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'''Boobs''' or '''boobies''' refer to the breasts | '''Boobs''' or '''boobies''' refer to the female breast. Human breasts are unique among primates in that they are permanently swollen. Besides [[grool]]ing and dilated pupils, engorged nipples are a sign of female arousal. | ||
Boobs are preferred to be round, firm and shaky, in fact firmness is more important than size,<ref>Kościński K. 2019. ''Breast firmness is of greater importance for women's attractiveness than breast size.'' American Journal of Human Biology, 31(5), e23287. [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23287 Abstract]]</ref> | Boobs are preferred to be round, firm and shaky, in fact firmness is more important than size,<ref>Kościński K. 2019. ''Breast firmness is of greater importance for women's attractiveness than breast size.'' American Journal of Human Biology, 31(5), e23287. [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23287 Abstract]]</ref> | ||
and they may have been [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selected]] to mimic the [[buttocks]] | and they may have been [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selected]] to mimic the [[buttocks]],<ref>Fuller, R. C., Houle, D., & Travis, J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref> also explaining men's immense thirst for their sight. To the contrary, [[Good genes hypothesis|good geners]] would claim that boobs are honest signals of reproductive value, e.g. that they are evidence of the ability to grow fat deposits which are suggested to be prerequisites for reproduction,<ref>https://brill.com/view/journals/ijee/50/1/article-p87_5.xml</ref> however there is little evidence for this being the case. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||