Breast size and Their Affect On A Girl's Body Image

(By Melissa Dejanude)

Breast Size and Self Esteem Problems For Girls:

Breast Size and Self-Esteem - It wasn't that I did not have female friends, I was simply a tomboy who favored the ruff-and-tumble style of play that I could engage in with boys. It wasn't until one fateful day in the fifth grade that I started to reevaluate my choice of playmates.

I was sitting at my desk, when a group of male classmates informed me that I'd won first place in a survey that decided which of the girls in class had the largest breasts. I instantly started to feel a sense of distress in knowing the people who I considered to be my buddies were actually looking at me as a sexual object.

As most girls in my class couldn't wait until their budding breasts peaked, I, on the other hand, couldn't wait for mine to quit growing. While many girls my age began wearing padded and push up bra, I, on the other hand, stuck to the models that would minimize them. But my breasts never went away and I was made even more aware of them after other ladies started making opinions.

Breast Size and Self Esteem

I eventually came to the realization that there was nothing that I could do about my breasts or breast size, by the end of junior high. Once I entered high school, I became surrounded by older girls with much more developed bodies. Suddenly I was no longer confronted with the issue of being the only top heavy girl on campus, but then a fresh issue surfaced: I felt underdeveloped.

In comparison to seventeen year old young women, a fourteen year old's body pales in comparison. I felt a feeling of insecurity and inadequacy when I looked at them, and that did not feel any better than what I felt before.

As my body continued to change and standard levels above me eventually moved on, I was again put in a familiar position: the big breasted girl on campus. Although https://videonudist.com/searches/nude-beach-model/1/ wasn't a new experience, it was still painful to recognize that folks no longer saw me for me; they simply saw what was on the outside.

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