Conventional wisdom

Although it is not always considered proper to say it loudly, it is generally accepted that men find bigger breasts more sexually attractive. The recent interest for breasts augmentation surgery would certainly support that notion. Some women even say that their lack of size in that department lowers their self estime making them feel “less of a woman”.

One only has to look at the importance of breasts in our society to see that it plays a big role both socially and sexually. Arguably it should not be that way but it is. Therefore having a clearer understanding of the breasts size issue is an unavoidable one.

What if

What if the size of breasts did not matter? What if men could care less about the size of women’s breasts? Well would you be surprised to hear that it appears to be the case.

Scientists have investigated the interest of man for breast size and they were in for a surprise. Men as expected tend to be very interested and sexually aroused by women’s breast but on the whole breast size is not an issue for them.

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What is it with breasts then? Well men seem to have criterias all right but not those expected. It so happens that men want one thing for breasts and it is roundness. Men, in short, want round breasts and the rounder the better. Size doesn’t bring anything else to the table for the average (statistically that is) man. Is it more noble? Is it fairer to woman? Is it more politically correct? I guess it remains to be argued.

What to make of it

Short of surgery the shape of one woman’s breasts is largely genetic and it could be argued that man’s desire for roundness imposes an undue pressure on women. Asking for roundness is just as unfair or unrealistic as asking for sheer size. Never the less this unreasonable expectation from male will continue. We hope that our female readers will find themselves reassured by their personal situation. In any case we will boldly suggest, were you not comforted by this bit of research, that you do not lend too much credit to what men want but what you want.

Suggested readings

Hatfield, Elaine and Suzan Spracher, Mirror, mirror … The importance of looks in everyday life. New York: State University of New York Press, 1986.

Aronson, Elliot., The social Animal. New York : Worth Publishers.

Cowley, Geoffrey. “The biology of beauty”, Newsweek, no 127, 1996 , p. 60-67.

Langlois, J.H. and al. “Maxims or myth of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review”, Psychological Bulletin. no 127, 2000, p. 390-423.

Manning, JT, RL Trivers, D Singh and R Thornhill. “The mystery of female beauty”. Nature, no. 399, 1999, p.214-215.

Tovee, MJ and PL Cornelissen. “Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?”. Nature, no 396, 1998, p. 321-322.

Zebrowitz, Leslie. Reading faces : Window to the soul ?. Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press : 1997.

“Looking Good : the Psychology and Biology of Beauty”. Journal of Young Investigator, v.6, Décember 2002.