Why Large Breasts

[Esco]

Hard-wired instinct I reckon (with some 'learned' influence).

Which woman is the best choice for a mate and to produce offspring? The ones with 'child-bearing hips', which generally correlates to a more voluptuous figure. Also, a woman with more flesh on her says that she is healthy, and able to put on weight - something you want your children to do quickly.

Think how many past civilisations have worshipped large breasted goddesses as symbols of fertility, or think of the tribal idols you've seen with the same idea.

It may not be relevant reasoning anymore, but the wiring is still there!

[YetAnotherDave]

Originally Posted by Esco

Hard-wired instinct I reckon (with some 'learned' influence).

Which woman is the best choice for a mate and to produce offspring? The ones with 'child-bearing hips', which generally correlates to a more voluptuous figure. Also, a woman with more flesh on her says that she is healthy, and able to put on weight - something you want your children to do quickly.

Think how many past civilisations have worshipped large breasted goddesses as symbols of fertility, or think of the tribal idols you've seen with the same idea.

It may not be relevant reasoning anymore, but the wiring is still there!

I think that you have probably hit the jackpot there Esco. It is often the difference between the woman you want a mother to your children, as you said generally more curvy to the one you'd like to have for a one night stand. Although that is not to say the two are mutually exclusive.

[Robert]

The "hard-wired" answer may well have something to it. But I think that it may also be related to a memory of being breast fed. The breasts which fed us were very large (in proportion to our size at the time), so we're looking for something as delightful to suck on, as that subconscious memory of our mothers' breasts.