If breasts weren't so sexualized by society, would breastplay still be as pleasurable?

Question

"In one cross-cultural study, breasts were considered as objects of erotic interest in only 13 out of 190 cultures surveyed (Ford and Beach 1951)."

Grond21 · Accepted Answer

I don't think I can actually vote on this, because my opinion isn't covered by any of them. While the breasts are not something that are historically sexualized, they are still biologically wired to the same part of the brain that the clitoris is. So the biology is still there. Second, the culture is super important in what people find attractive. So because everyone focuses on it, and expects that it will be fun and pleasurable, that adds to the feeling. but if someone was able to experience it without any expectations or hang-ups, which is practically impossible, then I think that they would still experience high levels of pleasure. Very close to what they would in our culture.

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

One study from 70 years ago isn't nearly enough to make any determination - and there was a lot less questioning and peer review happening back then, so a lot of people with an agenda did lots of faulty studies (or outright lies) back then. That still happens today, but they're a whole lot more likely to be fact-checked today.

Anyway, I'm not buying the premise.

VIVANT · Accepted Answer

Well for the people who own them who have the nerve endings right under the surface-yesh I think it’s feel good regardless of sexuslozation.

My arm is super sensitive and I love having it stroked even by myself — feels really good. Not sexual at all 😊

PrincessGrail · Accepted Answer

The fact that I like a guy sucking my nipples is cause it feels good, not cause society says I should like it

UnknownReflection · Answer

Yes.

Because the pleasure the breasts causes has nothing to do with cultural appropriation. It's a chemical reaction inside the brain out of the one's control. Breasts enlighten Dopamine in the male's brain.

I believe breasts are over-sexualized nowadays. But they are a sexual organ anyway besides their maternity anatomies and functions. Female's breast contains sexual nerves and stimulating it appropriately can cause a massive blood flow and cause erotic reactions within the woman' s body.

AuroraRoseat · Answer

I think it's pleasurable in spite of it.

anupamagrawal · Answer

One word Breast are the Best

MohammedF479 · Answer

I've always found the entire female body, including breasts, erotic, sexy and attractive before any social conditioning took place. I'm talking about in elementary school, which was before I even found out that a hard penis gets inserted into a wet vagina during sex. My parents are very conservative and didn't expose me to sex nor talk about it, ever.

That means for me, my attraction to breasts and the fun I would have if I played with my future spouse's breasts and gave her pleasure from it is all natural and nothing to do with the current oversexualization of them. Thus for me, breastplay wouldn't be any less pleasurable.

tenukitanuki · Answer

Yeah get balls deep and just move your face /around/ the titties. That's not society making your lover convulse like you hit her with a taser gun. That's breasts and their wonderful sensitivity.

SarahsSummer · Answer

lol. society has absolutely nothing to do with the nerve endings and pleasure receptacles in my breasts.

kaewk · Answer

I really don’t get the appeal but I’m not a man so.

jemismyname · Answer

if you look into chinese medicine, you will find that the nipples are directly connected to the gonads via meridian... so therefore, stimulating the nipples is a single degree of separation away from stimulating the ovaries or the testicles...

still, it's not the same thing, and part of the allure of tits is the fact that they are made mysterious , and even illegal...

i think that this part of the allure should be obliterated. it is not good for women, men, or society.

markscott · Answer

I agree that our society has over sexualized breasts, and we would be better off to decrease that. However, I can't imagine people in societies where women routinely go topless, not liking how breast look and feel. More likely, the feelings are the same, just that they are more compartmentalized. Seeing bare breasts in public is not seen as sexual in these places, but I'm sure a the right time and place, guys see them as very sexual. If we all went around naked all the time, we would not cease to have sex, as the body would still be sexual in the right setting.

theharlequin · Answer

Yes. I’m a biochemist, and breast play in women elicits precisely the same hormonal/sexual response as genital play.

For some reason, people seem to think breasts are sexual because they have been ‘sexualized.’

Maybe breasts are ‘sexualized’ because they are sexual. Maybe.

purplepandas09 · Answer

Yah they still have the same amount of nerve endings no matter what guys think of them.

ImagineSketchy · Answer

Honestly, I have never thought of breasts to be sexual. Never found it pleasurable or enjoyable either. Just something that I do for the woman, not for me. I assume it would still be as pleasurable for the female at least.

