{"id":1693,"date":"2013-10-23T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2015-02-13T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:26:07","slug":"real-breasts-are-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/real-breasts-are-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Breasts are the best"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier today about parenting, how to deal with the big things while still maintaining open communications and it reminded me of the time we caught the boy looking at porn. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a normal teenage boy looking at naked breasts.<\/p>\n

But it was time for the talk. Not the birds and bees talk, he’s known about that for long enough. We have a policy in this house where by if he asks a question he gets a truthful answer within the remit of his understanding. So, the sex talk came up a while ago. No. This talk was about women’s rights. About sexism and exploitation, about the damage pictures and videos like this do to girls self esteem when they think that is what they need to be to please a man and a bit about him and potentially unrealistic expectations.<\/p>\n

I then showed him this, the real breast gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a fantastic project to show teenage boys and girls . It’s a non sexual look at womens breasts, It normalises the differences, it shows what real bodies look like in all colours shapes and sizes and if you’re a parent of a teenager I highly recommend you bookmark it for yourself for when\u00a0these discussions arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier today about parenting, how to deal with the big things while still maintaining open communications and it reminded me of the time we caught the boy looking at porn. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a normal teenage boy looking at naked breasts. 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