That’s interesting
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cattywampas@lemm.ee 2 days agoBreasts are sexual. They’re secondary sex characteristics.
coacoamelky@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yes, but I’m talking about arousal. The distinction between the adjective and verb of ‘sex’ is important lol.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So is thick back hair
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hey, some people love body hair, so you’re not disproving much.
taulover@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
…that’s not what secondary sex characteristic means. As the article you linked says, that just means physical characteristics unrelated to the reproductive system that differ between the sexes. Some of the other examples given include the Adam’s apple in men and longer arms relative to height in women. While some of these things can be sexually attractive or related to sexual attractiveness in some way, certainly we don’t societally put them in the same sexual category as women’s breasts.
cattywampas@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Breasts are larger than they need to be, and they’re that size all the time. One hypothesis is that they’re used to signal sexual maturity and attract mates.
But aside from that, breasts and nipples are definitely a bigger erogenous zone than most parts of the body, probably second only to genitals. And they’re directly involved in reproduction as you need them to feed babies.
And most importantly, most societies view them as sexual even if some don’t. So what makes something sexual anyway? That’s a subjective thing, it works by consensus.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Not everyone’s nipples are sensitive FYI.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
yeah that’s how being an organic being works, some people will always differ from the norm, that doesn’t really… mean anything?
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Right. Breasts serve a function related to reproduction - feeding children. But breast size is largely decoupled from a given breast’s ability to feed children. So why do some women have needlessly big breasts? Because breasts are an example of human sexual dimorphism, and so emphasizing them increases sexual fitness since potential mates’ brains will think “boobs = female = horny. More boobs = more female = more horny.”
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 days ago
For me, more boobs = udders = cow ≠ sexy
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Ooo baby look at that apple BOB–yeah drain that cup, waterboy