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Female Boob Size Aggression Revealed? - Zinjanthropos - Apr 8, 2026
Breast size and female jealousy. Real or imagined? A study here where sampling consisted of primarily Hispanic college age females.
https://www.psypost.org/women-show-increased-aggression-toward-those-with-larger-breasts-study-finds/
Since I’m a guy who will look it’s tough not to feel attracted by large bosoms. Figure it’s evolution’s fault. Study made me question whether as a man if I socialize differently with a well endowed woman vs a gal not so gifted? Don’t notice but I probably do act differently and it must be important enough that other women take offence and generally feel envious enough to turn aggressive against a rival I suppose. Never had a gal berate me for looking at another woman with large breasts, in fact when my head turns while walking with my wife, she has told me she’d worry if I didn’t look.
Anyways, how far does this aggression, if real, extend between females? To be fair I don’t look at other guys attributes and who knows maybe I would if they weren’t covered up for the most part. Large breasts OTOH don’t seem to need exposure, a guy can imagine.
Had a gf once who was quite strikingly good looking but lacked the large mammaries. After couple years I was ready to pop the question but I didn’t, broke up, later dated a similar gal but with much larger breasts and ended up marrying her. Not once did I think I was proposing marriage because her boobs were larger than previous gf. I’m sure there is some primal mechanism that drew me to a gal with larger breasts, just natural for a guy to do so I assume.
RE: Female Boob Size Aggression Revealed? - Syne - Apr 8, 2026
Secondary sexual characteristics, like breast development, are pretty crucial to mate choice. I found it interesting that only breast size mediated aggression, and sagginess didn't reduce it.
RE: Female Boob Size Aggression Revealed? - C C - Apr 8, 2026
(Apr 8, 2026 04:41 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Breast size and female jealousy. Real or imagined? A study here where sampling consisted of primarily Hispanic college age females.
https://www.psypost.org/women-show-increased-aggression-toward-those-with-larger-breasts-study-finds/
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RE: Female Boob Size Aggression Revealed? - confused2 - Apr 9, 2026
As a bloke I find large breasts are like the elephant in the room. They can be avoided by making no reference to them and not looking at them but they are still THERE. Then there's the furtive look to check if they really are what you think they are and the accusing look from the beastmeister that says 'I know what you just did'.
RE: Female Boob Size Aggression Revealed? - Zinjanthropos - Apr 9, 2026
(Apr 9, 2026 11:02 AM)confused2 Wrote: As a bloke I find large breasts are like the elephant in the room. They can be avoided by making no reference to them and not looking at them but they are still THERE. Then there's the furtive look to check if they really are what you think they are and the accusing look from the beastmeister that says 'I know what you just did'.
Not sure who the beastmeister is, woman you’re with or owner of the big bust? I can see where the most well endowed woman in the room can become the most disliked by other females present. Do other women feel intimidated by a larger pair within close proximity? If so then what kind of strategy is employed to divert a partner’s furtive glance?