# Is it poor taste for a woman to brag about her breasts or healthy self confidence? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 25, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139 "2005-12-25T05:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/21 "2005-12-25T21:25:55Z")
It might not be in the best taste to do it, but I’d rather hear a woman bragging about her boobs than making a list of everything she hates about herself. Until recently, I guess I didn’t know the extent to which some women criticize their bodies. Some of my friends were talking about bodies and such and most of them admitted that they have gone through long phases of feeling disgusting and ugly. And they are all attractive women. It’s surprising to me because I’ve had a healthy body image throughout my adult life. I guess I’d rather be overly confident about my looks than completely insecure. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/22 "2005-12-25T21:43:26Z")
If she’s recovering from anorexia, expressing a new-found appreciation & satisfaction with her self & body image is fine. Bragging about one’s tits is not. It’s well known obese men who lose weight, among lots of other things, get the added benefit that their penis looks longer. But you don’t brag about such things outside the circle of your closest confidants. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/23 "2005-12-25T22:28:35Z")
Maybe she has the same problem as the protagonist in [this story](http://www.livejournal.com/users/annesible/2005/12/22/). (Second entry.) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/24 "2005-12-26T02:10:29Z")
I agree with **Indygrrl.** I’d much rather hear someone bragging on herself (or what is construed as bragging, compared to the self-hatred displayed by many women) rather than talking about how much she hates her parts. Anyway, the body parts in question are to be referred to as “bodacious ta-tas.” If you can’t say that with a straight face, I completely understand. My breasts and legs are great. It’s what’s in between that isn’t! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/25 "2005-12-26T04:30:35Z")
In this context, hell no! She’s recovering from anorexia and finally finding something she LIKES about herself-it’s perfectly healthy. Now, if she were like Jennifer Love Hewitt, who can’t pass up an opportunity to remind of us that she had boobs, like she’s the only woman to ever have had bodacious ta-tas, well, that’s different. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/26 "2005-12-26T14:51:05Z")
Something else to consider - since she’s “in the business” - celebrities need to be more objective about their attributes than most as their bodies are their meal tickets. I think they discuss their shortcomings/attributes discussed much the way a car salesman might talk about the 4 door vs. 2 door model. No doubt Ashley is trying to position herself as “the one with the great tits.” ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/27 "2005-12-26T15:27:32Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > If she’s recovering from anorexia, expressing a new-found appreciation & satisfaction with her self & body image is fine. Bragging about one’s tits is not. So would it have been okay to brag about her legs? Should tits be a hush-hush subject? > [@](#): > > It’s well known obese men who lose weight, among lots of other things, get the added benefit that their penis looks longer. But you don’t brag about such things outside the circle of your closest confidants Never heard that one myself! Does it look longer to others or is it just because it’s peeking out more from under the belly? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/28 "2005-12-26T17:43:29Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Never heard that one myself! Does it look longer to others or is it just because it’s peeking out more from under the belly? The penis is attached way inside your body, not at the surface, and has a fixed length from where it is attached. Plop a bunch of fat down there, and less of it will protrude outside the body, so it will be effectively shorter. I’m with Indygrrl, too many women are unhappy with their perfectly nice bodies, let’s have some self confidence and not be such prudes. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/29 "2005-12-26T18:47:46Z")
I think that both the anorexia and the public boob-bragging show that she places an unhealthy emphasis on her body-image. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/30 "2005-12-26T18:54:29Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > If they are really that great, you don’t have to say anything. Ditto the self-confidence. If you have it, it shows. You don’t need to tell anyone. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/31 "2005-12-26T22:25:52Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > So would it have been okay to brag about her legs? Should tits be a hush-hush subject? Why can’t she brag about how good she feels to be healthy and happy with her body the way it naturally formed? What about all the young girls with small breasts? Time to head off to the plastic surgeon so they can be “perfect” like Ashlee Simpsons’? What about all the overweight girls? Time to start throwing up everything you eat, 'cause it sure made Ashlee Simpson look fabulous? I don’t think it makes me a prude that I don’t want to hear how Ashlee’s boobs are perfect. For heaven’s sake. On this board I’ve read serious discussions about whether ejaculating into a fish tank is good for the fish. I’ve read relatively serious discussions about whether farting blows holes in your underwear. Cecil himself has touched on everything from bondage and S&M to small barbed fish that swim up urethras. Dolly Parton wants to talk about her boobs in public? Fine. The things are practically trademarked anyway. Everyone talks about them. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/32 "2005-12-27T05:28:51Z")
Safe for work as these links, but if you go the index page it’s no longer safe for work ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/33 "2005-12-27T10:51:20Z")
Those links don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/34 "2005-12-27T12:05:09Z")
[http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee\_simpson\_boobs/ashlee\_simpson\_28.jpg](http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee_simpson_boobs/ashlee_simpson_28.jpg) [http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee\_simpson\_boobs/ashlee\_simpson\_36.jpg](http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee_simpson_boobs/ashlee_simpson_36.jpg) [http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee\_simpson\_boobs/ashlee\_simpson\_33.jpg](http://www.sweetsexgirls.com/galleries/ashlee_simpson_boobs/ashlee_simpson_33.jpg) cut and paste these redirect is a bitch, man And yes, despite the sex page of the redirect, these pics are work safe. Even the redirect sex page has no pics, but the mod may want to disable the links in the previous post, just to be safe. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/35 "2005-12-28T04:01:43Z")
Only problem is, Simpson has implants. Bad ones. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/36 "2005-12-28T04:11:02Z")
[http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html](http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/37 "2005-12-28T04:56:49Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > [http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html](http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html) I don’t see it. I don’t think she has implants. One dress is simply pulling them up and against her chest and the other is not, plus she’s been busty since she was a fairly young girl. Her breasts in “saggy” before pic are no smaller than the after pic. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/38 "2005-12-28T06:20:43Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Why can’t she brag about how good she feels to be healthy and happy with her body the way it naturally formed? > > What about all the young girls with small breasts? Time to head off to the plastic surgeon so they can be “perfect” like Ashlee Simpsons’? > > What about all the overweight girls? Time to start throwing up everything you eat, 'cause it sure made Ashlee Simpson look fabulous? > > I don’t think it makes me a prude that I don’t want to hear how Ashlee’s boobs are perfect. > > For heaven’s sake. On this board I’ve read serious discussions about whether ejaculating into a fish tank is good for the fish. > > I’ve read relatively serious discussions about whether farting blows holes in your underwear. > > Cecil himself has touched on everything from bondage and S&M to small barbed fish that swim up urethras. > > Dolly Parton wants to talk about her boobs in public? Fine. The things are practically trademarked anyway. Everyone talks about them. I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/39 "2005-12-28T06:22:01Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > [http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html](http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/archives/004052.html) The pics I’m seeing are Jessica Simpson, not Ashlee. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139/40 "2005-12-28T06:36:23Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s okay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-poor-taste-for-a-woman-to-brag-about-her-breasts-or-healthy-self-confidence/337139.md?page=3)