A woman with 38JJ-size boobs won't have a breast reduction – even though strangers tell her she should.
Honey Positano, 35, from Melbourne, began posting body positive content around three years ago following a brief holiday to Hawaii.
She suffered with body dysmorphia and body image issues since she was 12 – but now spends her time talking about body image to help other women feel more comfortable in their skin.
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More recently she's opened up about the size of her breasts – as people have often commented on the size of her bust.
Honey is a size 38JJ and she said she's often felt self-conscious about her boobs.
She's worried people will think she's putting them on "display" – when, in reality, she just can't help how big they are.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Honey said: "Regardless of if I’m wearing an oversized hoodie, bathing suit, tight dress or a simple T-shirt – it’s obvious I am fuller bust.
"People have always had a way of making me feel that I am putting my breasts on display, regardless of what I’m wearing.
"I went through a phase where I thought it would be easier just to have them reduced.
"In my early 20s I was bullied about them being 'saggy', but the reality is that my breasts weigh over 5kg, so gravity takes away any chance they have of being perky when the bra comes off.
"I know multiple women with breasts smaller and larger than mine that had reductions.
"The majority of them feel great about having a 'normal' bust size, but most of the women on the Italian side of my family have the same bust as I do.
"This isn’t something I chose to have, it’s something genetic."
Honey said she's always carried the weight of her bust and she doesn't know any different.
"Why should I have to pay thousands of dollars, go through all that pain and live with scars for the rest of my life – just to avoid narrow minded judgement from strangers?" she added.
The mum also thinks people shouldn't base their clothing choices on their bust size.
She said people weren't born to "shrink" into other people's ideas of what they should look or dress like.
Not to mention, you can't please everyone, so Honey thinks people should simply focus on wearing what pleases them.
In the past, she admits she's experienced moments where people would tell her not to wear certain clothing simply because of her boobs.
"It started in primary school," she explained.
"I was ridiculed by teachers for wearing the standard school uniform top as it looked 'inappropriate'.
"High school swim carnivals were a nightmare.
"Then all through my 20s was a struggle because I just wanted to wear what everyone else was wearing.
"It was near impossible to find a wedding dress that was deemed 'more respectful and modest', according to the boutique assistants.
"When I was younger, I went through stages of covering up as much as possible to then rebelling and dressing as brazen as I could, without being obscene.
"Now that I’m in my thirties, I just wear what I like, and if it makes people uncomfortable then that says more about the issues they have with their own bodies than it does about mine."
To find out more about Honey visit her Instagram page.
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