# Are bouncing Breasts Fashionable? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455 "2004-03-10T08:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/1 "2004-03-10T08:10:16Z")
I would make a guess that, from observation, the female world of on-the-street fashion would be evenly split on this one. About half the women my age go for the ‘1.5-bounce-per-step jiggle’ or the ‘one-cycle-per-step’ bounce. The other half either have the ‘one-cycle-per-step-side-to-side’ sway with no bounce or the set-in-concrete non-movement. I guess it’s a choice? The determining factors appear to be: a) size and ‘weightiness’ of the prow, b) firmness and constriction-design of the foundation (or lack thereof) garment, c) jounciness of the step and firmness of placing the heel of the foot on the ground. So… Is it a deliberate ploy? Is it a fashion statement? Can the 1.5 hertz frequency boob-bounce be the miniskirt fashion statement of the noughties? Or am I just noticing that women’s breasts fascinate me? ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/2 "2004-03-10T08:20:49Z")
I guess it’s the last. 🙂 I don’t mind bouncing. But not every which way [but loose] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/3 "2004-03-10T11:33:15Z")
You can get a good idea of the size of the breasts by observing their motion by this scale: 1- Too small: Breasts don’t bounce at all 2- Nice: Breasts bounce in unison 3- Getting too big: Breasts bounce independently 4- Gross: Different parts of same breast bounce independently ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/4 "2004-03-10T12:24:50Z")
You guys have a lot of time on your hands… Fashionable it may be, painless it ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/5 "2004-03-10T16:33:03Z")
I don’t think you can say it better than Robert Herrick did 400 years ago… [Whenas in Silks](http://www.bartleby.com/40/212.html) Robert Herrick (1591–1674) WHENAS in silks my Julia goes Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free; O how that glittering taketh me! “Brave vibration each way free”. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/6 "2004-03-10T18:47:11Z")
As of this posting, the thread immediately below this one is: [Big Time Ping Pong matches on TV](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244034) Don’t know why that caught my eye… Carry on. (glances nervously) ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/7 "2004-03-10T20:47:14Z")
Another factor to take into account. After I read this thread I walked into the kitchen to get a drink. I noticed my didn’t bounce at all. I think it’s because they are weighted down. I’m a nursing mom and they are full of rich, warm milk. Sorry to splash the cold water of reality on your little lustful fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/8 "2004-03-10T23:59:24Z")
> [@Sisyphus' Stone](#): > > The determining factors appear to be: > > a) size and ‘weightiness’ of the prow, > b) firmness and constriction-design of the foundation (or lack thereof) garment, > c) jounciness of the step and firmness of placing the heel of the foot on the ground. I admire your dedication to science. But I have another observation/question: I’ve seen women with obvious implants who don’t bounce at all–and I’m talking zero. But I’ve also seen some rather large-breasted women with what appears a triple bounce. The paradox, of course, is that naturally large breasts generally require firm support, which would seem to inhibit such bounciness. All of this emperical observation leads to this question: Has science developed largish implants that allow a more natural look–one that would provide great support, yet also considerable bounce? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/9 "2004-03-11T00:11:53Z")
> [@autz](#): > > I think it’s because they are weighted down. I’m a nursing mom and they are full of rich, warm milk. Actually that line caused my eyes to bug out a little. Made me thirsty too. The bounce certainly is some fine advertising. Get’s my attention. Outfits certainly seem to play a part. Is it very hard to control them when jogging? I’ve seen some women out there and their breasts are all over the place. I’ve got a little bit of fat up front and even that’s uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/10 "2004-03-11T03:55:12Z")
Breasts are _always_ fashionable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/11 "2004-03-11T04:35:53Z")
Do you guys actually think we have control over what they do most of the time? I sure have wished I did sometimes; it would have been a lot more comfortable to play soccer or go biking that way. I never noticed what mine did unless it was uncomfortable. Maybe it’s like Schroedinger’s cat; the act of observing disturbs the observed. (You may wonder why I’m mostly writing in past tense. It’s because I can’t play soccer or run anymore since I busted my ankle.) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/12 "2004-03-11T05:10:23Z")
I suspect his thinking is that it’s possible to get them to jiggle in different ways by using different gaits, and, if so, asking if that is deliberate. ---
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/13 "2004-03-11T07:39:48Z")
> [@autz](#): > > I’m a nursing mom and they are full of rich, warm milk. > > Sorry to splash the cold water of reality on your little lustful fantasy. On the contrary, that is dead-set sexy! The dash of the cold water of reality does little to suppress my lustful fantasies. 😃 > [@Eva Luna](#): > > Do you guys actually think we have control over what they do most of the time? You mean you don’t? Rubbish! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/14 "2004-03-11T08:22:39Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > Do you guys actually think we have control over what they do most of the time? I sure have wished I did sometimes; it would have been a lot more comfortable to play soccer or go biking that way. Not very different from the penis, then? I tell you, mine has a mind of his own! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/15 "2004-03-11T14:52:18Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > Do you guys actually think we have control over what they do most of the time? I sure have wished I did sometimes; it would have been a lot more comfortable to play soccer or go biking that way. Speaking from experience, I will reccomend high support sports bras for that. Zero bouncing. And yes, I’ve experiemented with this - playing soccer with normal bra on = lots of bouncing and much pain. Playing soccer with sports bra on = no bouncing, and pain only when the ball hits your breast. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/16 "2004-03-11T19:30:24Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > …since I busted my ankle.) heh-heh…she said “busted”…::snicker:: ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/17 "2004-03-11T20:15:53Z")
Bouncing breasts are one of the few things that can simultaneously make me laugh, and give me a hard-on. Fashionable? Not to my knowledge. Entertaining? No doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/18 "2004-03-12T00:38:44Z")
my breasts are a DD cup. Bouncing makes them hurt and that is not sexy. If they jiggle a little it is ok and I can have guys mesmerized by that. Men are so basic! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/19 "2004-03-12T01:07:56Z")
> [@geewhiz](#): > > my breasts are a DD cup. Bouncing makes them hurt and that is not sexy. If they jiggle a little it is ok and I can have guys mesmerized by that. Men are so basic! Okay, I’ll say it…so **geewhiz** , how _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bouncing-breasts-fashionable/233455/20 "2004-03-12T01:19:07Z")
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