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Originally Posted by Apexx

Odd. Here I was thinking that the male species of any breed, particularly human, were attracted to the female breasts because it is the source of nutrients for a child and therefore ensures a higher likelyhood of that offspring surviving - which is the point of mating. "Bigger breasts = more milk for offspring" is the name of the evolutionary game. The female hips are seen as "attractive" because the wider a females hips, the higher the lilkeyhood of her having successful child birth, a more painless one, and increased odds of her survival during that process. The butt is attractive because it is evidence of her storage of her own body fat to sustain her own health while she births and nurses a child. Breasts, hips, ass, youth, hair, skin, etc. etc. are all reflections of health and ability to successfully concieve in a female mate, and we still subconciously connect to these traits today. Evolutoion is what defined attraction, and attraction is what shaped desire, which therefore shaped pleasure. Not the other way around.

That's not completely correct. What you just stated is an anthropocentric and rather arrogant assertion. Do chimpanzees rationalize the amount of milk a breast can hold? No. Sexuality is probably one of the most primeval and powerful desires we have that's innate. As far as I know, you don't have to be taught to be attracted to someone. It's driven by genes. I agree that shape, size, and a healthy appearance all give rise to someone being "fit for mating", but it's beyond rationalization. We're able to rationalize it because we're people. But, even Birds are drawn to other birds with fewer or no "defects". Humans are related to other primates, genetically speaking. And, from studying other ape species, they've come to certain conclusions. One conclusion is that human behavior doesn't differ much from chimps. And, looking at chimp behavior offers a window into our own past. Also, these adaptations take thousands of years. We're not talking without a lifetime. It's almost completely random. Animals don't "choose" features because they are "better." Certain features happen to be "chosen", thereby, eliminating other features that weren't. That = Natural Selection. There is no "point" to natural selection. It's merely adaptations to environmental pressures. That also means there is no such thing as an "evolutionary ladder." It's a myth.