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[quote=Anonymous]I gained a lot of weight adjacent to serious health issues in my 40s and in recent years I stopped coloring my hair so it is mainly silver - and now I wear it in a very short pixie to boot. Honestly, after decades of men looking at my breasts instead of my eyes - from working class men to very well educated professional men who were my colleagues in the legal system - I am incredibly grateful to be invisible again like I was before my breasts started growing when I was 10 years old. It is SO liberating! But then it’s been decades since I measured myself by the male gaze so I have zero hurt or sadness about it. When I can tell that a man - or other woman - is sneering at my dowdiness, I secretly laugh at them on the inside for being such a shallow loser. I have compassion for people whose sense of self is so tied to appearance and the acceptance of others. I was there once and I know how painful it can be. [/quote]
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