Chinese sculptor says bigger is not better

May 4

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Breast augmentation surgery has made quite a big leap last year as what the figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons show. The breast enhancement procedure actually toppled liposuction in the rankings, hitting the number one spot in the most number of procedures performed in 2006.

The trend must have caused an alarm to some people, assuming that women are so drawn to thinking that they will never feel good about themselves if they don’t have breasts as huge as Pamela Anderson’s. Well, there is truth to that actually. Some women really have twisted views of beauty but this does not speak about the majority.

As a reaction to that kind of perspective, Chinese sculptor Shu Yong wanted to get his message across concerning breast augmentation and breast implants by conducting an exhibit of sculptures in Beijing. For Yong, bigger is definitely not better.

"We often see advertisements for breast enlargements on TV and in the newspaper. A flat chest slowly changes into round and full breasts, like blowing up balloons. This is so interesting," said Shu, who wants to set aside a day for breast awareness.

The exhibit is called “How Big Do We Want Our Breasts To Be?” and it was geared on increasing the appreciation for natural curves in a country where plastic surgery is booming. It should be noted that an estimate of 2.4 billion dollars is spent annually on plastic surgery in China. This is due to the increasing number of young people who go under the knife, hoping to become more beautiful, successful, and marriageable.

One sculpture that caught the eyes of many was Shu’s largest work – a sculpture of a woman no bigger than a Barbie doll who has two huge ball-shaped breasts, each 1.8 meters in diameter, with large, pink nipples. Many people find the piece of art disturbing. In fact, vandals smashed one of his statues when the exhibit opened, saying it corrupted public morals.

This is Shu’s way of criticizing the abnormal obsession of women to huge breasts, as a means for them to be accepted by society. The sculptures were kinda off for some, but one thing’s for sure, Shu got his message across.

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MGman on Jun 6

Who's to say that women who want larger breasts have an "abnormal" obsession? What's your frame of reference? If throughout human history a full, shapely breast has symbolized youth and feminitity, how is it abnormal to aspire to that goal? I work with a Columbia, Maryland breast enlargement surgeon and I think it's very normal for women to be interested in having a healthy breast appearance. There are of course some women out there who will take it too far and get breasts that are way out of proportion, but from what I've seen, most women are just looking for a natural result.

But taller is better?

Anonymous on Oct 23

Some magazine had a blurb recently about leg lengthening in China, so taller is better, I guess. Look, I'm no doctor but I work with one eprforming plastic surgery Phoenix, and what Shu doesn't seem to get (as a man, of course) is not every woman wants Pamela Anderson-sized breasts. "How big do we want our breasts to be?" It's different for every woman, but here's something that pretty consistent for those women who elect breast augmentation... a University of Florida study found that these women saw increases in both self esteem and positive feelings about their sexuality. In fact, the study reports that these women saw "substantial increases" in ratings of sexual desire, arousal and satisfaction. I'm no sculptor, but that seems like a good thing.

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