I grew up with a stepfather who hated women with big butts, and I'm built like a pear. Long story short my goal became to have a perfect figure which was impossible being that I would never have a tiny little butt like my stepfather thought was so important. I still struggle with this, but over the years I came to realize that men like women who look like women, not like 12 year-old boys with breasts.

It's incredibly damaging when parents don't accept their children for who they are, but as you get older, you might come to realize that your parents had their own issues they were battling. That's not a justifications, but often if the parent has had a lot of issues in their life and didn't come from a loving home, they just don't have the love to give that the child needs.