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Cruelest of all is SlutShaming that can come from {{Sour Prude}}s who fallaciously assume she is [[MadonnaWhoreComplex too sexy to be a "virtuous" woman]], even if she is not the least bit promiscuous. Likewise, if she wears anything more revealing/form-fitting than a burqa, her outfit will be deemed "provocative" no matter how modest it actually is simply because it doesn't hide the size of her breasts. An adolescent girl developing breasts may find that some people suddenly reverse their opinion of her from "[[ChildrenAreInnocent Innocent Child]]" to "[[SexIsEvil dangerously womanly]]" for terrible reasons.

A SubTrope of AppearanceAngst. Contrast to ACupAngst, BuxomBeautyStandard, and BigBreastPride and compare PetitePride. For some [[SpearCounterpart Spear Counterparts]] of sorts, see MuscleAngst and BigPrickBigProblems.

Cruelest of all is SlutShaming that can come from {{Sour Prude}}s who fallaciously assume she is [[MadonnaWhoreComplex too sexy to be a "virtuous" woman]], even if she is not the least bit promiscuous. Likewise, if she wears anything more revealing/form-fitting than a burqa, her outfit will be deemed "provocative" no matter how modest it actually is, simply because it doesn't hide the size of her breasts. Since breasts can develop suddenly in puberty, an adolescent girl may find that some people abruptly reverse their opinion of her from "[[ChildrenAreInnocent Innocent Child]]" to "[[SexIsEvil dangerously womanly]]" for terrible reasons.

In fiction, extraordinary events may cause this. A GenderBender, OvernightAgeUp, or BreastExpansion may render a character suddenly bustier then they prefer.

* Lee Kim-soon, a government agent and martial artist from ''Manhwa/TheBreaker: New Waves'' hates her large breasts. In the side story chapters 9.5 and 19.5, she limited her martial arts training to practicing just one type of kick because she hates the way her breasts jiggle if she uses any other martial arts moves. She even said she planned on using her bonus pay from one mission to get breast reduction surgery.

* ''Blue Eyes'': Maria at one point comments that the size of her breasts are embarrassing. Nevermind how many other girls have just as or even larger breasts than hers.

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex''[=/=]''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': Half the girls in the cast complain about the back problems and other issues that arise from their large chests. Of course, the ''other'' half are suffering from ACupAngst, so they grumble that the bigger girls are just trying to [[BlaseBoast humble brag]]. Mikagami Nagisa, who can adjust fat in a body, gives a girl enormous boobs that she asked for as a reward for helping Nagisa... and a few days later, the poor girl is already asking to go back to normal, because her back hurts and she's tripping over everything because she can't see her own feet. Nagisa, for her part, keeps her chest at a modest B-cup, which says quite a bit for how much value she sees in giant boobs.

* ''Manga/FutariEcchi'': Misaki Manaka has a ''very'' large chest (G-Cup, at least!), but it's clear that she isn't all too happy about them. The author even focused a chapter on all the problems her large breasts cause her: Their weight causes sore shoulders and backaches, with her also subconsciously resting her breasts on surfaces to alleviate the pains, and running is very uncomfortable due to bouncing and rubbing of the fabric against her nipples. She has difficulty finding bras that are the right side, she gets a lot of [[BuxomBeautyStandard unwanted attention from men]] and gets mocked by women, or even [[SlutShaming slut-shamed]] for their size.

* Oiso from ''Manga/ManyuHikencho'' is notable for being one of the few large breasted women in the series to hate her breasts. She was formerly her village's best diver but her breasts grow so large that they got in the way of her diving. [[spoiler: When Chifusa ends up having to use the breast-absorbing technique on her, shrinking Oiso's breasts, Oiso is ''grateful''.]]

* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Shinju Inui is a HugeSchoolgirl, who aside from being extremely tall for a middle schooler also has a very large bust. Aside from the obvious insecurities that stem from this she wants to do cosplay of a male character, meaning that her breasts get in the way of making it convincing enough.

