Boob Jobs

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:45pm

Am I alone in failing to understand why young women want to have surgery to stick implants in their breasts to pump them up to a bigger size?


Your opinion?

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:47pm

A healthy self-image is important, and if that's what it takes, then so be it.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:48pm

To me it looks distorted and grotesque.

[Marlene]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:55pm

Tits and ass won't get you jobs
Unless they're yours.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:58pm

Ha ha.

In Hawaii when a woman lied down at the beach and her boobs still stayed up, it was a dead giveaway.

[alterego]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:00pm

I'm waiting for the new reality TV show "When Celebrity Boob Jobs Go Wrong".

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:03pm

But... how many women who get boob jobs are actually distressed over their breasts to the point where it's ruining their lives? And even if some are under that much duress due to their breast size, I'd say the women in question would benefit from counseling rather than some artificial substance stuck into her.

[wally]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:08pm

Well men make such a big deal over large breasts, and I'm sure that doesn't help those smaller women. I hate seeing those plastic surgery shows and the girls are always like "I have so much confidence now with my big boobs!" But I guess that's what some women need. Personally, I'm comfortable with my 32As and wouldn't change them.

[alterego]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:13pm

I wonder if there was some easy proceedure if men would embrace 'genital enhancement'. " I have so much more confidence with my big ----".

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:17pm

Eh, considering the amount of attention focused on breasts today, I can understand how some women feel the need to enhance themselves. Everyone validates their self-confidence in some way, and if that's what it takes for one particular woman, then why question her? I know I'm pretty self-conscious about mine, and they're not THAT small, 36Bs. It affects everyone!
Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:17 PM

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:18pm

I am NOT speaking from experience, but, I'm sure that there'd be a lot less Hummers and other vehicles bought if men could have penis enhancements.

Shrek makes a good example. When Shrek and Donkey first see Lord D's castle, Shrek says, "He's making up for something, isn't he?"

And there was a postsecret postcard posted a while back. I can't find the postcard now, but it looked something like this: A guy was in his camaro (or other sports car) and, "I'd give it up for a bigger penis".

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:21pm

I can understand why women get implants. I probably couldn't do it, but I can understand it. Men give attention to women who have large breasts. It's not the kind of genuine admiration that a girl should seek, but it is attention and everyone, espcially young women, wants to feel attractive and worthy of attention.

I mean, I'm fairly small-chested and I've thought about the perks of implants, though I doubt I could ever actually go through with getting them.

Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:21 PM

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:22pm

Everyone validates their self-confidence in some way, and if that's what it takes for one particular woman, then why question her?

It's not a matter of questioning her, it's a matter of questioning society as a whole. It's sad that we live in such a society where some women's self-confidence is riding so much on their breast size.

[Marlene]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:22pm

We live in a material society, that's highly driven on image. If couple sacs of silicon are going to make someone happier; if she has done her research, and isn't going to go and cry about it later, why not. It might make it easier to shop. I embrace my rack, or lack there of, and there's nothing a good push up can't solve in times of need.
Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:22 PM

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:25pm

Hey, just look at the Abercrombie T-shirts. "Who needs brains when you have these?" I think that in itself pretty much sums up the answer to the question of society.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:29pm

As my grandmother used to say: "When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you cannot help but look good."

Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:29 PM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:30pm

You're right, siamese. I should have been clearer!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:43pm

"When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you cannot help but look good."

This is a good way of thinking of it and it is true to a certain extent.
We were studying this in sociology.

People who think (or do) have a "small chest" often feel sad or depressed and don't act like a confident happy person. Breast implants don't make you look better, per se, but it makes you FEEL better which, in turn, boosts your self confidence.

[Marlene]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:45pm

The bottom line is every individual’s own prioritization of what they think is important to her (or him). Unfortunately, due to society’s ideals that many try to attain, it’s just inevitable. To some degree and to a larger extent for others people do comply with the demands of society and this just happens to be another unfortunate result of the media and society impacting an individual’s choice. One could arguably turn this into a discussion about Darwin’s theory regarding survival of the fittest—hence adapting to the changes in your environment. (Although, I know it’s a stretch to fully attribute breast size to surviving.)

Although, I just sincerely hope that the individuals who are somehow emotionally and mentally changed, and find some new level of self-empowerment, due to implants have something else to bring to the table, and have other priorities, and this is just perhaps another layer that one could add to their image. Or else, they could have better invested their money and health to work out their other problems.

We could perhaps turn to question to why people change their hair color, get piercings and tattoos, purchase certain labels that are clearly not on account of its quality, among many other things...

[kjklo]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:54pm

You notice how everyone's afraid to say that they're terrible and vulgar and offensive and trashy? Suddenly people think that to prove their wonderful sensitivity and tolerance they have to accept every dumb thing that's promoted and fallen for.

Well, damn it all, I think they're gross and ridiculous. I think the women who buy into that nonsense are gullible fools. So sue me.

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:57pm

One could arguably turn this into a discussion about Darwin’s theory regarding survival of the fittest—hence adapting to the changes in your environment. (Although, I know it’s a stretch to fully attribute breast size to surviving.)

No, you really couldn't, because breast implants are known to cause severe health-related issues, thus not fitting the definition of "fittest," not to mention that artificial intervention isn't applicable to Darwin's theory. A woman's larger size due to breast implants cannot be passed down through generations.

Anyway, I really don't think it's acceptable to simply say "well, some people prioritize society's wishes higher than others do" and leave it at that. I'm not saying that people who have a huge amount of their self-esteem riding on their breast size can't have it done - of course they can if they have the money, it's entirely legal. Rather, I'm contending that this is an issue where women should not simply give into the demands of society. Every time you apply lipstick or buy fashionable clothing, you're essentially conforming to society's expectations or standards of beauty, but there is a huge difference between going through a potentially harmful operation and buying a new pair of jeans. Sure, you might be getting a boost of self-confidence by getting breast implants, but it's for all the wrong reasons and only furthers the typical standard of beauty. There are some issues that I don't understand how people can have an indifferent attitude toward, and this is one of them.

ETA: Agreed, kjklo. They look absolutely hideous. (This all coming from an skinny A-cup girl, by the way.) Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:57 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:00am

Think of the breast-fetish men they can collect.

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:01am

Hah. So when they're banging, the girl's boobs can stay in the same damn place the entire time because they're comprised entirely of silicone. AND, she can suffer from lessened pleasure because of the plastic that's been stuffed inside her! Updated On: 10/23/06 at 12:01 AM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:02am

There are saline solution implants, too.

Swish, swish.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:06am

Sort of a threadjack but addition to siamese-

Again, in my sociology class we were talking about how society sees people- specifically women and how they are seen as "objects." If you watch commercials or see magazines, you are going to see a woman- often dressed "sexy" or being provative.

If you don't know- there are professor evaluations done at college towards the end of the semester.

Well, there was a study done taking evaluations from like 100 different professors/classes.
Seperately, pictures of these professors were shown to a group of 50 college students and the students either had to pick
"cute/sexy" "Ok" or "Not attractive" for each professor.

It was found that the "cute/sexy" professors got much better ratings on the preofessor evaluations overall which goes to show how much a person's image plays in society.

It is almost guarenteed that if the students who filled out the evaluations were blinded for the whole semester, the evaluations would be completely different.