24-03-2016 23:57 via salon.com

Not every culture eroticizes breasts. Why does ours — especially large ones?

In 1995, cultural anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler wrote a book called "Breastfeeding: Bicultural Perspectives." Her research took her to Mali, West Africa, where she attempted to explain the western eroticization of breasts. Those she fell into conversation with regarded the behavior as "unnatural," even "perverted.” They seemed to have a hard time believing that "men would become sexually aroused by women’s breasts, or that women would find such activities pleasurable.”Year
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