Why Does Breast Size Matter?

Notions on Femininity and "B" Issues

(an article written by Kay for the school paper "Pharos")

Breast size: a term girls hear from saleswomen when their moms buy their first bras. They could either be as small as 28A or as big as 34B. With a tape measure, moms, aunts or even grandmas wrap it around the girls' bust lines and get the measurements in inches. Girls start to hear terms like: "Uuy... dalaga na siya!" or the popular line from a song "You're no longer a girl but not yet a woman!"

Every girl in her adolescence experiences physical changes. Some of these transformations are the growth of pubic hairs, broader hips and breasts. All girls grow more mature and more conscious on how they look, how they smell, and what other people's opinions are on them. Each girl becomes more aware of what other people think, especially what the guy she has a crush on thinks.

Now, let's move on to what the title says, I know some girls with big breasts, and I could say that guys totally adore them. In a recent review in a teen magazine, a guy, about 16, said that men like big breasts because they like a woman with more curvature and because it makes them womanly. If that's true, then that's why other girls wish for a bigger pair of what we usually call "ang hinaharap". A study showed that a teenage girl's breasts grown until she turns 18. Well, in the US, some girls stuff their bras with either cotton or tissue to make them look bigger. It's quite absurd to try things like that. It's not for decent teenage girls to do that. If girls would only do that because of the desire to be adored by a lot of guys to fit in, then it's wrong. Remember, a good guy will like you for who you are. It's good to think that a guy loves you because you are who you should be.

Some girls, on the contrary, don't care what lads think of them. They stay hard-core and refrain from doing such desperate measures. It's actually decency. And it is easier to like a girl who is herself and not trying to be someone else.

Various actresses, usually sexy stars, undergo bust enlargement surgeries for their careers - an obsession for perfection with the help of science. But there are loads of disadvantages being a "retokada". Janice Jurado, a veteran actress, now suffers from breast cancer because of this sort of surgery. She advises many not to try that type of "beautification". Ethel Booba, host of the reality series "Extra Challenge", is one of the many retokadas in showbiz. She once said that she may look beautiful and sexy but it causes her low self-esteem. She maybe, to us, the positive and funny host we all love but her self-confidence is low, according to her.

Natural beauties are a lot more appreciated. Rufa Mae Quinto, actress and comedienne, is known as the original "Booba". With her natural self, she emerges confident.

Perfection is not all that. Remember, God made us all in the likeness of his image and it is better for us to leave it that way. We were not made perfect. It's okay to make yourself beautiful enough for everybody to appreciate. But it is definitely a no-no to overdo it! Always remember this overused saying. "BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER." Try more to be yourself and be proud of who you are!