Why do men like boobs?
Why do men like boobs?
Can any straight man here explain what they like and why they like boobs so much? Like, what makes them attractive and why? Is it the size? Shape? Or The way they jiggle?
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Gay woman
Small ones are cute and bite sized, big ones are squishy pillows. Regardless of size, they're all soft and cute.
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at the beginning there was only ass. when humans still walked in 4 legs, the sexual thing they saw in front was ass cheeks. then humans went and started to walk on 2 legs. humans evolved and developed basically boobs so they were at eye level and attract the males.
boobs are the cheap version of ass.
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Ok, you made me snort, have my upvote.
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I think there's a similar attraction to all erogenous areas, but due to cultural reasons breasts are ones that are always covered and their uncovering signals intimacy.
Favoring big breasts is mostly a cultural thing with some links to biological instincts that I wouldn't give much weight to.
"Jiggling" transfers information about their structure and your brain can create a model on their "feel" without touching.
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Of the erogenous zones, breasts are the ones you can see most often. It may be different in the US, but where I grew up, topless sunbathing is quite a thing and I even saw a lot of boobs in shower soap commercials at 6pm on public TV as a kid. When my kids were babies, my (now ex-) wife would also just nurse them on a park bench - which also I isn't unusual.
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Humans are the only mammals with boobs that stay "inflated" without childbirth or breastfeeding involved.
The theory is that it's an evolutionary selection, and the hypothesis is it's an aesthetic choice that keeps reinforcing itself (a positive feedback loop) and now it's HotWired in our brains.
The way i personally see it though, just like how i like certain types of food without a proper explanation to why, i also like boobs.
There's also the idea it's connected to being breastfed as a baby which brings back all those warm and safety feelings with them. That doesn't explain why most women (I speculate) aren't as into boobs as the average guy. That said, I've met multiple women, some straight,who also found boobs very fascinating. So maybe they get the same warm and safety feelings minus the sexual attraction?
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You might be on to something. I was not breast fed, and I'm not a boob person in particular.
Now we have to wait for another anecdote from someone that was breastfed.
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I was not breastfed as well (as couldn't even digest my mother's milk), still I like boobs very much. I find them very beautiful - and also like different forms and sizes.
I only don't like boobs with silicone implants, they're not soft and cuddly.
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id like to know the genetic trait that causes some boobs to be big and some to be small...if it was for aesthetics why wouldn't they all be one uniform size or very close?
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Cuz boobs
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I don't know, probably for the same reason others like other things. Chemical reactions, probably?
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It can't be explained directly, by itself. They're part of a bigger picture.
Straight men are attracted to women on the whole - legs, arms, waist, face, chest, back, it's all good. Whatever force it is that makes us attracted to women, it's not something that we chose or decided. We just do.
Since boobs are a sign of femininity, they're attractive to us on exactly that level! They fit into our idea of what women look like.
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All three of those things. On a subconscious primal level though it means nutrition for babies
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I'm not seeing a lot of mentions of nipples here. So for me, size is pretty much secondary. Nice, prominent nipples are sure to get my attention, though.
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Even on a man, nice nipples are the piece of the pie.
I think you're onto something here.
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The biological hypothesis is that they look like an ass on your chest. Asses are visually arousing for males for what I hope are obvious reasons.
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Just something compelling about them. All shapes and sizes
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Our dumb monkey brains just like them. It's all of those things you mentioned.
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Boobies make good pillows.
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Boobs look like they're drops of water, just about to drip. So there's a certain anticipation there. Our brains are wired to predict where action and movement is going to be.
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That is the first time i've heard that. Not sure about it, but sounds like it could be true. Interesting nonetheless.
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Probably some form of Fisherian runaway over the course of human evolution tbh.
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Why do you like chocolate?
Coffee?
Ice cream?
Brussels Sprouts?
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because they are the soft warm and sweet examples of life
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All of that. It makes a mesmerizing movement that I would just like to keep looking at.
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Because of biological programming. Humans are the only mammals with females that have permanent boobyliciously boobing boobies, so as per evolution it is no surprise that human males are going boinks for them. Size, shape, motion, who they be on are the mutual factors for any attractive body part, quite so also for boobs. They are cute when tight and jiggly, pretty when bouncy and cozy to feel up regardless of size, neat to catch a stolen glimpse and satisfactory to blblblblbl.
I don't know what kind of shocking reveal you expect.
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we have a poet among us
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Shape mostly, but also texture, softness, and smell.
