# Why do Men Like Women's Breasts?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 26, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-womens-breasts/276754 "2004-11-26T15:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-womens-breasts/276754/21 "2004-11-26T23:15:24Z")

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We are programmed to like them.

If you don’t think so, check out how many other female mammals have protruding mammary glands before the first gestation.

On the flip side, it can be argued that evolution among humans have selected for bigger wangs. Compare a human penis to that of a gorilla. Women, through the millenia have prefered to mate with men with bigger equipment, adding a mm here and there over the generations.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-womens-breasts/276754/22 "2004-11-26T23:58:15Z")

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Well…they are a pretty good indicator of whether or not their owner is willing to have sex with you. If she allows you to play with 'em, odds are pretty good if not completely certain that the good times are about to roll. If she smacks you right away, well, you’ve saved yourself the hassle of dropping trou and finding out through more direct methods of inquiry.

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**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-womens-breasts/276754/23 "2004-11-27T00:03:31Z")

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> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#):
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> At least for most straight men I think it’s so; I don’t know about lesbians.

Yep, yep. Same holds true for most of us, I’d imagine. Does for me, anyway.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-womens-breasts/276754/24 "2004-11-27T00:10:31Z")

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As this same question was raised a month ago, and nicely linked to by **ultrafilter** in post # 3 above, this one is closed.

For future reference, this would more properly have been opened in IMHO.

**samclem** GQ moderator

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