* ''Literature/UnbreakableMachineDoll'': In another one of her angry fits with Raishin, Charlotte makes the assumption that he prefers large breasted women like Freya and calls her "Ms. Mamories" in the process. Freya, taking insult to that, tells her that bigger doesn't always mean better and lists all the problems with having large breasts, to which Charlotte somehow takes that as offensive teasing, not seeing the downsides at all whiles under the belief that [[ACupAngst there's not a single good thing about having a flat chest.]]

* Furutani Himawari of ''Manga/YuruYuri'' is notably stacked for a 13-year old and does not enjoy it as she feels it alienates her from her classmates and brings unwanted attention. Not to mention it drives her best friend [[BelligerentSexualTension Sakurako]] [[ACupAngst nuts]].

** Nonko isn't that bothered about the size of her chest, but she does ask Koyuzu to use transformation to make her breasts smaller at one point, because they get in the way when she's drawing manga.

* Mabel Pines in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13020704/1/The-Big-Pines The Big Pines]]'' grew up to be so ridiculously buxom in such a short amount of time[[note]] she states she was a late bloomer for most of High School, and only grew from basically nothing to between a Q and R-cup in the last few years of it.[[/note]]that during high school nobody, teachers included would believe her when she said her breasts weren't grossly oversized implants and thought the worst about her because of that. She also mentions back ache, and waking up choking because of the weight pressing against her lungs, During a trip to the gym resulting in 'more' back pain and a bruised face from it continually being hit by "bags of wet cement", and later has a nightmare centered around a fear of being seen as "Nothing but a pair of tits."

** Diana has a similar reaction after being [[PlotRelevantAgeUp temporarily aged up]] from petite 12-year-old to a significantly stacked grown woman.
* ''Fanfic/DailyEquestriaLifeWithMonsterGirl'' Cerea was deeply embarrassed by the emphasis the humans put on her impressive bust, to the point that she has developed a full-on phobia of being measured for clothing. And it only gets worse now that she is in Equestria, among a species which only develops visible breasts at all when pregnant or nursing. Fortunately, she ''doesn't'' have to worry about back pains: Her bust size is natural for a centaur, and they were designed with the appropriate ligaments and other natural support.

* Kana Toshaka in ''Fanfic/FateSunnyOrder'', who inherited her body figure more from her aunt Sakura than her mother Rin. She hates her buxom body since it conflicts with her {{Tomboy}} nature, and she confesses to Mashu that's she's been keeping her chest compressed with a sport bra and extra straps in her Chaldea uniform.

* In ''Film/NowAndThen'', tomboy Roberta is shown binding her breasts with masking tape, while lamenting "No matter what I do, they just keep getting bigger!" On the other hand, [[{{ACupAngst}} flat-chested]] Teeny is so eager to have breasts that she stuffs her top with [[{{FakeBoobs}} pudding-filled balloons]], as they have a similar consistency to human breasts. As an adult, she proudly tells her friends that she is a [[BuxomBeautyStandard "36D, and worth every penny!"]]

* In ''Literature/TheAbandonTrilogy'', there is Kayla who has a ''very'' impressive bust-size for someone who hasn't even reached her eighteenth birthday yet. But she hates them, not just because people stare and call her names over them, but also because they make regular things unpleasant - like riding a bicycle and her knees keep hitting her nipples. She plans to have breast reduction surgery as soon as she's a legal adult and was horrified with the possibility that they might ''still'' be growing.

* Heather Key from ''Literature/ElliottAndWin'' has huge breasts, which give her backaches and attract all sorts of negative attention, despite her efforts to hide them in baggy shirts. Boys and girls alike bully her for [[SlutShaming supposedly being a tramp]], and [[ACupAngst Vanessa Crowser]] calls her a cow and makes mooing noises. Heather has breast reduction surgery planned, and is counting the days.

