I'm not judging people who get plastic surgery because they aren't satisfied with the way they look. It wouldn't be my personal choice, but what do I care if people want to change the way they look?
But it is absolutely WRONG to toss around the word deformity. Because what it is is a judgement on people who DON'T get their breasts fixed--because it says they are choosing to keep their deformity. Whereas, people with other breast variations--of which, the variations are endless--aren't making a choice, they are just being.
And when plastic surgeons use words like "deformity" for things, it makes people question something they otherwise wouldn't. It makes perfectly healthy people feel that they MUST get plastic surgery to conform to a COMPLETELY MADE UP STANDARD. Because breasts come in all varieties.
If your breasts developed on your back or something--THAT would be a deformity. But they're in the right spot, they've got all the parts, and they work? That is NOT a deformity.
And this is something they made up in recent times, because standards for breasts have changed. Look, as an example off the top of my head, at the movie All That Jazz from the 70's. There's a scene where the main character has a date with a dancer in the show he's directing. She says "Let's go to bed" walks up the stairs while taking off her shirt. And that chick has what people describe as tubuler or tuberous breasts. She's supposed to be some sexy little dancer that this director wants to bang--and that's exactly what she is--BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER BREASTS. They simply aren't trendy in this day and age. That actress would not be cast in 2010.
So yeah, I think it's wrong to confuse being out of fashion with a medical problem. Because it's not. It just simply is not. You want plastic surgery because you don't like your breasts? Absolutely no judgement here. But using the word deformity judges us all.
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I'm not judging people who get plastic surgery because they aren't satisfied with the way they look. It wouldn't be my personal choice, but what do I care if people want to change the way they look?
But it is absolutely WRONG to toss around the word deformity. Because what it is is a judgement on people who DON'T get their breasts fixed--because it says they are choosing to keep their deformity. Whereas, people with other breast variations--of which, the variations are endless--aren't making a choice, they are just being.
And when plastic surgeons use words like "deformity" for things, it makes people question something they otherwise wouldn't. It makes perfectly healthy people feel that they MUST get plastic surgery to conform to a COMPLETELY MADE UP STANDARD. Because breasts come in all varieties.
If your breasts developed on your back or something--THAT would be a deformity. But they're in the right spot, they've got all the parts, and they work? That is NOT a deformity.
And this is something they made up in recent times, because standards for breasts have changed. Look, as an example off the top of my head, at the movie All That Jazz from the 70's. There's a scene where the main character has a date with a dancer in the show he's directing. She says "Let's go to bed" walks up the stairs while taking off her shirt. And that chick has what people describe as tubuler or tuberous breasts. She's supposed to be some sexy little dancer that this director wants to bang--and that's exactly what she is--BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER BREASTS. They simply aren't trendy in this day and age. That actress would not be cast in 2010.
So yeah, I think it's wrong to confuse being out of fashion with a medical problem. Because it's not. It just simply is not. You want plastic surgery because you don't like your breasts? Absolutely no judgement here. But using the word deformity judges us all.
October 4, 2010 - 10:11amThis Comment
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