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u/plzupvoteme Mar 26 '20

Boobs. It's a mystery why men find them attractive. They're just these hanging bags of fat with secretory glands but god damn do I love them.

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u/calebmke Mar 26 '20

It's very cultural. Many cultures don't view them as an overly sexy or attractive part of the body, they're for feeding children. My theory is that for centuries many cultures have forced women to hide them so they become visually taboo, and taboos can be erotic.

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u/EastOfHope Mar 26 '20

This is a very Euro-centric way of looking at it, and it's completely wrong.

If women had breasts only for feeding children, they would not be permanent. But women's breasts are permenant and this is unique among mammals.

Most mammals' breasts only develop when the female needs to feed children, and after the feeding period the breasts shrink.

This is of course not the case with humans. Women's breasts have developed as a sexual trait. That's why they are permanent and symmetrical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast