i wrote a way-too-long comment in my friend jk's
blog earlier, so i thought i should copy it over here and let all my hard work see the light of day. he was asking the question, do all girls consider and/or talk to their friends about the idea of getting boob jobs?
my response (slightly edited):
i'll bet that every small-breasted girl has at least thought about it. but whether it would enter the realm of consideration (or conversation) depends on her politics, self-respect, insecurity, aesthetics, experiences (affirmation vs. humiliation), etc.
for instance, i'm sure i would be a typical candidate physically (32A), but my politics (feminism) and aesthetics (indie/hipster) and personal desire to maintain my self-esteem
au naturel preclude it from being something i'd either consider or even admit to considering. fakies just look make a girl look like she's
trying so hard, which is way uncool.
in my personal experience, the reactions of others have ranged from appreciative (even fetishizing), to neutral, to negative (although that's mostly just limited to the mean boys in my 6th-grade class who i'll hate til my dying day), so they pretty much cancel one another out -- leaving me to rely mostly on politics and aesthetics to prop up my commitment to my unenhanced form.
but who knows, maybe when i'm old i'll become less cute and more insecure and that will tip the balance. it's a lot easier to proclaim your allegiance to the feminist battle against the unrealistic, unfair physical standards that make women everywhere hate themselves when you happen to be young & thin & relatively cute already.
