# Men's obsession with women's breasts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282 "2015-05-18T03:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282/41 "2015-05-19T17:27:49Z")
I don’t care for breasts, it’s titties I like. Titties are as fun [as these.](http://www.houseofchuckles.com/lf/p/pc-0043a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282/42 "2015-05-19T20:28:31Z")
I remember the anticipation of dating someone and wondering, “will I get to see them?” Eventually the answer was “yes, for the rest of your life.” After almost 20 years my eyes still light up at the thought of seeing my wife undress. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282/43 "2015-05-22T16:45:17Z")
> [@tc7231](#): > > If I understand it correctly, for men the sight of the female breast triggers a rembrance of the pleasurable feeling of the comfort and coziness of infant-mother nursing. It may be related, but it’s not due to remembrance, which as an adopted (spent first 4 months in hospital) and bottle-fed baby, I’m definitely obsessed with breasts of all sizes. > [@Shakes](#): > > One thing to consider too is that most young boys, when they DO start to notice women, the first thing they become fascinated with are the breasts. Appreciation of the ass, legs and even vagina do not come until much later in life. So says Holden Caulfield, who guesses that perhaps it’s his inexperience and that appreciation for asses will come later with experience. When I read Catcher in the Rye as a young teen, I thought “Me too!” Years later, my well-developed appreciation for a shapely ass was corroborating evidence. > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I don’t accept either the buttocks or the feeding idea since I am not attracted to butts and was not breast fed. Your observation doesn’t contradict the evolutionary argument. Things may have changed since breasts got big. The evolutionary argument is that previously, sex was generally doggy-style, and therefore males were attracted to ass displays. Permanently plump breast may have started as an “ass display” that worked when face-to-face. This could be true even if copulation wasn’t face-to-face. In any case, it’s not a “scientific fact” but rather a popular hypothesis, and the arguments on either side get pretty complicated. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282/44 "2015-05-22T21:48:22Z")
People who did not grow up around Wonderbras and silicone-enhanced breastworks would be far less likely to view women’s breasts and think they have all that much in common with women’s ass cheeks. I go with the other hypothesis: women have them, _only_ women have them, hence they are attractive to men who are attracted to women. Other shapes & visual elements that specifically reference “female” have the same effect (long slender necks, navels with a vertical orifice, etc) but breasts are rather spectacularly different hence they’re a strong signifier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-obsession-with-womens-breasts/720282.md?page=2)