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.”
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cattywampas@lemm.ee 4 days agoBreasts 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.
blarghly@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Zozano@aussie.zone 3 days ago
For me, more boobs = udders = cow ≠ sexy
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Not everyone’s nipples are sensitive FYI.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 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?
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It means they exist (see trans rights). Though yes, it doesn’t really speak to what a society must accept as sexualized that something simply exists in counter to the norm.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
It’s not abnormal. It’s just a type of person.
I get a lil triggered when we start talking about people and then start gesturing to this average/normal platonic homunculus as if they represent humanity, especially in the context of using biological “truths” to justify/explain social phenomena.