Breast fetishism
Breast fetishism is a pronounced
fetishistic sexual interest in the female
breasts, their shape, movement, and especially their size. Breast fetishism is the most common sexual fetish
[http://experts.about.com/q/Fetishism-2835/need-know.htm] among men in
American and
Japanese culture. Like any other sexual fetishes or
paraphilias, this preference might become
psychologically problematic when it develops into a strong fixation and becomes the only means of sexual arousal.
In many cultures, breast fetishism often centers on the size of the woman's breasts. In large portions of the western world breasts are often perceived as symbols of sexuality and attractiveness to men and the size of the breasts can be particularly important in relation to the impact on the man. In popular media the breast size of featured women (whose role in that instance is in part as an object of sexual desire) is rarely below an apparent C-cup (UK sizing) . This has fuelled the market for breast enlargement surgery for women who feel their breasts are not big enough. Many
porn stars have capitalized on the obsession many men seem to pay towards large breasts by having their breasts enlarged to implausible (i.e. biologically very unlikely) sizes. With large breast fetishism being common in the United States and Japan, this fixation has increased cultural acceptance of female
breast implants.
Anthropologists and
sociologists have often tried to explain the obsession with breast size in terms of
natural selection and
biology but no widely accepted explanation for many men's attraction to big breasts has developed. Some gay men and straight women also idolize breasts to the extent that they consider themselves breast fetishists.
Some individuals have a fetishistic preference for large "natural" breasts without breast implants. Natural breasts are required to become a
Page Three girl in the
UK tabloid The Sun. Another magazine featuring the "natural" look is
Perfect 10. Not all straight men prefer large breasts as there are also some small breast fetishists.
Not all breast fetishism concerns size. Some fetishists prefer puffy
areolæ or unusually long or thick nipples. The "puffy" fetish, in particular, can be somewhat controversial because this characteristic is most commonly associated with pubescent girls, though a significant number of adult women also have puffy areolæ. There are also fetishes concerned with
lactation in general, and with nursing ("
milk fetishism"). While most men seem to prefer firm breasts, there exist those who prefer saggy breasts. Some people feel that breasts can be too big to be attractive.
Massively breasted female characters are fairly common in Japanese
anime, American
comic books and
video games. Publishers such as
Image Comics often feature prodigiously endowed heroines on their covers. Among video games,
Tomb Raider's busty heroine
Lara Croft has become a household name and the lead character in a series of movies and comic books published by none other than
Top Cow a division of
Image Comics.
More recent breast fetishism can be in part linked with the
Canadian actress and
glamour model,
Pamela Anderson, who helped amplify and normalize the trend by openly acknowledging her
cosmetic surgery to increase her breast size and shape, and whose enlargement seemed to increase her stardom, rendering implants more publicly acceptable for the average woman.
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Breast expansion fetish*
Breast implant*
Cleavage*
Falsies*
Inflatable fetishism*
Inflation fetishism and
Balloon fetishism*
Sexual fetishism*
Venus of Willendorf*
Virginal breast hypertrophyPeople*
List of big-bust models and performers*
Tara Underwood*
Alisha Black*
Pamela Anderson*
Jayne Mansfield*
Serena Grandi*
Chesty Morgan*
Dolly Parton*
Jane Russell*
Sabrina (model)*
Minka*
Sabrina SabrokMedia* "
Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society" (episode of
South Park)
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Busty Beauties magazine*
Fan service* "
Large Marge" (episode of
The Simpsons)
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Russ Meyer*
Power Girl*
Jessica Rabbit*
Score magazine*
Robert Anton Wilson,
Ishtar Rising: or, Why the Goddess Went to Hell and What to Expect Now That She's Returning,
Tempe, Ariz.: Falcon Press, 1989, ISBN 1561841099 (
excerpts)
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Big Breast Archive an extensive and free website cataloguing naturally big-breasted women (
NOTE: Contains adult content)
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The Breast Expansion Archive one of the largest archives of
breast expansion and breast fetish content (
NOTE: Contains adult content)
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Savage Love column about large breast fetishism
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R & D big breast and
breast expansion web magazine (
NOTE: Contains adult content)
