# Why are there no large breasted women in television commercials? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787 "2003-05-03T03:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/21 "2003-05-03T17:32:41Z")
**Lizard** I just have to point out there are 3 types of large breasted women. 1. Fake (implants) 2. Large breasts, mostly fatty tissue (these women tend to get a smaller bust line if they lose weight) 3. Large breasts, mostly glandular tissue (these women do not lose in the boob no matter how much weight they lose) Large breasts on a small to medium build woman does not mean they’re unnatural. Uncomfortable, yes… fake, not always. ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/22 "2003-05-03T17:36:57Z")
Its a bit pathetic you even think about that shit while you watch commercials, don’t you have anything better to do than stare at the breasts of women on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/23 "2003-05-03T17:41:34Z")
yeah… think about your capitalistic duty to buy BUY BUY!!! (and then look at the tits) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/24 "2003-05-03T17:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crystal Task \* > \*\*Its a bit pathetic you even think about that shit while you watch commercials, don’t you have anything better to do than stare at the breasts of women on TV? \*\* You’re so right Crystal Task! If only I could be like you, an advertisers wet dream, focused soley and completely on the product being touted like RCA’s [Nipper listening to “His Master’s Voice”](http://www.giftapolis.com/rcahismasvoi.html). And in truth there is _so much more_ to most commercials to muse on, that the near complete absence of endowed females from mundane product advertisements should not even enter the realm of idle consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/25 "2003-05-03T17:55:51Z")
asshole. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/26 "2003-05-03T18:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crystal Task \* > \*\*asshole. \*\* Wow that snappy response cut the legs right out from under me! How will I _(cough)_ go on? ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/27 "2003-05-03T18:04:16Z")
Very funny, don’t you have a drama class or something to go to? ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/28 "2003-05-03T18:18:29Z")
Well, as a hetero female who IS full breasted, I stared at her twins during the whole commercial. and, mine are bigger. Of course, so are my hips, but we are talking about ta tas here. Why is he an asshole for noticing her assets and attributes? He is looking at her breasts instead of the product because that is precisely how the ad campaign is designed! The camera focuses on her chest, and you really can’t see the jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/29 "2003-05-03T18:20:45Z")
I’m calling him an asshole, dear, because unlike you I read the whole thread and if you didn’t notice he suddenly came over all sarcastic just because I pointed out the fact he had nothing better to do than stare at womens breasts on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/30 "2003-05-03T18:22:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simple Dreamer \* > \*\ ***Lizard** I just have to point out there are 3 types of large breasted women. > > 1. Fake (implants) > 2. Large breasts, mostly fatty tissue (these women tend to get a smaller bust line if they lose weight) > 3. Large breasts, mostly glandular tissue (these women do not lose in the boob no matter how much weight they lose) > > Large breasts on a small to medium build woman does not mean they’re unnatural. Uncomfortable, yes… fake, not always. \*\* I submit there is no such thing as a “large breast that is _mostly_ glandular tissue.” Breasts are mostly fat whatever their size, unless they are _extremely_ small. I was stating that large breasts in thin-to-medium build women were rare, and that is why they appear unnatural. Chances are if you see such a woman, you assume her breasts are fake, and the odds favor that position. Therefore, assuming large breasts on a thin woman are fake (i.e., unnatural) is not unreasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/31 "2003-05-03T18:25:09Z")
**Crystal Task** , **astro** , give it a rest or take it to the Pit. That’s what it’s for. Otherwise, you’ll just get this thread locked. Which will make me think _both_ of you are assholes. **mishaa** , how _you_ doin’, sugar? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/32 "2003-05-03T18:33:42Z")
Well, sweetie, I DID read the thread, and perhaps you should read my post. My comment was that there was no way to avoid looking at JLH’s breasts in that particular commercial, as it was obviously the intent and design on the director. I suggest that you avoid threads that have BREASTS in the title, as you seem to lose control and all reasoning powers while reading it. Oh, and you might want to spend more time on your snappy comebacks. A post of “Asshole” really doesn’t make the grade in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/33 "2003-05-03T18:36:39Z")
**mishaa** , how _you_ doin’, sugar? 😉 \*\* [/QUOTE] I’m doing well, thank you! Just enjoying a nice Saturday afternoon with a beer and all this talk of breasts. It’s a just typical day at the SD boards… ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/34 "2003-05-03T18:37:32Z")
I think its YOU who seems to lose all reasoning powers. Read you’re own fucking thread again, you we’re asking me why I called him an asshole, and you thought it was because I was blaming him for noticing her breasts-which it wasn’t. I called him an asshole because he started to get sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![Crystal\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Crystal\_Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystal_Task)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/35 "2003-05-03T18:39:19Z")
…plus if it were to be classed as a ‘snappy’ comeback why would I want to spend time thinking of one? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/36 "2003-05-03T18:52:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crystal Task \* > \*\*…plus if it were to be classed as a ‘snappy’ comeback why would I want to spend time thinking of one? \*\* God ! You _are_ amusing in a sort of baffled, stomping around way. ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/37 "2003-05-03T19:15:43Z")
So, Astro, in answer to the OP: The only commercials with large breasted women are: 1. Beer Commercials 2. Breast enhancement commercials 3. Old 900# commercials What you need to do is to somehow become part of a focus group. On every survey, respond that you would consider purchasing the product if the ad had a large breasted attractive female. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/38 "2003-05-03T19:28:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crystal Task \* > \*\*I think its YOU who seems to lose all reasoning powers. Read you’re own fucking thread again, you we’re asking me why I called him an asshole, and you thought it was because I was blaming him for noticing her breasts-which it wasn’t. > I called him an asshole because he started to get sarcastic. \*\* Where the hell did you get the idea that this was the BBQ Pit? Your next post like this in IMHO could be your last, so straighten up _now_. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/39 "2003-05-03T19:30:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mishaa \* > \*\*So, Astro, in answer to the OP: > > The only commercials with large breasted women are: > > 1. Beer Commercials > 2. Breast enhancement commercials > 3. Old 900# commercials > > What you need to do is to somehow become part of a focus group. On every survey, respond that you would consider purchasing the product if the ad had a large breasted attractive female. 😃 \*\* Maybe, but in thinking about JLH Levis ad, _thinking really hard_ about it, and playing it over and over again to make sure I _really_ understood it, I have come to the conclusion that bouncing breasts are distracting and that is why they are rarely seen in everyday product advertisements. Per your suggestion I will be seeking a sponsor for continued research into this unique insight of mine. ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787/40 "2003-05-03T19:41:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* Per your suggestion I will be seeking a sponsor for continued research into this unique insight of mine. Yes, a grant proposal is what you need! Be sure to ask for enough funding for several Tivos, pizza and beer. Don’t forget a stipend for your research associates - you do have a couple of friends to help out, right?😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-large-breasted-women-in-television-commercials/172787.md?page=3)