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What was your own worst teen angst? Teen:14-18?
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 591964" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>It's funny (strange-funny, not amusing-funny), how breast development -- whether early, late, large or small -- was such a source of angst. I don't think it was the breasts per se, but rather that it was the thing that made us different, unique. And it was easy to spot, easy to regognize. A natural target.</p><p></p><p>I started wearing a bra in Gr. 3. I still have a scar across my upper back from where my bra strap and hooks dug into my back every time one of the boys snapped it, which happened multiple times per day. I used to get cornered in the playground -- even in the classroom -- held down and groped by the boys in my class, back in Gr. 4, 5 and 6. (I wonder if that was one of the reasons my parents opted for a girls' school for jr. high?) I remember vividly, the conversation I had with my teacher when I went to complain. She was a lovely Italian lady -- imagine if Sophia Loren had let herself go, and wore elastic-waist polyester trousers. She said, "It is your curse. To have a body like that around boys, they will act like boys. You have to learn to deal with them."</p><p></p><p>Although it wasn't ideal, it was a great lesson in learning to stand up for myself. The next boy who touched me got an elbow in the stomach and a bloody nose, and the teacher didn't punish me at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 591964, member: 3907"] It's funny (strange-funny, not amusing-funny), how breast development -- whether early, late, large or small -- was such a source of angst. I don't think it was the breasts per se, but rather that it was the thing that made us different, unique. And it was easy to spot, easy to regognize. A natural target. I started wearing a bra in Gr. 3. I still have a scar across my upper back from where my bra strap and hooks dug into my back every time one of the boys snapped it, which happened multiple times per day. I used to get cornered in the playground -- even in the classroom -- held down and groped by the boys in my class, back in Gr. 4, 5 and 6. (I wonder if that was one of the reasons my parents opted for a girls' school for jr. high?) I remember vividly, the conversation I had with my teacher when I went to complain. She was a lovely Italian lady -- imagine if Sophia Loren had let herself go, and wore elastic-waist polyester trousers. She said, "It is your curse. To have a body like that around boys, they will act like boys. You have to learn to deal with them." Although it wasn't ideal, it was a great lesson in learning to stand up for myself. The next boy who touched me got an elbow in the stomach and a bloody nose, and the teacher didn't punish me at all. [/QUOTE]
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