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Women's breasts as an erogenous zone

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Last reviewed: 08.07.2025

Let's talk about how a woman's breasts can please their owner and the owner's partner in our ordinary life, full of worries and troubles.

European and African cultures traditionally consider breasts to be an important erotic object. At the same time, for example, in Japan, breasts are tightly bound so as not to attract attention to them, and the Polynesian Managiya are completely indifferent to them, believing that breasts have no use except for feeding infants. Who is right?

Primates, as everyone remembers, have no bust, which does not interfere with lactation. In women, only a small amount of glandular tissue is involved in lactation, and if only this were left, the breast would be flat, like a monkey's. Everything else is fatty tissue and connective tissue that attaches it to the ribs. Thus, the connection between the breast and the reproductive function, motherhood, is not biological in nature, this idea is the fruit of cultural development. The breast is a unique result of sexual selection in the process of evolution, it is a kind of decoration, but if in the animal world the male is usually more brightly colored, then in humans the "peacock's tail" is given to the woman.

The attitude towards breasts can serve as a kind of indicator of the "sexualization" of a society. For example, in India, a country with a high sexual culture, bayaderes considered breasts to be the main tool of seduction, and preserved their shape with the help of a special light wooden case decorated with gold and precious stones. On the contrary, in Europe in the Middle Ages, breasts were a symbol of temptation and were hidden in every possible way. The Renaissance liberation of sexuality makes "fertile" breasts an object of worship. Even antiquity knew a dress cut that raised the bust to its advantage. Renaissance fashion not only borrowed it, but also revealed the breasts as much as possible. Breasts are a source of inspiration for poets, they are white as ivory, similar to the Venus Hills or two sugar loaves, protrude from the bodice like two rising suns, rise like two spears, etc. Artists do not lag behind - Titian, Raphael, Rubens, Rembrandt paint famous women of the era with bare breasts (often in the form of Madonna nursing a baby, since men prefer mature, developed breasts). In the 15th and 16th centuries, numerous fountains in the form of a woman were built, from whose breasts water splashes, and on holidays - wine. Ladies prop up their breasts with a bodice stuffed with cotton wool, decorate their nipples with rings and special caps, connect their breasts with gold chains hung with crosses and jewelry. Maria de Medici invented a style of dress in which two round cutouts were made on the sides at the top, so that the breasts practically jumped out of them. In Venice, where it was customary for a lady to hide her face in the street under a mask or veil, the breasts were safely on display.

The fashion of the 18th century, without losing interest in the breast, significantly modifies it. Now it is not the nourishing maternal breast, but a bust that serves exclusively for voluptuousness. Both in fine literature and in painting we will find countless images of the breast, but not naked, but undressed, and this difference is significant. Even the august breast was put on display - Marie Antoinette was recognized as the winner in this nomination, after which the Petit Trianon was decorated with a fruit bowl reproducing the shape of her breast. We owe the invention of the artificial breast to the 18th century - it was made of wax, and then of flesh-colored leather with painted veins. With the help of a special spring, it could, "rising and falling, reveal the secret fire that burns it."

In the 19th century, in accordance with changes in views on sexuality, the breast began to be considered a symbol of motherhood, the continuation of life, which, naturally, presupposes its splendor. The era of decadence put an end to all full and developed forms, but it was not possible to hide the bust away completely, since at the same time ladies began to play sports, wear tight sweaters that emphasized not only the shape of the breast, but also its every sway. In addition, conservative men were not at all going to give up their old preferences, and women who wanted to please them began to support the industry of means for achieving the "ideal bust", "beautiful, full forms", etc. with their wallets. The beginning of the 20th century is marked by the flourishing of the production of pilules orientales - "eastern pills", ointments and pneumatic devices for massaging flabby breasts. However, as the historian noted, "only the merchant's wallet gets an elastic shape thanks to such means."

Our time has already brought an innovation to the fight for the bust - silicone injections into the mammary glands. But this method caused various complications, and now, as a rule, implantation of soft thin plastic segments filled with silica gel into the breast is used. As a result of such an operation, the breast increases in size, maintaining elasticity and natural shape. However, both with lifting and with the introduction of implants, the reflex responsiveness of the breast may be impaired.

It should be said that this responsiveness does not depend on size. Firstly, breasts are not an erogenous zone for all women, and secondly, the ability to get excited by breast stimulation is inherent in both flat-chested women and those wearing DD bras. At the same time, by stroking breasts and nipples with fingers, eyelashes or the head of the penis, licking and biting them, you can achieve an orgasm no less intense than with normal coitus. Moreover, in India it has been known for a long time (under the name "narvasadat"), and recently, thanks to various manuals, coitus intra mammae - intercourse between the breasts - has become well known in our country. The Hindus believed that this method was good after a separation of several days, if the lovers wanted to avoid conception. It was assumed that first a portion of ejaculate containing mature seed was ejaculated, and then - seed of insufficient maturity, therefore safer. During intramammae coitus, simultaneously with breast stimulation, the partner can massage the clitoris with his hand or big toe, which will only enhance the pleasant sensations and intensity of the orgasm.

Note that although the so-called "nipple erection" is one of the objective signs of orgasm in most women, it should not be considered a mandatory sign of arousal. It is also useful for the partner to know that in some women one of the breasts is a stronger erogenous zone, and that in many women at the end of the cycle, when the breast swells and often hurts, the nipple becomes especially sensitive, so it is better to stimulate it with the tongue and with great caution.

Moreover, a woman needs breasts not only for lactation and sexual pleasure, but also for all sorts of socially significant deeds and accomplishments, about which Nekrasov once said wonderfully: “It will endure everything, and with its broad, clear chest it will pave the way for itself.”

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