"I am nonetheless obsessed with breasts. I cannot help it. I grew up in the terrible Fifties-with rigid stereotypical sex roles," says Nora Ephron in her essay "A few Words about Breasts." Nora talks about her infatuation with breasts brought on by the fact that she was cursed with small breasts. She believes she would have been a completely different person if she would have had larger breasts. Eventually she even ended up in therapy because of it. In the Fifties young women felt they had to have large, perky breasts to be accepted by men. People, especially men, thought more highly of women with larger breasts. Nora Ephron said, "Well, that time is gone right? All those exaggerated examples of breast worship are gone, right?" No, sorry to say they are not. Men love large breasts and they always will. When you see a group of men standing together and a beautiful, large breasted girl walks by the first thing you will here them comment on will be her chest. It was that way in the Fifties and it is that way today. So, women will always want large breasts in order to impress men and boost their self-esteem. Today, women still want to fit the perfect body image as they did in the Fifties. Now, women aren't just concerned with having large breasts though, they want the "perfect" body.
             Women who are thin are more easily accepted by others. These days' having large breasts is just an easier way to get the attention of men. Women feel the need to have the "perfect" body not just large breasts. There is a solution to having small breasts, if you are willing to pay and if it really means that much to you. Breast implants weren't available to women in the Fifties. Now, women all over are paying as much as $4,000 to get breast implants. Plastic surgery has become as common as going to the dentist in states like California. Since it has become easier to achi...