Breasts.

[Aaron Saunders]

I have a question about this boob lark, how come when we are like 8 or 9 we 'fancy' all the nice faced girls, but as soon as we hit about 13 we suddenly have this urge to get the girl with the biggest boobs? Like I once fancied a girl and as soon as someone said she didn't have a very big chest I went off her. I dunno if it's because I just focused on those bad points, or whether it's because I am totally ruled by society, and am a sheep. Can anyone help me?

How do you explain the fact that so many people (including myself) think both Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman are *incredibly* hot?

That said...girls really do have cooties! But when you're older, people just call them "STDs".

 

[Nickthebassist]

lmao. No seriously, do you think anyone can be usch a sheep that they like a girl with no boobies, then when someone points that fact out they suddenly don't like her anymore? Or do you think it was jsut because I hadnt thought about the dirty side of stuff?(i was about 13 or 13).

 

[Zlartibartfast]

why do males have nipples? ***?

humans, aka Homo Sapiens, are members of the genus "mamalia"

(btw it is generally accepted amongst the medical community that all fetuses start out female, but durng the 3rd trimester the true sex of the child begins to assert itself. boys have the same basic elements as girls, just in different proportions. There are a lot of variations to the basic recipe)

addendum: NickTheBassist - one word.
hormones

 

[Nickthebassist]

But how come my hormones suddenly kicked in when my mate pointed out she was flat chested?

 

[Zlartibartfast]

dude that's really a personal matter, and is likely to change over time. Your hormones were already "kicked in", and suddenly they overpowered your higher reasoning. My guess is that from a very primitive level a lot of men are driven by the instinct to find a suitable mate with which to produce offspring, and biguns suggest that a woman can produce more. If we were cavemen with an expected lifespan of 24 years, that might hold up but - not today. Take a look at some of the 40 and 50 year old women in TV and on film. plenty of hotties, yes? Ask yourself what good those biguns are going to be later on down the road....

I have a few female friends who opted for reduction surgery so they would not suffer difficulties later in life. I also think they looked better afterwards.

PS check out Sigourney Weaver during the final act of the original Alien movie, as she prepares to enter hibernation in the escape pod.
Then check her out in Galaxy Quest after she and Tim Allen have made it down to the Omega 13, and her costume is partly shredded

 

[lo-end]

I have done lots of pondering on why males, as a species, are so awe-struck by a nice rack.

I guess you'll find out when you're older...

 

[john turner]