Have you seen pictures of normal non-sexual breasts?

A huge proportion of American women are not happy with their breasts - most of them only because the warped media images make them feel they "should" have big and perky breasts with an adolescent-type small nipple and areola.  To reassure you that there is no reason to worry, these breast pictures are here to let you see normal breasts - big, small, sagging, asymmetrical; big areolas or nipples.  Truly, female breasts come in all kinds of sizes and shapes.

In fact, having asymmetrical breasts, where one is bigger than the other, is very very common.  Also as we all know, size varies a lot.  Some women have practically a flat chest, but even they can breastfeed just fine, which is what the breasts are for anyway.  Some have more of a bust, and the mere weight of the breasts can cause them backaches.  According to statistics published in the Journal for Sex Research (vol. 24, pp. 177-183), almost 60% of women have the bra cup size of A or B (A-cup 15%, B-44%, C-28%, D-10%).  Of course, the size is not constant but varies with pregnancy, breastfeeding, and during the menstrual cycle.

Many young people growing up never see what normal natural breasts look like, and influenced by the media, think they have to stand nearly upright.  Women are caused to think that the pert big breasts are ideal and so many women (about 334,000 in the year 2004 according to American Society of Plastic Surgeons) opt for breast implants to 'correct' their breasts.  Most teenage girls worry and fret over their breast development, some even to the point of suicide - which is a very sad comment on how American culture is influencing young people.

While young adolescent immature breasts do usually have a perky look, the mature breast (one that has gone through the changes during pregnancy & breastfeeding) often assumes more of a hanging position.  And even if you never become pregnant, your breasts will eventually (usually during peri-menopause or menopause) undergo a process called breast involution, where the glandular and connective tissue is replaced by fat tissue.  It actually is easier to have your baby nursing on your lap when your breasts aren't pointing high up in the air in their perkiness.  Even for health's sake we should not wish that women's breasts stay firm and perky - studies have shown that denser breasts (those with less fatty tissue) are associated with higher breast cancer risk.

Purpose of breasts

Friend, breasts were designed to feed babies - not to be some kind of 'turn-on' objects, special obsession points for men. Judging from the advertisements, one would think that men are supposed to be "all ready" the instant they see a flash of a nipple. The media images are so screwed up!

Just in comparison, do you think a bull is interested in the cow's udder when it wants to mate?

Now, we are not saying that men can't appreciate woman's breasts as feminine and beautiful body parts (like ornaments), or that breasts wouldn't take part in the man/woman relationship. We're saying let breasts be like legs and hips and neck and face etc. and all the other body parts - not some almost like inanimate objects that automatically 'click men's brains' to the 'turn on' mode.

It's not men's fault though, if they think so, because they have been culturally conditioned to see it that way. The image created by television, magazines, and the surrounding culture is that breasts are a taboo, always supposed to be hidden. That just feeds the curiosity, sometimes leads to total breast obsession in men, and makes women embarrassed of breastfeeding.

People don't think anything about seeing animals nurse their young; why would it be different when human mothers breastfeed?

Consider the fact that about 100 years ago women's ankles turned men on.  And tiny feet were a fetish for Chinese men in times past.  All kinds of parts of female body have been inspiring to men during history and in various cultures. In today's world, breasts have been turned into a similar fetish and taboo in US society and others influenced by it.

The cure

If everyone -men and women alike- was used to going without their top, like some primitive tribes did and like some Africans still do, no one would consider bare breasts as anything special.  If even just topless beaches were commonplace, it would make everyone know how these feeding organs look like, and pornographic magazines would lose a lot of their readership And if breastfeeding was very commonplace - ALSO in public - children would naturally learn what breasts are for and what they look like.

Then, girls' and women's worries about breast size and shape would be drastically reduced. Men wouldn't have to be obsessed by the topic. Breasts could return to their role as feeding organs and as beautiful feminine body parts just like lips, hips, eyes, and legs.

