any way a come on. It was just what I wanted to say and I thought was something that wanted to be said in the conversation.
Her reply: "Thank you Chris."
It was a tender moment.
Thanks to Elisabeth Squires (aka The Boob Lady) for pointing out this article in Men's Health magazine. Everyone should read this. Here are the headings:
- Truth #1: Women don't think we're total pigs about this
- Truth #2: Many women love their breasts more than you do
- Truth #3: Women can be deeply conflicted about their breasts
- Truth #4: In bed you know nothing about them
- One final truth:
"In the end, women's disdain for leering, coupled with the bombardment of breast imagery in the media, puts the typical guy at a disadvantage before he even says hello to a woman. That is our challenge. Yes, there's a double standard about being endlessly presented with breasts and then being vilified for looking at them. Too bad. Accept the challenge. Enjoy it. Revel in breasts privately, respect them publicly, and revere the women who bring them into your life. For what would life be without them?"
Well who could ever put it any better than that?
Here's a great article what men think about breasts written by a woman.
Yes, we are quite simple creatures really. Volumes have been written about us, but really if you toss us some food now and again, let us see glimpses of breasts from time to time and give us a good job to do, we'll be as happy as Larry.
It's not that complicated. We just like breasts.
Here's an interesting collection of ideas about why having small breasts is a good thing.
If you think huge boobs are fantastic, spare a thought for the people who have to carry them around and never get the chance to put them down.
Here's a great article about what it's like to develop big breasts.
Thanks to HiddenFeet for pointing it out.
Also check out this article about Virginal Breast Hypotrophy (VBH).
