About Me
- Name: sandegaye
- Location: Tellico Plains, Tennessee, United States
I am a spiritual being having a physical experience. I love delving into the inner world & learning all I can about why I'm here & where I'm going. My mother, now transitioned to another plane, was a Cherokee shaman. She taught me the meaning of 'Namaste'.. meaning 'I recognize the God in you', and 'Nokomis'.. meaning 'Walk in Beauty', a Navajo term, that tells us to walk in balance with all of earth. My father, also transitioned, was a fun-loving Irishman who taught me the joy of risktaking, traveling, & living life to its fullest. I have hopefully taken the best of their offerings in forming the 'me' I am today. I am the mother of six, grandmother of five, stepmother of 2 more & step-gram for 6 more. My cup is full & running over..;o) My goal is to live 'juicy'!
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
I found this sad..
I read this article & felt heavy-hearted for our teens so trying to please their 'men'.
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Australia's most populous state plans to restrict cosmetic surgery on teens. Proposals: 1) You have to get a doctor's referral. 2) You have to get counseling. 3) You have to wait a month. 4) You have to get parental consent. Government's arguments: 1) Patients are too young: 13-year-olds are requesting surgery. 2) They're too numerous: Hundreds of thousands of teens are getting surgeries in the U.S. each year, including 50,000 nose jobs. 3) "Make-over mortgages" are helping girls pay for surgeries they couldn't otherwise afford. 4) Our sick Extreme Makeover TV culture is driving this. 5) We love girls for who they are, not how they look. 6) If you don't care about them, at least care about your health-care expenses, which are being inflated by their depression and eating disorders. Surgeons' reactions: 1) We would never do these procedures on teens. 2) Don't tell us we can't do these procedures on teens. 3) Who do you think brings the girl in for her breast implants? Her mom. (For Human Nature's previous updates on cosmetic surgery, click here and here. For columns on teen tanning and genital mutilation, click here and here.)
I have never been comfortable with how I look, but I have to say that my "dysphoria" was much, much worse when I was a wee teenager. I hated the freckle on my toe. The slight slope in my nose (which, honestly, I cannot even see anymore). My fat thighs.
As you grow up, you get a better sense (god willing) of "self".
I totally agree with you, though - why do boys start off with an amazing sense of "self" and never lose it? Why is this something women have to learn?
Something stinks in suburbia...
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