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| WHAT�S WITH THE �BOOBS�? | |||||||||||||||||
| Someone in the next room bellowed �Hey, turn up the boob tube!� As I continued to assemble sandwiches in the kitchen, I could not help but think about the word they had just used in such a �ladylike� fashion. Ok, there is the �boob� tube...everyone knows that is the television. A �boob� is a rather ignorant or awkward person. Then you have a �booby� prize. No, it is not given for the best pair of prosthesis, but for the ultimate loser in a game. There is a �booby trap�; a concept that boggles even my mind�s eye. Would that make a �booby hatch� the place where crossdressers work on devices to simulate breast forms? | |||||||||||||||||
| Let�s face it. Crossdressers have a real love affair with the �boobs.� Assemble a group of them and just listen as they discuss in detail the various creative efforts they have tried to simulate a female breast. Traditionally, in youth, this might have been a pair of athletic socks balled up and stuffed into a brassier. Birdseed in cut off nylons can even be tied to create a �nipple.� Many have tried the �water balloon� approach...with the ultimate anticipated results. More creative yet is the use of flour in the balloon to avoid the �anticipated results!� With each failure, the drive becomes even stronger to �build a better boob.� Ultimately, he will turn to purchased prosthesis forms in some form of foam, silicone filled, rubber compounds, or any other �great idea� on the market place. | |||||||||||||||||
| So, what is it that drives our fellows to such extremes over something that we wives take pretty much for granted...and some times even with disdain? Why are they so compulsed to ensure the right shape, weight, �bounce,� appearance, and feel? | |||||||||||||||||
| To understand, you must think back to pre-historic man. He was the �hunter.� Livelihood of his family depended on being able to see the prey before the prey saw him. The human animal is not the largest, swiftest, or strongest. In fact, humans are just the opposite. We are among the weakest of creatures, but for our brain. And with the advanced brain, we have learned to turn our �senses� to our advantage. The male brain is, literally �hard wired� to be responsive to visual stimulus the female brain does not require. This was necessary for the pre-historic male to succeed as the �hunter.� And even today, it is well known that males process �visual images� much better than females do. The messages that reach his brain by way of �visual information� are much stronger than the same messages in the female animal. And this is true in many, many different animals where the males provide the food for the family group. | |||||||||||||||||
| But does this characteristic alone account for the overwhelming interest in the �boob?� Again, we need to search back into our �natural history� for some clues. In most of nature, an infant is born helpless, but in a comparatively short time, the foal is standing, the fledgling is testing it�s wings, the fish and reptiles have no association with a parental figure. Even an animal as large as an elephant reaches maturity in a few short years. But, of the human offspring, at best, physical maturity is well in to the double digits in years. No other parents in the animal world have offspring with them so long. No other �family group� has the necessity to remain as a �group� for many years to ensure the survival of the species. So, what keeps the polygamous male interested in his �family group� for so many years? | |||||||||||||||||
| In other species, the female mammary glands are only swollen during times of fertility or nursing. Any other time, she is nearly �male-like� in appearance. It is only the human female that maintains swollen mammary glands throughout her adult life. It is not an indication of fertile times, as in other species. The poor human male has NO visual information to indicate her ovulation. | |||||||||||||||||
| And here is where the two traits merge. Anthropologically, the male is instinctively seeking �visual� clues of her fertility to further the species. The female human appears to constantly be in a fertile state because of her swollen mammary glands. She can not get away from them. And he is obsessed with them, for to his mind, she is displaying animal characteristics of fertility. | |||||||||||||||||
| Is it really any wonder that when crossdressing males gather, �boobs� are the one topic that represents the ultimate in �all that is female?� So, what�s with the boobs? | |||||||||||||||||
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