* In Katherine Anne Porter short story "[[Literature/TheCollectedStoriesOfKatherineAnnePorter Flowering Judas]]", Laura is an American radical working with left-wing revolutionaries in Mexico. She has "great round breasts" of "incomprehensible fullness", which she covers with loose tops, because she is a serious revolutionary and does not want the attention. (She also has "long, invaluably beautiful legs" that she covers under long skirts.) She's irritated when Braggioni the revolutionary leader notices her chest anyway.

* In ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' during FreakyFridayFlip episode (Season 3; Episode 18). Bridget is switched with her mother and has some difficulty to walk correctly due to the weight of her new jugs ; despite her original body being well-endowed too.
--> '''Bridget (lifting her breasts)''': God mom, how do you walk around with these things ?

* ''{{Series/Charmed 1998}}'' has an episode where Paige uses magic to get back at a rude co-worker, but the resulting backfire from the 'personal gain' motivations is that her own breasts [[BreastExpansion grow bigger]]. Her sisters assume this was intentional, and she fires back that she liked her body the way it was. She spends a good amount of time trying to cover herself with a big coat, and needs Phoebe's help operating a gear stick in her car. One season later, she references it and says her back still hurts. But when the magic is reversed and they shrink back to normal, she sighs [[ACupAngst "do you think it maybe worked too well?"]]

* Sypha from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' is pissed off that she has such large breasts. This is only mentioned in Maria Renard's story, where Sypha is one of the three characters that Maria has dialogue outside of the pre-match words.

* Rhajat from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is a very socially-awkward DarkMagicalGirl who doesn't like when people bring up her looks, and especially her bosom. She threatens at least one prospective boyfriend for bringing up her large breasts during a talk, and her [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:FEF_Syalla_My_Room_Model.png My Room model has her awkwardly folding her arms]] in front of her chest.

* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'': Yumi's boobs are so big she can't wear her kimono properly, and wishes they were smaller.

*** Also in other parts, when offered a ''very'' daring outfit, she instead opted to buy a more modest one outside just so it doesn't show off her figures. Likewise, when winning a battle while wearing the bathing outfit, she voices distress that her assets might be popping out...

* Bongo of ''Webcomic/BongoAndLuna'' isn't a fan of her sizable assets. Thanks to minor annoyances like Luna frequently lusting after them, and bigger ones like the time they [[DistractedByTheSexy caused a 20 car pileup and]] ''[[DistractedByTheSexy a helicopter crash]]''.

* Gina from ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' where she "develops" faster then her whole class, making her a target of harassment from her classmates.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E4LargeMarge Large Marge]]", where, due to a screw-up by the hospital, Marge ends up with breast implants. Initially, she wanted to get rid of the implants as soon as possible due to how unwieldy and clumsy they make her, hiding them from her family, but she soon enjoys the extra attention they bring her. Later however, the attention becomes too much, she starts getting backaches, and by the end of the episode, she has the implants removed. Or as Homer puts it, "Classic Marge".

** Carol Danvers, who developed early and is described as having the body of a hot co-ed at 15 and implied to be pretty much as stacked as [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers her canon counterpart]]. This is something she does ''not'' like as it leads to her being subject to sexual harassment from guys her age and older men alike, as well as (she feels) interfering with her playing UsefulNotes/TheBeautifulGame and she tends to be quite defensive and spiky as a result. The back pain is not mentioned, presumably because she has enough problems as it is. [[spoiler: That said, since she's a descendant of Captain America via Peggy Carter and has got the super soldier genes, this is not likely to be a problem.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13674619/1/The-Lard-House The Lard House]], the version of Maggie that lives in the new dimension Lincoln has arrived in, has breasts the size of yoga balls, and not nearly the level of back strength to carry them without pain as the rest of her is seriously underweight and ill. She has to carry weights around in her backpack to counterbalance herself so she can walk upright. Prematurely lactates and her family can't afford the surgury. The alternate version of Leni[[note]] who is closer to this dimension's equivalent of Lisa than Leni[[/note]] manages to help her by strengthening her body [[spoiler: And removing the giant tumors in them that were drawing away most of the nutrients in her body]]. It's noted that her growth was brushed off by doctors as natural, due to it not actually being unheard of for girls to grow to a size like hers. [[spoiler: As proven in the sequel story set ten years in the future, when the native version of Stella grows to a similar size herself]].

