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Are Big Breasts an Indication of a Woman’s Loose Character?
The most bizarre excuses Indian society uses to shame women
I was a scrawny kid. I am talking sunken eyes, all-bones-no-flesh kind of existence. At school, my teachers repeatedly sent SOS notes to my parents because of my alarming health situation, and at home, our family physician couldn’t figure out why I was not gaining any weight despite eating loads of butter, chicken, and other protein-rich fatty foods regularly.
I wish this were untrue, but my breasts did not exist till I was 17 years old. “All you have are two pimples,” mocked my former friends (now rightly known as school bullies).
It was only after I started college — around 18 years of age—that my body started to grow and I developed into a healthy woman in her early adulthood. As time went on, the size of my breasts grew significantly. I started with 32A cups, then it rapidly went up to 32DD, and now I wear 36E-sized bras. For a woman who’s only 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs around 142 pounds, I’m always that heavy-chested woman in every room I walk into.
When I was younger, I was proud of my big breasts. After all, being a big-boobie girl got me a lot of attention, especially from the opposite sex. But soon, the most beautiful feature of my body turned into a…