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I try to avoid paying them any attention unless someone wants me to look at or touch them thanks to the implication. Most of the time it's just a place where I shouldn't look, so it gets a little awkward in my head when someone has on a graphic tee that I want to read or look at.
Something to work around most of the time, but then can make a partner happy when they are appreciated as themselves when vulnerable enough to bare that much, which adds a little special dynamic that gets the brain chemicals doing their thing.
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All of what you said. Something about them makes them ace to look at.
Plus, boobs are boobs…big, small, saggy, perky, real, fake. As man’s reaction when a woman takes her top off is a good way to judge him….
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We are a stupid neural network trained to detect fertile partners of a specific sex. Ever wondered why so many girls try to oversaturate, say, their naturally ever so slightly brighter lip color? Everything mass beauty industry does is taking male/female characteristics and dialing them up to eleven.
All to make our mating radar detect the gender from as many yards away as possible.
Being animals sucks. =/
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Given that large areas of the world do not see breasts as sexual, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that breasts are erogenous because our society has said that they are, rather than any innate characteristic.
When I lived in Africa, women and girls had no problem exposing their breasts, but would go to great length to keep their thighs covered.
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All creatures, including humans, possess instinctual knowledge. This is stuff we are born with. For instance: fear of snakes, or estinating how much protein is in our food by taste. Some of our instinctual knowledge is about mate selection since procreation is a very important goal for a species. We use our nose to detect if others are a good immune system match, and we use our eyes to see if they are sick or unhealthy and also assess their ability to nurture children. That last part is where the boobs come in. They make breast milk and so they are a feature that gives pleasure to see. There is no choice about it. We like what we like because of our genetic programming.
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Obviously there is no one easy explanation here (as you can see by all the different responses).
I think evolutionary factors play into a general affection people have for boobs. They are humans first source of food and with it an extremely intimate contact. Also on a "birth readiness" perspective Boobs on a woman suggest that she can feed a child (just as wide hips suggest she can bear one).
There is something to be said about culture. Since boobs are considered "sexual" they have to be covered in "decent" settings (see also discussions about female presenting nipples on social media) which simply adds to their sexualization.
Also, in my sexual experience (Bi male) nipples and breasts (boobs/man boobs ...) are erogenous zones so playing with them (touching/pinching/kissing/biting...) actually is arousing thus they are "sexual" parts.
Thats just my two cents.
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I think it just goes back to two main things. Being breast fed as a child, you grow to depend and love on the boob, so it's kind of baked into our genetics to some degree. Secondly the Church basically sexualized boobs and are considered taboo private parts most people aren't supposed to see so that gives it some sort of allure that you're seeing something your not supposed to, which in American culture is pretty much the norm. Think of how ankles were such a thing to flaunt not that long ago at all. Some cultures just outright don't care about boobs and just let em hang out so I really just feel like it boils down to culture for most of it.
Past all of that, and personally, a nicely resting boob is just a great sight. Something about the curves and seeing the body in its natural form idk. Also, squishy, they're great to just have a hand on and give a good squish every now and then.
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Mom, milk, life, love
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Sexuality is complex and can occur in almost any circumstance. Rule 34 much?
People get off on watching people pop ballons with their ass. Or sitting on pies. Boobs are a fetish, mainstream as hell, but a fetish none the less.
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A large part of it is what part of a woman's body is objectified by society at large. There were times it was ass. Times it was hips. Times when women had to cover their ankles. Now it's breast, but it's all good to me.
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As it turns out, I don't feel attracted to boobs, I just feel like I should have them. Can't help ya here chief
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I'm a man and I don't so...
I don't get why boobs and asses are so interesting for some people.
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Is nan an acronym for something on the asexual spectrum, a typo for man or are you saying grandma's can't get it on?
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The second one.
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So soft yet so firm.
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I don't think there is an intellectual answer because it is not an intellectual desire. There is nothing cerebral about the process it feels more limbic. We like them because our bodies demand it. There is no rational reason, there is nothing to understand except our biology. You are not missing the point or not seeing what we see you just don't have the same biological response.
My brother in law thinks cilantro is super gross, it's so bad that he won't go into certain Mexican food places because the smell is so appalling. Personally hardly notice it at all. I see his reactions and they align with the things I already know to be true about his situation but I just don't feel the way he feels. I know how he person feels but I will never truly understand the sensations.
All that to say we just think they are nice.
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i wouldn't say i like boobs. I don't go out of my way to look for them. for me, its about if my partner finds something pleasing during a intimate moment.
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Not straight, and not a man, but I just think they're neat! There really doesn't need to be a "why" to attraction, sometimes your brain just sees something and goes "yes"
You get it!