* They don't hold their appealing shape forever and will inevitably sag as she gets older.

** In the actual series, [[spoiler:[[ACupAngst Wendy]] finds herself having to use a spell to transfer her mind into that of [[TheArchmage Irene]] [[BoobsOfSteel Belserion]] after the later pulls a GrandTheftMe on her own body. While Wendy ''is'' happy to finally know what having large breasts feels like, she does note that they are pretty heavy before switching them back]].

** Diana has a similar reaction after being [[PlotRelevantAgeUp temporarily aged up]] from petite 12-year-old to [[BoobsOfSteel a significantly stacked grown woman]].

Cruelest of all is SlutShaming that can come from {{Sour Prude}}s who fallaciously assume she is [[MadonnaWhoreComplex too sexy to be a "virtuous" woman]], even if she is not the least bit promiscuous. Likewise, if she wears anything more form-fitting than an Amish housewife's frock, her outfit will be deemed "provocative" no matter how modest it actually is, simply because it doesn't hide the size of her breasts. Since breasts can develop suddenly in puberty, an adolescent girl may find that some people abruptly reverse their opinion of her from "[[ChildrenAreInnocent Innocent Child]]" to "[[SexIsEvil dangerously womanly]]" for terrible reasons.

TruthInTelevision for many women of all ages -- and often even worse for UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}} people who were assigned female at birth.

* Roxy Simpson from ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' has "a complex about her breasts" as Tanabe puts it. ''Planetes'' being a highly realistic and mature series, this is one of those rare examples where this trope is played rather seriously. Roxy works as a receptionist and the way men keep harassing her and asking her on dates makes her worried that she looks slutty. The fact that [[spoiler: she used to be a prostitute]] doesn't help.

* Implied but downplayed (and {{Justified}}) in the poem ''Bras'', where the subject doesn't really mind their size (she's said to be "big in the front"), aside from their size making it difficult for to her find a suitable (and comfortable) bra.

* Creator/LianaK frequently discusses the trope in her videos, saying that she's often ignored by both misogynists and feminists because of her large breasts. She's likewise expressed annoyance at famously large breasted video game characters having their cup size reduced in the name of 'realism' - reminding viewers that large breasted women exist too. Her ''Two Women Talking'' co-host Song W Eretson likewise says her grandmother once complained about her wearing form-fitting clothes all the time, and her mother coming to her defence with "if she wears anything loose, she'll look like a potato sack".

* They are too heavy and burdensome. Their weight can cause stress or pain to her neck and back; bra straps can cut into her shoulders. Even spinal injury is possible.

* ''{{Series/Charmed 1998}}'' has an episode where Paige uses magic to get back at a rude co-worker, but the resulting backfire from the 'personal gain' motivations is that her own breasts [[BreastExpansion grow bigger]]. Her sisters assume this was intentional, and she fires back that she liked her body the way it was. She spends a good amount of time trying to cover herself with a big coat.

* Creator/LianaK frequently discusses the trope in her videos, saying that she's often ignored by both misogynists and feminists because of her large breasts. She's likewise expressed annoyance at famously large breasted video game characters having their cup size reduced in the name of 'realism' - reminding viewers that large breasted women exist too.

* Bri Tennyson in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10180222/1/Ben-DxD Ben DXD]]'' hates how big her breasts are, Mostly because she is actually 'Ben' Tennyson and had been turned into a girl upon entering the ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' universe, and suddenly went from having no breasts to being bigger than Akeno, the normally bustiest girl in the series.

* ''Anime/IkkiTousen'': At one point during the manga's first bonus chapter, Hakufu (or Mouki, as she's called then) complains about her bust size, to which her friends say they sort of noticed, causing her to blush wordlessly. Later in the same chapter, she comments that she "doesn't recall having these before," and tells someone ogling her that he's "making her five kinds of self-conscious."