LoyalPeaches28's Blog
SO WHAT
August 28, 2007At the age of 14, I was raped by my boyfriend who was 16. I was a virgin at the time of the rape, so it was a double whammy for me. I was so embarrassed, that I held this tragedy in for a year before I finally told anyone what happen.
After my boyfriend raped, he kept on acting as if nothing had happen. He would harrass me by sending me things or saying things about my body. He ended up sleeping with my best friend at the time, in my home.
I have always been small 'figured' and very embarrassed about it. Also, I have always been small framed and gained 50 pounds while pregnant with my daughter. I luckly lost all the pregnancy weight. But nearly two years later, at the age of 27, I had to have an abdominal hysterectomy w/ a bilaterial salpingo opperectomy (removal of ovaries). I gained quite a bit more weight. Even during all this weight gain, my 'figure' remained small and I still felt embarrassed.
Todays society is so down on small 'figured' women and I am sick of it. I am a beautiful person on the inside and out. So, what if I am small 'figured'. I am having to learn to accept myself for the way God made me.
Tyra Bank's "So What" campaign is really making me take another look at myself. I am starting to feel more secure about the way I look, dressing sexier, and am to the point of, "SO WHAT"! If you can't accept me for me, I'm better off not knowing you. Your loss.
Thanks Tyra for such an inspirational campain!