u/mullatomochaccino

This post was making the rounds not too long ago and I've been meaning to use it as a springboard for discussion here for a while now.

I've always had a larger chest compared to my peers. From the minute puberty struck me I was carrying the weight of the world on my aching shoulders. Outside of pain there were the usual gamut of issues that came with being well-endowed, including unwanted male attention and the perception that society makes of voluptuous women and young girls regardless of their actual chastity. There's been an association with large breasts and perceived promiscuity for ages.

Though what I really want to talk about when it comes to society's fixation on large breasts is what's highlighted in the commentary of the image: Large breasts are not considered desirable in their natural state.

I came of age in the early 2000s-2010s. This was the height of unnaturally thin, hyper-feminine blonde women as the peak of female beauty standards. This was also the beginnings of plastic surgery starting to become more widely accepted rather than a well-kept secret behind closed doors. Pamela Anderson is probably the most well known example of a starlet known for her unnaturally massive bust. The rapid rise and spread of internet porn saw so many women getting breast augmentation than even in so many decades prior combined.

It all impressed one thing on me soundly even then: The only large breasted women you saw during that era of entertainment were surgically enhanced ones.

Any woman with natural breasts larger than a C were considered "deflated" "saggy" or an indication of old age and/or neglect of one's body. I knew of more than one girl in my high school who would admit to sleeping in their bras at night for fear of even the slightest sagging. Movies, shows, fashion, games-- any display of large breasts as desirable were explicitly in tandem with the gravity defying perkiness that only silicone implants or questionable anime physics could provide.

I remember this all having an incredibly strong impact on me, even as an otherwise masculine/GNC dressing teen. Despite being young and relatively fit I still felt like something was wrong with my breasts since they didn't look like the other large breasted women I'd seen in movies or ads (or, unfortunately, porn). What I didn't understand then was that not even smaller breasts are always 100% perky with nipples facing the clouds 24/7. I even know a good number of large breasted women who got nipple piercing with the express purpose of keeping their nipples pert (and to avoid what were referred to as "dinner plate" nipples).

With Ozempic giving unnatural thinness a renaissance and plastic surgery, botox and fillers becoming a commonplace thing, I feel like we're once again seeing this double-sided blade wielded against large breasts.

Breasts sag with age. Larger breasts also have to contend with gravity. Or ill-fitted clothes. Or having the life sucked out of them from breastfeeding babies. Even young and full breasts on a woman as fit and healthy as an Olympian will droop because that's how our bodies hold heavy weight. Larger breasts will then, of course, have larger nipples as a result.

For a sex obsessed culture that's even more obsessed with large breasts in particular, it's fascinating to me that same culture recoils in disgust at what naturally large breasts actually look like.

It's getting into election season here in the US with prominent seats in various states hinging on voter turnout starting this May on into September. With our government looking to roll back voting right protections, men's growing open misogyny and a concerning romanticization of the tradwife lifestyle in popular culture, I figure it would be a good time to remind ourselves of how little and how not long ago things have changed.

To find out when your state primaries are and what seats are up in the general election refer to this document, https://vote.gov/, or check your local state government's website and information pages.

The expected role of women in society has always been one of subjugation and humiliation. However, this is only ever admitted in popular culture when it's men who are subjected to the same treatment. More often than not as a warning, that giving women their rights will see them wanting to take men's away next. "This, my good man, could be YOU." These arguments are almost word for word the same ones we hear today.

Generations of women fought and died for their daughters' and granddaughter's right to vote. Don't take their sacrifice for granted; go out and vote!

Source and for more Historical Suffragette Postcards and Propaganda: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/suffrage_images/