Shania Twain claims that as a teen, she would have “flattened” her breasts to prevent abuse

• The 57-year-old singer said in an interview that she was subjected to physical and sexual abuse.
• I hit myself and I would flatten my chest.
• The artist recently commemorated the 25th anniversary of the release of her classic album.

Shania Twain is opening up about the childhood trauma she experienced and how it has impacted the way she views herself.

The 57-year-old singer said in an interview that she was subjected to physical and sexual abuse by her stepfather Jerry Twain as a child and that she sought to alter her appearance as a coping mechanism.

“I hid and I would flatten my boobs,” the “Man! I Feel like a Woman!” singer said. “I would wear bras that were too small for me, and I’d wear two, play it down until there was nothing girl about me. Make it easier to go unnoticed. Because, oh my gosh, it was terrible — you didn’t want to be a girl in my house.”

But at 22, she had to come to terms with her sexuality after her stepfather and mother perished in a vehicle accident. She was the second oldest of five children, living in poverty in distant Timmons, Ontario. Twain began a career in music, singing at a neighboring resort, all the while helping to raise her younger siblings.

“Then, when you enter society as a girl, you encounter the typical negative things as well, which serves to reinforce it. You, therefore, conclude that being a girl is just s—-ty. I felt humiliated for being a girl.”

She continued, “All of a sudden it was like, well, what’s your problem? You know, you’re a woman and you have this beautiful body? What was so natural for other people was so scary for me. I felt exploited, but I didn’t have a choice now. I had to play the glamorous singer, had to wear my femininity more openly or more freely. And work out how I’m not gonna get groped, or raped by someone’s eyes, you know, and feel so degraded.”

After signing to a Nashville record label and meeting her future producer and first husband Robert “Mutt” Lange, the star quickly achieved popularity and learned to control her own expectations.

The news quoted her as saying, “By the time I got my record contracts, I was the kind of woman who… when I walked in the room, it’s like, don’t even approach any closer.” “My physical expression made it obvious. And I believe that young females may learn to project that confidence as well.”

The Grammy-winning artist recently commemorated the 25th anniversary of the release of her classic album Come On Over.

She also reflected on her third studio album via social media, which gave rise to legendary classics like “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much” and broke numerous music industry records.

“25 years ago I released Come On Over… and because of your support, that album went on to become: The biggest-selling studio album by a female artist of all time, the best-selling country music album ever [and] the biggest-selling album by a Canadian country artist …Crazy,” she wrote.

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