Breasts: The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession describes and explores our national breast fetish, which is defined as a culturally constructed obsession that is deeply interwoven with beauty standards, breastfeeding practices, and sexuality. By tracing the complex history of this erotic fascination and discovering how it affects men's and women's sexuality and their relationships, this book will help women accept their breasts as they are and provide male readers with insight on how women think and feel about their bodies. This will enable them to better understand and empathize with females and their experiences as objects of a cultural fetish.

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Image and Icon Love and Loathing Initiation Dressing the Part A Matter of Life and Death Part Two: We Two Are the Universe Garden of Paradise When Instinct Meets Culture Part Three: Sex Circles of Desire Breast Men Part Four: Thinking About Breasts How the Woman Got Her Breasts The Great and Terrible Breast Breasts Unbound Notes Bibliography Index