Thank you. I was wondering about that, and you answered it with some very helpful graphics.

Well said. I think the culture tried to fight fat-shaming with the "real women have curves" bit, which ended up alienating smaller girls.

The pencil test is an old wives tale. It's funny, but the teens of today still talk about it.

"More than a handfull is a waste." So I guess that means I'm a waste.

I've always liked my small boobs. I think the biggest annoyance is the judgement I get for not wearing bras. I don't need any support, and they make my boobies hurt, but I'm constantly getting well meaning, "Oh, well let me show you how to properly fit one.", advice from other women. I'm sorry if the existence of my…

As someone who's been in both camps (in my teens/early 20s = a cup, b cup on a good day, and now, since I've gotten a little older and also gained some weight, I'm a freakin' 34DD):

One of my best friends is a B cup and she says that small boobs tend to get a pass as long as you're petite (or if you're tall as long as you're willowy) and slender, and conventionally pretty and feminine looking. I'm not convinced but won't dismiss her personal experience either.

This is only my experience, but the only times I have had boobs was when I was pregnant and breastfeeding, and I hated it! I didn't feel better about anything. I would never, ever trade my A-cups, and I especially wouldn't pay thousands to have them altered!

Thanks so much for this because now a million dudes can come and post "I LIKE SMALL TITS! BIG TITS ARE GROSS!!" and make women like me feel like shit for having naturally large breasts (that we hate). Yes, dudes, I KNOW you hate big tits. I know no man likes big tits because guys I've never met before have approached…

I don't think this topic gets enough play. We spend so much time talking about the "thin" beauty ideal, while ignoring that breasts are a huge huge part of "attractiveness". Large, well shaped, perky breasts. I don't think people realize that women who do not have large breasts face their fair share of…

In high school, I was informed that I was chair of the IBTC, so you should promptly remove that from your resume.

I was also given detention for responding to that particular gentleman that we couldn't all be blessed with his cleavage. I'm gonna go add that to mine.

Friend, I'm 51 and still don't wear a bra to keep these leetle grrls strapped down. But lemme tell you sumpthin about menopause. You'll put on some weight everywhere but, most jarringly (to me), in those dumplings. They're not big by any means, but I just don't . . . know . . . what to do with them. I can't sleep on…

For some reason, I've never minded being small-chested. It's not like I have perfect self-esteem or anything, and I know it makes me conventionally less-attractive, but man, it just seems so much easier!

Contraceptive Use In China

While I can't speak for her, I don't think that Garcia-Navarro is arguing that the two cultures are equally harmful or oppressive to women — more that sexism in Brazilian culture (and American culture for that matter) is more easily overlooked. Brazil having the seventh highest rate of violence against women in the…

I feel like the argument here is a lot more nuanced than that.

Either way, it sounds like the families on that province could use some more help. That's a lot of abandoned kids.

Remember when this happened in Nebraska? But the Nebraska law didn't specify an age for the children, so parents started driving there from neighboring states to drop off their tweens and teenagers. One parent left nine siblings between ages 1 and 17. The legislature then rushed to amend the law so that only infants…

To be fair, Guangzhou is many times larger than Shijiazhuang (wikipedia says population 11 million), and right next to two other large cities, Shenzen and Hong Kong. Together they are one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
That is a lot of babies though. It's terrible to think what will happen to unwanted…

"foundling wheels" - tons of old european churches still have them.