[papertyger]

...and too many men still acted as if I had grown my breasts on purpose to get attention.

Case in point.

How did you come by that impression?

[heartwood]

Um, from the attention paid to my breasts? And the men’s obvious assumption that I should welcome the attention and explicit comments made by creeps to my 15 y.o. self?

Despite my figure, I did not look one year older than I was. Short and baby-faced.