Miristheiss · Answer

What does society do to make a man find breast sexy and attractive? If society didn't do what, would men then no longer find them sexual?

Dargil · Answer

It is enjoyable because it feels good on its own.

sarahbear1750 · Answer

No guys just like breasts. It’s like they’re wired to like them no matter what😂

AlexanderBrunnrgaard · Answer

Of course it would be. That's like saying penetration would lose pleasure if penises and vaginas weren't sexualized. A titjob will feel good no matter what society says.

And breasts are sexual, always have been always will be. People need to deal with it.

InTimoreDei · Answer

If something is physically pleasurable, society's view on it has nothing to do with it. People like what feels good to them.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes always enjoyed breast play with my ex-girlfirend  i would suck her nipples and she get wet.

helva · Answer

Sure it would be equally pleasurable.

Nik1hil · Answer

Breast is pleasurable because of the sensitivity of skin that evolved with time.. Not because of Social phenomenon.. In fact they are sexualized.. Because women find the breasts stimulating..

J2ohhhhh · Answer

When I was 5 and didn't know shit about sex I grabbed the tits of a female friend of my mom. It is more biological then sociological.

BoSvenson · Answer

No. That’s why I don’t want women going topless everywhere in public. Guys will get used to seeing them, and it will desensitize us to them. Seeing them will no longer be an exciting treat.

cth96190 · Answer

Women have enjoyed me playing with their tits because it felt good and gave them sexual pleasure.
We did not discuss weird Gender Studies theories about the sexualisation of breasts.
Men are hard wired to be attracted to tits, the bigger the better, because tits are a sign that she is a sexually mature female and that she will be able to feed babies.
Our lizard brains judge women’s tits in the same way that a dairy farmer judges a cow by the size of her udder.

SamtheDnDgirl · Answer

I like them played with and I like to play with them. So, I think it will be equal.

Texaskid1 · Answer

Boooobsssssss  More booooobs!!!

genericname85 · Answer

breasts are one of the primary fertility markers that make the human male attracted to the human female and signals that the female is fit and compatible for procreation. you can not take that away because humans still breast feed. if we didn't, then boobs would probably never have developed in the first place so it would also not be enjoyed in sex play.

ThisIsMyOpinion · Answer

Even with societies pressures we still are what we are. No matter how much pressure we feel we as individuals will always keep some of our traits. And this... oh this... we will love it from the day we born to the day we die.

Kitty46 · Answer

I have a big chest, my boyfriend love them & can’t wait to play with them, he told me he could play with them all day.

Iron_Man · Answer

Absolutely it's a first thing a man kisses besides the girl's face

convo_king89 · Answer

Even if it wasn't sexualized.. tits are still sensitive

PersonZ · Answer

As? Probably not. But people would without a doubt still get them.

TheSikuu · Answer

I mean, they're really fun to play with, very fun to look at... But yeah I think a lot of it has to do with societal norms.

crazy8000 · Answer

Only play with them because they likes it. It doesn't give any sexual pleasure for me just like spanking.

DDpsy · Answer

Successful societies like boobs. Boobs are the reason for great civilizations  The other 177 societies are doomed to irrelevance as nothing more than puny tribes.

Syrian_survivor · Answer

Society doesn't build up instinct, genes and nature do and those can hardly be changed haha

LuWe22 · Answer

I don't see the connection. Care to explain?

Deus_ExMachina · Answer

It is still a nexus of nerves. So I would imagine yes.

Jerre · Answer

Love to play with breasts and suck nipples

NovissimumVirorum · Answer

Probably, there are quite a few nerve endings

Gabriella90 · Answer

There nice to look at nice play with but painful on the back.

Ben228 · Answer

I'd hope so.

NLiam69 · Answer

I'll always love tits

Anonymous · Answer

they would still be pleasurable because there are a lot of nerve endings over there, Plus if you take neck for example, Necks aren't sexualized by society but still most people find neck kissing/sucking... etc pretty pleasurable

Anonymous · Answer

Yes it would be. Also, it's not about "society" sexualizing breasts. Nature took care of that. Many women get physically aroused and some even orgasm from breastplay. That's not because society told them to. And most guys will be unable to control getting an erection around a girl with spectacular boobs who is showing them off. Again, NOT due to society.