The Naked Reporter Talks Augmentation

I find any form of cosmetic surgery so sad ( except in cases of extreme disfigurement or to fix a burn, accident etc)
The fact that some women feed into the stereotype that women must fit a certain image to have worth or feel good about themselves is so sad.
Here in Canada I could get breast surgery for free because I fit into a certain category and my breasts cause me health issues but never would I change them, if they are saggy from breastfeeding so what!!
They did their job and my body changed, it's called maturing.
Having breastfed my children, I really hear you about the sudden onslaught of gravity and things "going south" but to put myself under the knife because after breastfeeding my breasts sagged and because of that my self esteem suffers is a much deeper issue.
Perhaps we should challenge society's ideas of what a perfect body looks like and say "Ya know what after 3 kids (for me)things are not going to look the same and that is OK" instead of buying into and keeping the male backed idea of a perfect body alive.
In the western world we live with an onslaught of images that tell us what we must look like, it takes a strong person to look at it all and say "I am what I am and that is OK" , I understand we all want to look our best I use make up, dye my hair but there is a line, I can also leave my house without makeup and if it's not in the budget no hairdo for me.
In other parts of the world like India where my daughter saw "lightening creams" that were for sale so Indian's could look lighter for that was the "ideal" sold to them, just like we have tanning creams and tanning salons.
We have girls in hospital wards because of anorexia and bulimia and scarfing down laxatives to avoid weight gain and obsessively counting calories so they “feel better about themselves", perhaps we should realize there is a whole market built on our insecurities.
Perhaps we as a gender should realize the "ideal" woman is nothing more than a marketing tool and until we are "OK" with ourselves as we are we will always be lining some one's pocket with our insecurity as well as teaching other women and girls they are never good enough.
Perhaps we should be focusing more on teaching them, they are perfect the way they are
Rather than also hitting them with the doozy that after you have babies now you need to get a boob job so you still look good,or maybe we could just do away with the amazing bonding time breastfeeding is and formula feed to avoid the whole saggy breast nightmare.
I have had friends who have had tummy tucks, gastric bypass and breast jobs and the funny thing is at the end of the day they are still stuck with themselves.
I feel if women want to finally have equality with men it will not be by us fitting into their idea of a “perfect” female, it will come from us saying accept me as I am.
For if we spend so much time and money in the salon getting waxed, nails done, get a pedicure, at the hairdresser's, laying in the tanning bed, at Dr's apponintment's to plan for the nip and tuck, counting calories, at our vanity tables putting on make up when do we have time for the real issues in life?
Understand I love getting dressed up and looking good as much as the next person but it has to have balance.
In a time when half the world lives on $1 a day I also have way better things to do with my money than a nip and tuck.
My 17 year old daughter has been told she could esthetically benefit from braces to which she has said "God made me this way, why would I change it?" Perhaps we could learn from her wisdom.