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Breast Obsession: One well-endowed book |
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Written by asap
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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 Boobs. Cans. Melons. Knockers.
It may be an apocryphal story that the Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow, but we really do have hundreds of names for breasts.
Susan Seligson, a journalist with very large breasts, (according to her) examines the obsession in her new book, “Stacked: A 32DDD Reports from the Front.”
Seligson bounces from googly-eyed men on the sidewalk to Busty Beauty’s editorial offices to an exotic dancer convention to ask a simple question: What is it about those “two stupid mounds of flesh?”
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IT’S EVOLUTION
Seligson runs through several evolutionary theorists’ explanations of breast lust.
— Healthy appetites. Lactating females needed lots of food. Males who brought back meals were thanked with sex, which led to more babies who inherited mother’s traits. Seligson is unconvinced.
— Breasts, Butt. Zoologist Desmond Morris argues that early humans mated mostly from behind, and big chests remind males of buttocks. Seligson doesn’t go for Morris’ theory, and she’s not the first to dispute it.
— Nursing. Anthropologist’s Elaine Morgan posits that breasts evolved for nursing -- and they’ve stayed big due to modern high-protein diets. This is where Seligson puts her money.
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WOMEN AND THEIR BOOBS
Seligson says women have a complicated relationship with their own bodies. Men have waved her to the front of plenty of lines when she’s wearing a tight shirt, but the gesture isn’t always appreciated.
“You feel disgusting,” she says. “You’re not totally liking yourself for getting something just because some guy was distracted by your breasts.”
But it’s not just men.
“It’s amazing how much of it is women’s own obsession with their breasts,” says Seligson. “They’re not happy with their breasts, they want to change their breasts, their breasts are too big or too small.” | Only registered users can write comments.
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