I Want Breast Implants – Donations Accepted
by Kelly
No, don’t worry, I’m actually pretty pleased with my rack. However, it’s no secret that other women are unhappy with their appearance and will go to questionable lengths to achieve happiness. I don’t have too much of a problem with individual women going under the knife in pursuit of perfection – it is their choice after all. But what if there was a site that allowed women to create profiles asking men for money towards their breast augmentation surgery?
The site exists and it’s called My Free Implants. Basically, the deal is this: women can create free profiles and are selected to receive a free boob job. Men visiting the site can choose to donate money towards this surgery. However, the way in which they do so is primarily through “buying” access to these women. Here’s what the site says:
“As a member of the MyFreeImplants website you have direct access to contact the many girls that are seeking help in achieving the physical appearance that they have long desired.
Once you create your account you can choose to buy message credits in several denominations. When you use your credits to send messages to the ladies they earn credit towards their procedures. …In addition, you have the option to signup for a monthly membership that gives you 5 message credits per month along with unrestricted access to over 1000 ladies profiles.
In addition to the unrestricted access to all of the female profiles you can also help the ladies by:• Sending a direct donation to her for her procedure
• Purchase message credits that allow you to send messages to the ladies
• Request personal custom videos from the ladies
• Receive custom photos of your favorite girls (you may even request specific outfits*)
• Chat 1-on-1 online in real time while getting to know the ladies
• and more…” (emphasis added)
I shouldn’t have to point out how fucked up this sounds. The terminology “unrestricted access” evokes the image of men buying women, or receiving favors in exchange for money (like “sexy pictures” as the site terms it). The site does not require that the women give these “sexy pictures” to the men who donate to their “cause” but many do choose to post half-naked before and after images on their profile (link NSFW).
If that isn’t bad enough, the front page of the site proclaims: “Gents – Help the girl of YOUR dreams, get the body of her dreams. Develop a connection with a girl of your choice and help her earn Free Breast Implants!” So not only do men get to be the “benefactors” of these women, but they are making them into perfect little Barbie dolls & objectifying them as part of a fantasy. Sounds like fun, sign me up!
Even though I don’t have a problem with plastic surgery as a choice (it’s not for me, but who am I to judge?), I do have a problem with the impossible standards of beauty as dictated by society, the media, and oh yeah, our patriarchal culture. If a woman is choosing breast augmentation for her own reasons, that’s fine. Yet, the line between the “right” and “wrong” reasons to undergo plastic surgery are very blurry and hard to define. A woman may say she is doing this for herself, but she could very well be doing to please her husband, or make more tips working at Hooters (as one girl did on MTV’s True Life). Again, I can’t judge what is a good or a bad reason, I can only comment on the fact that plastic surgery patients are mostly women. That wouldn’t have anything to do with the sexual objectification of women in the media, would it? Nahh…couldn’t be.
So, my problem with this site goes beyond the fact that I find it to be distasteful and sexist. What really gets to me is that there are so many more charitable causes out there! Try Kiva.com, where you can lend money to third world entrepreneurs. Donate to Greenpeace. Save the environment. Why on earth would people donate money to women so they can get invasive surgery that could harm them, reduce their abilities to breastfeed their children, and feed into society’s obsession with unrealistic standards of beauty? Not to mention the fact that there are probably tons of other negative effects, like toxics released into the environment during the production of silicone breast implants, and doctors pressuring women to get more plastic surgery in order to make a buck (or several).
For any readers considering breast implant surgery, I would highly recommend paying for them yourself or, if you can’t afford it, reconsider whether it’s worth the expensive price tag. Just don’t buy into this Free Breast Implant bullshit. Getting bigger boobs is one thing, but compromising your integrity is another.
- Dollface
P.S. Check out the “idea” behind the genius of My Free Implants:
“MyFreeImplants.com started in early 2005 when a bunch of friends were attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas. During the course of the party a conversation started up about how one of the ladies had the most perfect set of breasts. She told us how she had just recently “gotten them done.” Her beautiful friend chimed in and mentioned that she wanted to get hers done but could not yet afford the $6000 price tag that her friend had just paid. One of us yelled out “I got $5 on it” and then someone else offered $10, and then $20, and then $50. By the time we got around the suite there was a verbal commitment amongst all the guys in the room to pay for 25% of her implants!
With that initial brain storm and proof of concept we set out to actually raise the rest of the money needed for a full procedure. We came up with the name MyFreeImplants.com and put together a quick website and started spreading the word online. It was an instant hit and donations from all over the world starting pouring in. Within 4 months the remainder of the money was raised with a little extra left over to pay for the website costs.”
Quite the Hallmark story, isn’t it?
