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Breast reduction surgery gives a writer a new outlook on love, but the results are not immediate.
Weeks before I turned 19, I checked into Massachusetts General Hospital terrified that nothing could fix the way I saw myself. Two days after undergoing surgery, I stood topless in my parents' bathroom watching as my mother slowly pulled squares of medical tape spotted with puss and dried blood from my chest. I waited in Percocet-induced suspense for my flat-chested doppelganger to miraculously appear in the full-length mirror. When they were finally uncovered I hardly recognized the small puffy breasts that fit perfectly inside the palms of my hands. There were lines of stitches in rows around my nipples and … Read More
Sexy images of beautiful women have a numbing effect on the male brain, study shows.
A study out of the UK found yesterday that men are more likely to think of women as objects after looking at sexy pictures of females bodies. Uh, is this not an obvious fact? Am I totally outta line here? I don't really think so.Studies found that sexy images not only shift the way men perceive women, they also found that constant viewing of these pics shut down areas of the brain linked to empathy for other peoples' emotions. Great.So what does this mean for all us females? Susan Fiske, a psychologist at Princeton University in New Jersey, … Read More
His haircut may be a battle that you should just avoid.
A man's hair is, to paraphrase fictional GE honcho Jack Donaghy, a suit for his head. And as his head suit, it's his calling card to the world at-large. His hair says (not literally, that would be silly), "I'm the kind of guy who would have this exact haircut." Like all things, first impressions aren't always right. Sometimes the guy with a pompadour likes the hip hop music. Maybe the dude with a South Carolina (think Jim Carrey's hair in Dumb and Dumber) hates the outdoors and doesn't even own croakies. The point is, he has an image that … Read More
Jenny Block tackles stereotypes and explains her conservative clothing style.
"You can't judge a book by its cover," the old adage goes. But we do, all the time. He's a player. She's a slut. He's uptight. She's frigid. Each of these titles comes from a different outward appearance and each suggests traits of the people behind the face, or inside the clothes. And it's not just personalities that people assume. It's also relationship styles.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as guilty as the next girl when it comes to this. I see someone and off goes my brain, making decisions about who … Read More
