>What I've always found intriguing is that the part of the breast we are
>not allowed to show in public is the nipple. That is the only part of a
>breast that men have and they show them all the time. The cleavage is
>what makes women different and we are encouraged by society to show that
>to be considered sexy. Quite puzzling.

There's one other breast part our culture is afraid of, and that's the
natural contour of the breast, especially at the side.  A featureless,
front-and-center, cleavage-intense hemisphere is fine, but the
soft-swell-at-the-side-with-evidence-of-fold-underneath is a no-no.  I
didn't become aware of this until I abandoned bras, and realized that the
subtle side contour in some outfits was just as scandalous as the existence
of a nipple.  As you say, quite puzzling...
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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