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Originally Posted by e83sOHpFYv
When I was in the service, a long time ago, 5 or 6 of us were sitting around looking a an old B&W skin magazine. The women were all topless and various cup sizes from A to something huge. We all agreed that we loved breasts but we all liked different sizes. No two could agree on a size.
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At various times, various cultures, various social statuses, breast size has been viewed differently. A couple centuries ago, women with large breasts were looked on as common (as in low-class) and the upper crust women desired small busts. Jump forward a generation or two and next thing you know, those upper crust women are wearing corsets that push up and emphasize their bust-line. Jump forward a couple generations again, you you find Mary Phelps Jacob stringing a couple handkerchiefs together with some ribbon and coming up with an early bra not to lift or support but rather to flatten her breasts. Skip forward and Ms Jacob (aka Caresse Crosby) sold her patent to some brothers named Warner (the lingerie makers, not the movie brothers) and all of a sudden something Mary intended to make herself look flat-chested has become something to emphasize that womanly attribute (this time without the added whale boning used before to cinch the waist down so much--thank goodness for aerobics!). The whole process of what's in & what's out with breasts, men's & women's obsessions with them, the social, cultural and biological motives behind them are just plain fascinating (at least from this passionate and impassioned admirer's
point of view).