I wish I hadn't grown up conditioned to the idea that my body was something to be ashamed of just because it's made with the undesirable anatomy of the female gender. Apparently, my body isn't acceptable unless it's for someone else's dirty pleasure.

My uncovered breasts should not be illegal because they have been over-sexualized but horny men and playboy magazines. My nipple is not offensive, It looks the same as the socially acceptable one on the chest of a shirtless man.

The size of my thighs is nothing to be embarrassed of, they have supported me in every stand I've taken. They are the foundation of my strength.

My stomach may not be flat, but it does the only job expected of it: protecting my organs.

How sad is it that it will take years before I can unlearn everything I was taught wrongly about my body in a fraction of the time it took to learn it?