tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post5866427374990561008..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Tits and classPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-73822167641770693682008-08-06T16:07:00.000-04:002008-08-06T16:07:00.000-04:00Withywindle here:My dad once said this goes back t...Withywindle here:<BR/><BR/>My dad once said this goes back to a patrician/plebeian distinction in ancient Rome--that larger ladies were considered lower class back there. I never did confirm this, though he's usually pretty good on history. If so, this would argue for an astonishingly persistent tradition in Western culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-74174026391077627772008-08-06T15:47:00.000-04:002008-08-06T15:47:00.000-04:00I think the real moral of this story is that men d...I think the real moral of this story is that men don't exactly think 100% rationally about this subject. Which isn't, unfortunately, all that surprising.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-86787433565123656282008-08-06T14:26:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:26:00.000-04:00I think it's the fetishization of youth. Small bre...I think it's the fetishization of youth. Small breasts are associated with young, firm women or something. And supermodels of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-30045884698133244812008-08-06T13:00:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:00:00.000-04:00Before you mentioned blondes, I had already though...Before you mentioned blondes, I had already thought of <A HREF="http://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/betty-and-veronica-the-cultural-politics-of-hair-colour/" REL="nofollow">this post</A> at sans everything.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146833770654841724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-12390922065893230442008-08-06T12:42:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:42:00.000-04:00As much as I do think that there's a sexual factor...As much as I do think that there's a sexual factor involved (obviously, we're talking about breasts here) in the classy factor, I also think that there is an income thing going on. It's related to but not the same as fast food in the inner city. As you point out, breast size is not always correlated to wealth, but there are certain stereotypical correlations between breast size and race (or perhaps more accurately put, curviness and race?) and also between breast size and income level. Having recently moved to a less yuppified neighborhood than the one I lived in in DC, I kept noticing how busty all the women were. A friend pointed out that the hormones that are in fast food have been linked to premature breast development (and perhaps larger breast development) independent of weight.<BR/><BR/>Not sure what this adds, but there is a certain WASP body type (I grew up in Connecticut, I'm all too familiar with it), and even a tendancy (from what I remember) for wealthy women to dress so as to minimize large chests, etc., in wealthy, buttoned-up (har har) communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com