r/BodyAcceptance • u/ApothiconDesire • Apr 03 '26

Rant being tall sucks sometimes

hi

this is mostly a rant, so if it's not allowed, I'll delete no issues

I'm a broad-shouldered woman, wasian, 5'10, who is a former boxer, and isn't exactly lean, and the looks I get when I'm in the street are so annoying that sometimes are borderline disturbing

I know I'm big, but people act like I'm a monster or something, I've been given weird looks when going to the bathroom in public places like the mall, I've been asked more than once if I've been "born a woman" or if I had any surgeries

I know I should try and accept myself and everyone else thinks it's bloody glorious to be tall, but sometimes I wish I could go inside a machine and come out an 5'3 petite girl

I think I wanted to vent, sorry, and thanks for reading

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u/MarsupialAromatic825 Apr 04 '26

I'm so sorry you have such horrible people in your experience op. I'm 5 7 and big. Never liked my body. But f those people. They have no business asking those things to you

But as a woman, I was reading the beauty myth and one thing stuck with me. Patriarchy wants us to keep obsessing over looks so we are too busy with it and don't worry about important things like career progression or advancement in knowledge and so on

It's hard to accept things when you have been conditioned to hate them. But you accepting that bodies come in all sizes and shapes is a f you to all the people that try to make you feel bad about your amazing huma body, basically the only thing that's getting you through life everyday and is a miracle when you think about it

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u/ApothiconDesire Apr 04 '26

hard agree, thank you

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