true boobs for you

NB In this post, I may at times drift off into male fem-objectifying fantasies and lose my train of thought briefly. This may be terribly un-feminist of me, and I apologise in advance if anyone takes offence. I am, however, remaining true to myself.

(Via Coffee Shop Philosophy, which I found via the Feministe self-promotion Sunday thread this week)

This is a link to a gallery of normal breasts, the images unaltered in any way. The aim of the page is to show women that they do not have to look like the airbrushed models' tits, nor the artificially sculpted cleavages of porn performers or (in this day and age) singers and movie actresses. This, needless to say, is Very Important.

Now we get to the bit where I (alas!) temporarily objectify - because the point I want to make is that women are socialised to feel incredibly insecure about their appearance (those models/actresses etc are a key part of that process). So here, just in case anyone would be remotely interested, is a man's view on those bosoms displayed:

They are all beautiful. Breasts are great fun, no matter what the size or shape, and I think most men feel the same way, even when they're going along with, and repeating to each other, the media presentation of what we're supposed to want (i.e. those artificially-enhanced cleavages). It's just it's not "manly" to tell the truth about it (and, lest we forget, being "manly" is very important to preserve one's status as "a man" - with attendant loss of privilege if you don't preserve it).

In this world, I believe that the site showing these images is invaluable - it ought to be on everyone's sex education curriculum, in fact! It should not be the case that the vast majority of women don't realise they are normal. It should not be the case that a beautiful woman should feel so ashamed of her magnificent bosom that she couldn't bear the thought of her partner seeing it (as happened to me with an ex).

And of course, it's not exactly doing men (or at least, men who like ogling/fondling breasts!) any favours to perpetuate this false image of what breasts "should" look like - after all, if the majority of women are ashamed of theirs, then we're not going to get to see them! If men were more familiar with normal breasts, maybe we'd have a better chance of getting our hands on a real pair! (mmmmm hands on breasts! ... errrr, sorry, where was I? Oh, yes...) It has been demonstrated the feminists (including feminist men) enjoy better sex. This here is one reason why that might be the case.