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Size ISN'T everything


The Pacer joked about the question in last week’s issue, but really, does size matter?

I have given this question some thought over the weekend, and I have concluded that size only matters because of society.

I’m not only talking about size in a sexual content either.

Women think about it. We talk just like men do to our friends about our sexual experiences.

If we go by the large feet and hand theory, sometimes without knowing it, you may glance down at his feet or hands.

And if you are with a man that isn’t so well endowed, you tell your girlfriends about it.

On the other hand, men if you think about, size matters to you too. If a woman has large breasts, men tend to notice her breasts before they notice her.

Maybe it is shallow, but for students that are in relationships, how many of you chose your mate because of the way they look?

I bet many you have a mate that society would accept as a normal or average size person.

Society has made an issue about whether size matters, maybe not sexually, but generally.

When you look at the cover of a magazine or at an advertisement on television, you are bombarded with the fact that you should look a certain way and be a certain size.

People spend hours a day working out, not only because it's healthy, but because they want to stay a particular size or drop down to a certain size. I should know. I spent half of the summer trying too. All you need to do is go to the fitness center in the UC or go on the fitness trail.

Society has embedded in our minds that if you are obese that you aren’t as beautiful as someone that has a much slimmer shape.

There are people that have eating disorders because of the concept that size matters. Society is now saying that obesity is a disease.

Everyday women are getting breast implants to increase the size of their breasts. They even have pills that men can take to enlarge their penis.

I wonder whom the first person was to ask the question because whomever it was they must have been getting grief over the size of something.

As college students, we plan to go out into the “real world” with our own ideas and views about life.

But how many of us are pursuing a higher education because we want to make sure that the “size” of our bank accounts will be large enough to keep us living comfortable?

But the real question is why does size matter?

I guess size matters because most people care about what people think about them. We spend most of our lives trying to be accepted by others who are trying to be accepted by us.

I suppose even in this new millennium the question of size will always rise every now and then.

But maybe it is up to us as the new generation to change these ideals that we have been brought up with.

On a sexual level, size is a question that I believe that will almost always be asked. Especially, after an argument, but that is just life.

Let me know whether size matters to you, answer The Pacer poll question, “Does size matter?” at http://pacer.utm.edu.