ost public private part of our
we are simultaneously told =

our breasts (in some states, |

ing in public is an arrestable

v them off (after all, breasts

nakes us sexy as women).”

What people are say-
ing about Breasts
(cont...)

*

“Breasts = the orbs of passion, the
globes: of desire, the tantalising twin
peaks that become the muse for poets,
- the fervour for lovers, and. the fantasy
of drearners” - Kama Sutra
* “My husband said ‘show. me your
boobs’ andI had to-pull up my skirt..so J
it was:time to get them-done” - Dolly —
Parton © ~
*“T think it’s about time we voted for
senators with: breasts. After all, we’ ve

along with the ever-present Pornographic XXX sites. This brings up another aleted topic:
aints are the sexualization of the breasts. As many people seem to forget, the primary purpose of
sasts are _ breasts for any mammal is to feed the young. Humans differ from most mammals, howev-
n mixed eras a human female’s breasts-stay-inflated even during.times when she is not lactating.
yur soci- Breasts, therefore come to:mean.more within. human culture than just their practical pur-
lawsuits -pose. They-become a sexual part of a women’s body, as they both illustrate to the world her
on with role as a sexual béing, as well as define her within as fitting a sexual stereotype. ~
a frenzy | Asa womans breasts are constantly on parade and visible, they are one of the first ways
ore than for others to tell ifshe has reached. sexual maturity. Evolutionary biologists and psychologists.
g others believe that the attraction to women with large breasts‘could be rooted in the fact that our
t fixated ancestors observed women with developed breasts to be better able to feed children, and
therefore in their internal twisted logic, better able to conceive, reproduce, and carry on

mtext of their genetic line. As the theory continues, over time, this: biased tendency has evolved ‘

well as into the obsession with breasts that carried on until today.
ultitide § But are bigger necessarily better? “According to Spadola, “we've all heard the hack- @
ss in her neyed stereotypes about size - if you have small breasts, you've got to be serious,
, we are bookish, uptight, frigid. If you have big breasts, you must be oversexed, dumb, ditzy,

feeding easy, good in bed:” Women with larger than average breasts complain of back-
of what aches, lack of attractive undergarments in theirsize, and men who never look into
uggle of their eyes. On the other hand, women with smaller than average breasts com-
posed to plain of looking, and feeling like children, and never being noticed. The size of
ntly told a woman’s breasts seems to bea greener grass scenario, which is difficult to
nbo that resolve.

Whether breasts are large or small, they are generally regarded as a very
off-limit sexual entity. Granted, breasts are widely valued as one of the female
ild, they body’s top erogenous zones, however breasts seem to surpass their
he most , place as an erogenous. zone and become the entire metaphor for ¢
u would female sexuality. Not all women appreciate their breasts sexually,
tyms for and notall men are sexually driven by the site of a women’s breasts.
easts are Itseems, however.that the ever present sphere of mass pop culture
ery and would like us to believe the contrary.

Basically, all women have breasts - forgive me, I’m not going
subject, ito get post-modern enough to deny this fact - and all women
seemto are affected by the attention given to their breasts, be it
re fatal positive or negative. Breasts are taboo and mysterious
discuss and yet continually celebrated. They are innocent in
in our terms of their function to nourish babies, and yet

other | continually regarded as sexual entities.
Overall, I think it is important that everyone @iay
ives some objective thought to breasts,
ither their own or as an abstract con-.
cept, as we are the individuals who
1ake up society, and we are the indi-
viduals who can change it.

Arizona Senatorial Candidate Claire
Sargent, on Women Candidates :
* * “Faké boobs are disgusting” - Paris _

‘Hilton

* “I wish men had boobs because I
like the feel of them” - Baby Spice

* “In the last couple of. weeks I

thave seen the ads for the wender
bra. Is that really a problem in this
country? Men not paying enough
attention to women's breasts?”
, Jay Leno

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