Christian Johnson
Dr. Emmerling
ENGWR 301
12 February 2023
Journal 2
Women who grow up in the society of today are met with many expectations, or even reasonable expectations, about how they should look. One specific classmate in the discussion posts mentioned that Nora Ephron in her essay “A Few Words About Breasts” was able to use her own experience of having “small breasts” to reach many young women or girls who feel insecure about their own bodies. I agree with this completely. The classmate also continues on saying that she has a positive outlook on herself by the end. I disagree that Nora Ephron has a positive outlook on her figure because she continues to be resentful about bigger breasts.
Nora Ephron has gone on in the essay about how much men would never look at her because of her
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Nora Ephron grew up during the 1950’s, an era where a woman's figure was a determining factor in marriage. After a friend comments to her that after rubbing and kissing her breasts that they will grow, which is a lie, she recounts, “I knew that no one would ever want to marry me. I had no breasts. I would never have breasts (Ephron).” She continuously has a negative outlook on her own figure and about whether she would ever find a husband because of it. She makes a point that she has been reassured that her figure is good, however she never accepts the praise throughout the essay. That phrase was the only one throughout the essay that she said something positive about her figure. Other than that she is mentioning her struggles with her small breasts. Her experience with her first boyfriend was a long one. She didn’t want to do anything other than “necking” because she was afraid of the reaction she might garner by letting him touch her breasts. The mother of her boyfriend made a competitive remark regarding her breast size, implying that she will obviously have problems during sex because of her smaller breast. She will even get the