We present this Gallery with typical female (and male) breasts so women can quit worrying about their breast size and how theirs look like as compared to other women!  As you can see, there are lots of variations - all are normal. These pictures include women of Anglo-/Teutonic European, Semitic, N. Mediterranean, and N. East Asian descent who come from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. But we are hoping for more volunteers, to show an even wider variety. In other words, the photos have NOT been chosen to show the most ugly breasts or to exclude black or Indian women or not to show the perfect breasts. Just volunteers. The main point is: there is enormous variation in what is normal. 1) Women who have not been pregnant:
Small breasts of a 25-year old. She got stretch marks in her breasts during her quick development in puberty but they are very faint and not visible in the photo.	Fairly large, sagging breasts of a 21-year old woman. She has not been pregnant.  Big breasts often begin to droop earlier because they simply weigh more.	Young immature breasts of a 20-year old.  She has not been pregnant.
Breasts of a middle-aged woman who has not had children.	These small breasts are widely spaced, have a 'tubular' or tuberous shape, and are narrow at the chest wall.  There is little glandular tissue, so unfortunately women with these kind of hypoplastic tubular breasts often have milk supply problems and need to supplement with formula.	She's a young woman of 20 years of age - no children yet.
This woman's in her early 20s, and her breasts started drooping after she lost a lot of weight. She also went from D-cup to B-cup.	This lady is 25 years old. Her breasts have always been saggy and had stretch marks. Click on the pic to see a bigger photo and her personal comments.	A 22-year old woman with asymmetrical breasts; hasn't been pregnant. She says, "I think it is very important that girls my age see that their breasts do not have to be perfect (indeed, mine are far from it)."
An 18-year old with fairly dark and large areolas.	20-year old girl; has always been on the skinny side, she says.	A 31-year old woman. She lost 20 kg weight between 15 and 18 years, and has been worrying about the sagginess issue.
"I am 18 years old, I have had different sized breasts since I was 15. I have learned to accept my breast sizes and come to realize that it really is not that noticable."	A 19-year girl. "I've always been very consious about my breast i always thought they were too big. Growing up in school guys always made comments about them which made me feel even worst." Losing weight caused her breasts to sag more: "i'm not happy about it, but am learning how to accept my breasts new appearance."	A 20-year old: "I was always questioning the normalcy of my breasts. I have always had streachmarks and pores on my breasts since my adolescent years when they gradually expanded. These are my breasts and I am proud of them. This site has also been helpful because I would have never had an outlet to show my breasts in confidence towards helping other women with similar inclinations."
	A girl age 19 with fairly dark areolas/nipples: "Slim build, but love my huge nipples."
2) Women who have been pregnant (and most have breastfed)
A middle-aged woman with middle-sized breasts.	Big drooping breasts, and again asymmetrical -  that is SO common!	This lady has nursed three babies, last one past two years of age. Her breasts were bigger before the pregnancies but she likes this size since she can go braless and no one notices.
Breasts of a 28-year old woman who is first time pregnant in the picture.	The same lady as on the left- now breastfeeding.	Lady in her second pregnancy, second trimester. She's normally just barely a b-cup, now almost a good c-cup. The color is much darker this pregnancy and nipples & areola's are much bigger with many more bumps (those Montgomery glands again!).
This lady with small breasts had a high-risk pregnancy due to heart problems and had to stay in bed in the hospital most of the time.  The baby was premature, but did just fine - with the help of her milk.	Here we see a lady with nearly flat chest and small areola. She breastfed all three of her children with no problems.	These breasts of a woman in her 50s have assumed their lower position.  Back when she had kids, bottle-feeding was the norm and she didn't understand breast being better.
This woman had very small breasts until pregnancy and nursing.  She has breastfed two babies.	Mature droopy breasts.  The large areola is due to the breast changes during pregnancy.	The same woman as on the left - here after her second pregnancy, currently breastfeeding.
Nursing mom's best tools and baby's best friends. The areola is big and dark - the normal change during pregnancy.	These small breasts with stretch marks have fed seven children - and the youngest one continues to nurse at four years old. Click on pic to see larger version.	She's 41, has been pregnant but no kids. Stretch marks are from weight loss. She says, "I'm fairly happy with my breasts, even with the left being a cup size smaller (turns out my body has the scoliosis-like thing down the entire left side of my body)."
This lady has nursed 6.5 years non-stop. The youngest one at 2 years has no interest in the left breast at all, so it is very, very small compared to the right breast.	A flat-chested 26-year old woman who produced plenty of milk for her child.  She says: "I am not very 'well endowed' but I am happy with what little I have. I never have to wear a bra so it has it's advantages.  I was teased a lot when I was in school by other girls. I thought about getting implants until I met my boyfriend who loves me the way that I am."
Large pendulous breasts - typical... and normal. Ladies, quit worrying about your breast size  and shape.  It doesn't determine what you are as a person - and that's what counts, right?	Just kind of average size breasts, with erect nipples that are not centered.  She breastfed two babies for 2 years with no problems.  There is a a biopsy scar on the right breast.	A middle-aged woman who has breastfed 4 babies. A small areola and small nipples - which is normal variation just like big areola and big nipples.
These drooping breasts, where one is hanging a little lower than the other, belong to a nursing lady.	Symmetrical breasts with erect nipples and small areolas that are not the same shape.	Here areola size is typical for after-pregnancy breasts - not the small adolescent areola in supermodels (and models don't have freckles on their chest, either).  This woman has nursed both of her babies.  Click on the pic to read her personal comments!
Fairly small areola and quite prominent Montgomery glands (the 'bumps' on areola). "I am 52 years old, & have had 7 children, all of whom nursed for about 2 years."
And... lastly two pics of men's breasts. Did you know men have breast tissue and milk ducts, and CAN produce milk under the right conditions?
Imagine this guy without his hair - and you could think he was a lady with small breasts.  But do people think his breasts are something sexual?	What's this? you may ask.  Men have breasts and nipples too! And their nipples don't really look that much different from female ones.

This article was supplied by :-007 Breasts - Woman's breasts are for breastfeeding!