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Britain is weighed down by the biggest breasts in Europe. The average chest size of a British teenager has grown dramatically over the past 10 years and is now a whopping 36D.

For some young women this is a cause for celebration, for others it can lead to a life of misery as they face bullying and physical pain. Thousands of teenagers - some as young as 13 - are now going under the knife in order to reduce their bust size and "fit" in.

My Big Breasts And I follows the lives of young women who have large breasts and differing attitudes towards them. Some have to go under the knife for medical reasons, as they suffer from osteoarthritis and curvature of the spine, while others undergo surgery to move down a cup size or two for emotional reasons.

The film unearths the traumatic, poignant and true stories about what it's really like to be a young woman with enormous breasts in Britain today.

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DOCUMENTARY: My Big Breasts and Me, BBC 3 at 21:00 on Thursday 5th April 2007

My Big Breasts and Me. Followed by 60 Seconds.
(Subtitles)

well I wish she would give some to me if they are being chopped off!!!

Have to agree with the last post, When Jodi took her less well endowed friends around the shopping centre, mocked up as size K's, I felt very self conscious as a guy. I was aware that the whole point was to show how much unsolicited attention Jodi got just for being that size. Although if it were not for Jodi's wicked smile and down to earth persona I would have simply thought that she was too big, even though I would have to check her out in order to decide that, even on the most shallow level, without even having approached her, sat down and come to know her. That sounds bad but in modern life we filter out far more people than we actually get to know.

The program's matter of fact style got over the fact that the girls had big boobs and gave the audience an insight into who the girls were, how they were affected by, and how they dealt with the size issue.

I was flicking around and so only saw snap shots and probably not the whole reasoning process that Jodi went through before deciding to postpone indefinately any surgery. Good on her, I hope she can find people who will accept and support her with that decision and with any future decision should she feel the need to go under the knife, for health reasons, or whatever. Her self esteem does not seem to be based around what she looks like although it is a factor in anyone's identity.

But as they say in psychological circles identity is psycho-social. In the minds of those around you as well as your own.

Good luck to all the girls in this show.

You're lucky to have such a great friend! She really seemed like such a sweetheart.

In my honest opinion I thought that with the exception of the lady who decided to use a fitness regime to reduce her bust size the ladies all seemed to enjoy having a larger than average bust size.

I believe Jodi was a prime example of this, I thought she was a most beautiful girl with a fantastic personality but doesn't it stand true that if one doesn't like something about oneself then one generally tries to hide the problem area? Jodi clearly enjoyed showing a large amount of her chest and in doing this must enjoy a certain (albeit small)percentage of the attention garnered by this action? (if you don't want people looking through the window......close the curtains!!) She could argue that why should she change the clothing she wears to stop men staring but I would argue that even if a lady of average bust size (36C) were to wear tops as low cut as Jodi with a similar style bra she too would be stared at. This has less to do with bust size than you may believe.

The lady who attended a modelling shoot was a rare beauty but when being told that she was no longer an E cup and was now a G cup her disappointment was not evident at all....she was all smiles. She was then being complimented by all and sundry about her body-shape and bust size......she did seem to enjoy it...who wouldn't? Did the show help her modelling career at all? Has she tried any methods of reducing her bust size or is she still in the fantastic shape we saw in the show?

I'm the girl from the program who did the modelling!!

Just wanted to respond to a comments made above.
The programs editing actually cut out a large majority of my story... and made up bits to fit their brief. I'v actually got a serious problem with my spine, which causes problems with my back, and having extra weight is a serious problem for me. That serious side of my story got cut out.
I also have totally NO interest in modelling or ever becoming a model!!! Im a fashion Photographer.... i like being the one taking the pictures... but i have a real interest in how women in society are portrayed, especially in the fashion industry, ( working in the indsutry, image is very important) again this got edited within the program. The modelling shoot was ment to be a way of me enjoying my bust size and talking to woman who had larger busts. Unfortunatly the editors choose to use the only skinny tiny, smaller busted model who turned up that day... not a fair representation in my opinion. Not fair to claim i was desperate to be a model either.
Also when going for the bra fitting and being told i was a G cup....i cant describe ever being put in that situation.... but for me it was a way of dealing with things... if i feel uncomfortable with a situation i tend to just laugh and make a joke about it. Which is what i did, its my own personal way of dealing with things, just because there was no tears doesnt mean i over the moon.

In my opinion the program only touch on the surface of the problems surrounding the subject.

Just like to add, im having a breast reducting summer 2008.

I agree with Paul about the thing with Jodie, if you have something about you that makes you uncomfortable, you don't wear something that puts it on display. I have a big gut, and unlike a lot of slobs, I don't wear shirts that are too short for me so that everybody can see my gut hanging out the bottom. I especially thought the part about her "not being able to dance" was amusing, because when a scene of her dancing was shown she was wearing the lowest cut thing I can imagine she could find in her size and her breasts were threatening to set themselves free everytime she moved the least little bit. I'm not saying the woman should walk around in a burlap sack, but if this is really something that bothers her so much, why not wear something more supportive with a bit more modest cut?

It doesn't bother me in the least that she was wearing it though, and as unpopular is it will make me here, I'd like to mention to Jodie's friend that you might pass along that a lot of us blokes wouldn't mind seeing her do some modeling (risque included). Before anybody burns me at the stake as a pervert, I'd like to say that I've never understood why enjoying the sight of a woman's bare breasts makes you "dirty". I like to look at women with pretty faces, and they're put on display everywhere. And topless men with a nice physique are plastered everywhere. What's so unnatural and taboo about breasts?

Maddie, if you're going to get them reduced for health reasons, that's completely understandable, but you might as well show em first since none of us will know what they look like afterwards anyway. I'm sure people recognize you from this program, what would it hurt if a few more recognized you from a magazine or two as well? Either way, I hope the procedure helps you lead a more "normal" and pain free life. You obviously don't need your physical attributes to define you and I applaud that, I've known a lot of people who do need to depend on such things rather than develop a personality - perhaps that's why there are so many comments about the women's personalities here..maybe people are surprised to see someone with big breasts who actually is "about" anything else.