# Doperguys, can you explain the alure of very, very large breasts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535 "2007-03-12T00:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/21 "2007-03-12T05:16:32Z")
I guess as long as we’re giving personal preferences too, I’ll just say I don’t give much of a rat’s hind tit about how big someone’s boobs are. A British accent, on the other hand, melts me like butter on cornbread. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/22 "2007-03-12T05:50:03Z")
Well, big yes, but not \*too \*big. If they are natural, then I am fine with even FF or G, but if they are fake, no more than a DD, please. Ladies, if Nature only gave you small and droopy boobs\* (the “fried egg” look) then sure, go ahead and get them done. Something believable, though, OK? \*Small and perky is sexy, and big and somewhat droopy is sexy too. It’s tiny and droopy that are a turn off to me. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/23 "2007-03-12T07:16:07Z")
I came in ready to defend large breasts, but yikes, after seeing that picture in the OP, no can do. Enough is enough. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/24 "2007-03-12T08:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] \*Small and perky is sexy, and big and somewhat droopy is sexy too. It’s tiny and droopy that are a turn off to me. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Nobody should have to apologize for personal taste. Dont let the haters get to you! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/25 "2007-03-12T08:15:46Z")
I didn’t look at the pic in the OP but earlier today at work a female customer had some very large breasts that I couldn’t help but gaze at in astounding wonder. It’s mostly innate I think, my eyes were just drawn to them. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/26 "2007-03-12T08:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] For all you guys who like perky and no sag, do you realize how shallow and ageist that sounds? Women’s breasts normally sag as they get older, have kids, etc. - as guys you might not know this, but know it now. It’s a fact of life. And you know what else - women get wrinkles and grey hair, too! Ohmigod, I must only date hardbodied 18 year olds! Any other type of woman is not good enough! Get over yourselves, dudes. Unless you actually ARE 18 years old, in which case date all the 18 year olds you like. [/QUOTE] When we have a thread of women raving about how much they love ear hair, then I’ll feel shallow and ageist. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/27 "2007-03-12T08:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] For all you guys who like perky and no sag, do you realize how shallow and ageist that sounds? Women’s breasts normally sag as they get older, have kids, etc. - as guys you might not know this, but know it now. [/QUOTE] Good point. I think many of us - even some women - have distorted ideas about what breasts are supposed to look like because we don’t often see exposed breasts except in settings like porn where most of the females are young, childless, and have had surgical implants. I’ve always liked this website that has pictures of regular people’s breasts (I’m putting a space in the link because, while it’s not meant to be sexual, it does show nudity so you don’t want to go there from work!) : www. [Normal Breasts Gallery, part 1 - pictures of different size and shape breasts. Women who have not been pregnant.](http://007b.com/breast_gallery.php) I can’t blame guys for having certain preferences, but I certainly hope we can all appreciate that there is a wide range of what’s normal in the human body and just because a woman’s breasts don’t look like an 18 year old porn star’s it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with her. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/28 "2007-03-12T09:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I don’t understand “well done” either, unless you’re talking about implants. [/QUOTE] Well done - grey-brown throughout with no sign of pink Temperature range: \>160°F \>71°C ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/29 "2007-03-12T09:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Well done - grey-brown throughout with no sign of pink Temperature range: \>160°F \>71°C [/QUOTE] I like my breasts like I like my steak. Medium-rare 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/30 "2007-03-12T09:32:41Z")
Also, they are very useful as airbags if one gets into an auto collision, and happens to be sitting in the lap of a woman with such breasts. That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/31 "2007-03-12T10:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] When we have a thread of women raving about how much they love ear hair, then I’ll feel shallow and ageist. [/QUOTE] I love to pluck it. I keep my hubby ear hair free. I like having to pluck it though, so I am pleased that he has more now than he used to. My breasts are huge and hubby loves to play with them. I have no idea why, but he does. I don’t much care for implants, they tend to look fake, and the thing I like most about breasts is how playing with them turns on the woman they are attached to; i imagine that implants may hamper that a bit. I like my girlfriend’s perky b cups–which are not due to implants. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/32 "2007-03-12T12:29:25Z")
After thinking about breasts all of my life. (well since 5 or 6 anyway) I have come to the following determination: The best most beautiful breasts in the world are the one that are right in front of me. AA or DD it does not matter. If they are right in front me me, sans clothes, they are without a doubt, the most perfect breasts in the world. 😃 ::: Thinks hard::: I don’t think I have ever seen\* a set of breasts I did not adore. In person, the set in linked in the OP were, well almost too much of a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/33 "2007-03-12T12:37:43Z")
I suspect that it’s sending extremely strong “female” signals. There seem to be guys who respond strongly to such signals, even though they probably know that extremely large breasts are improbable and , if sufficiently large uncomfortable and damaging. At a visceral level though, it can be a turn-on. As with all things, responses probably follow some gaussian distriobution, so even if most guys have a favored breast-size that’s rational, you’ll always find some gaussian tail that still responds favorably to the oversized. If that’s not the case, then I can’t explain the guys turned on not only by large breasts, but also by large bottoms, huge bellies, or extremely muscled women, or very hairy women. I’ve seen sites that feature all of these variations on the internet. The Internet is a researcher’s dream – people post sites because they’re altruistic, or because they think they can make money, or because they’re obsessed. The Internet acts as a filter to bring the obsessions to the surface. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/34 "2007-03-12T13:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] When we have a thread of women raving about how much they love ear hair, then I’ll feel shallow and ageist. [/QUOTE] Not too many girls go for large boobs on a man. Or small saggy ones. I’m pretty sure if the question ever came up, perky and well-maintained would be our watchwords too. ---
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/35 "2007-03-12T13:07:36Z")
I feel sorry for lasses with dumb bells on their chest - personally I like a reasonable handful ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/36 "2007-03-12T13:12:28Z")
Them big ones are _jugs_. Jugs ain’t no good nohow. However, the next size down are known as “jubblies” (because that’s what they do). They’re orrite. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/37 "2007-03-12T13:13:24Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] No attraction for me – in fact quite the opposite. Bigguns look awfully awkward. [/QUOTE] Ditto. Large breasts are not an attraction to me. In fact, unless very obvious I really don’t tend to notice breasts much at all. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/38 "2007-03-12T13:18:50Z")
I had a former lover who had the breasts of a teenage boy, so I can’t help. Come back if you have a shapely leg question though or even a funny smile question, I could do that too. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/39 "2007-03-12T13:50:24Z")
I prefer D overall. But I’d rather have a naturally flat-chested girl than an artificial D. Big boobs are a bonus. It’s nice if they’re there, but they’re not necessary to make a woman beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535/40 "2007-03-12T14:37:58Z")
You know, there’s just something about this whole thread - OP and responses combined (with the single exception of **featherlou** ’s comment which was kind of off topic anyway) that just makes me ashamed of my breasts and longing for a thick, bulky sweater under which to conceal them and the rest of my physiology. I don’t know what the hell a “well-maintained” breast is. Hence, I have no way of knowing whether mine are actually well-maintained. They’re a little saggy, but I’m on the wrong side of 30 and they’re right around DDD (where they finally landed when they were finished growing 10 - 12 years ago). There’s not a freaking thing I can do about a little sag. I can’t even go on a crash diet to shrink them - when I was 10% body fat the godsdamned things were still DDD. So, a hearty thanks-a-whole-bunch for making even more self-conscious about the whole thing than I was 10 minutes ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperguys-can-you-explain-the-alure-of-very-very-large-breasts/395535.md?page=3)