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Killing me softly for big tits - General
Posted by Cher (Monday October 06 2003 @ 06:33PM EDT)
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Late last week, Reuters and others jumped on a story on a study linking breast implants and suicide risk. I didn't read the story until today (when Jeff asked me to write the blog), but my first thought was - maybe there is a correlation between the personality TYPE choosing cosmetic breast implants and a risk of suicide?
Sure enough, the headline screams, Cosmetic Breast Implants May Raise Suicide Risk, but buried in the bottom of the article is this gem:
The researchers emphasize, however, that their study does not prove a cause-and-effect relationship between cosmetic breast implants and suicide. It may have more to do with the type of women who choose cosmetic breast implantation. "Underlying (mental problems) represents a possible explanation," they write.
With cosmetic surgery, I've always felt that if it makes you feel better - do it. Just make sure that it really IS that nose job that has been bugging you for the bulk of your life.
A very pretty girl I went to high school with had Alfalfa ears, you know the kind that fold down and stick out. She eventually had them altered and even granted the local TV station an interview when they did a story about teens and plastic surgery. This seemed completely reasonable to me. Who wants to live with big ass ears when they can be fixed relatively easily?
However, it is also not hard to see that someone pursuing major surgery for bigger cans might also have some other issues to deal with.
By presenting the headline as such, Reuters did a disservice to its readers. While I doubt the anti-breast implant lobby is that large, there are plenty of anti-science folks, left and right, who jump on any study like this that might serve their agenda - facts and conclusions be damned.
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By doctordoug (Monday October 06 2003 @ 08:54PM EDT)
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The very first thought through my head when I read that headline was,... Well Duh. My thought process was the type of person who thinks that can enhancement will solve their self esteem problem is more likely than average to be wrong. That is their self hatred (if it's that strong) is the real problem,... not their little cans.
But really, where is the line between "proper" enhancements... your friends ears... and unhealthy enhancements? I had braces on my teeth for 5 years. Wasn't I happy enough with myself as an individual? Did I think that society is so superficial that I would be viewed as flawed because I looked like a snaggletoothed beaver? Am I happy that my parents sacrificed to allow me to look normal. Yeah. I paid for my daughter to have perfect teeth. But, she's gonna live the cans the great grocer above gave her.
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By Cher (Monday October 06 2003 @ 09:20PM EDT)
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I think the line is probably more of a spectrum with B-cup to D-cup breast enhancement at one end and braces at the other. However, that spectrum has to be determined by the individual - what are you willing to put up with, pay for, etc. to get what you want or think you need? After all, you'll make the decision, and you'll be the one going under the knife. I guess that is why I just don't have a problem with cosmetic surgery on principle. Yet, since the invention of the padded bra, a boob job just seems unreasonable.
Teeth, however, make a HUGE difference in your appearance - just ask the British.
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By Joe (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 08:38AM EDT)
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i'm just shocked that the media would mislead folks... shameless...
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By Cher (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 09:16AM EDT)
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The story is fine. The headline is misleading. Journalists writing the story don't usually write the headline. I give the journalist a pass on this one.
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By Cher (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 11:26AM EDT)
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The Post does have some winners. A few years ago, a deranged man hit a young woman in the head with a brick on the streets of the city. The Post dubbed her "Brick Girl" for the duration of the story.
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By rini (Saturday October 09 2004 @ 01:48PM EDT)
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There is no doubt that the age of puberty is getting younger and younger. I do not think it is because of BST. Sure, the way factory farms operate is disgusting. (I am more concerned about antibiotic resistant bacteria caused the dirty conditions on these "farms" combined with use of antibiotic sprays on the feed. Pesticides in huge amounts are not great either.)
I think that to attribute early puberty to some unknown "chemicals" is missing the forest for the trees. Our huge rate of obesity and high calorie, high animal content diets are more likely responsible.
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By Joe (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 02:14PM EDT)
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since we're seeking the truth here (a novel concept for most of the world), cows are not given a growth hormone - "growth" means a change from a simple to the complex, it is a natural progression to something new, or an increase in mass/size. dairy cows are given supplimental bovine somatatropin (BST), a hormone that triggers milk production – a normal process. BST produces no physiological change in the animal and the levels of BST in supplimented cows are no different that natural levels in non-suplimented cows. But, that’s just my personal soapbox, misleading info about our food supply... i'm not an advocate of BST, just of the truth.
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By Puddle (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 03:16PM EDT)
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ZZZZZzzzzzzzz......
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By joe (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 04:18PM EDT)
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i didn't expect everybody to understand my big words and complete thoughts... wake up now Puddle, the train of liberal sensationalism will continue in three seconds... stuff you should be able handle... look, there’s something shiny!!!
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By Jeff (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 04:42PM EDT)
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What ever you do, don't step in it....
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By Tom (Tuesday October 07 2003 @ 05:31PM EDT)
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I think your characterization is accurate. It really effects the efficiency with which cows process nutrients and it does not stay in the system, which is why it must be delivered daily.
However, what's your opinion on consumer labeling? Should consumers be provided with this information at purchase?
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By Fighting Keyboarder (Saturday June 11 2005 @ 04:40PM EDT)
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How the hell did we get from breast implants, to cows, to just finding out somebody other than my dad fucked my mom?
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Enlighten me, Marge
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The most formidable weapon against errors of any kind is reason.
-- Thomas Paine
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We Did Our Job!
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