num_pages: 216
description:  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 into how women think and feel about their bodies. This awareness will enable them to better understand and empathize with women’s experiences as objects of a cultural fetish.Focusing on adult joys and anxieties about breasts, sex, and breastfeeding, this text uses research and expert opinions from several different fields, including psychology, anthropology, sociology, mythology, and sexology. You will find several other issues in The Women’s Perspective on an American Obsession that involve men’s and women’s struggles with this obsession, such 
language: English
title: Breasts: The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession
titlecomplete: Breasts: The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession
ratings_count: 10
series: Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies
publisher: Routledge