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Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by thaumasiotes on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:05PM (#24735318)
It's a pretty standard type of signal. Only females nurse -> nipples are a signal of being female. Females are sexually interesting -> nipples excite sexual interest, because they are indicators of femaleness.
Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by eyelidlessness on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:44PM (#24735810)
It would be, but that's not the signal.

Men conflate women's sexuality with child rearing to control women > men insist women cover voluptuous body parts > men exploit women's sexuality with modesty constraint for additional power and control > men decide women's nipples are hidden = modesty, and sexualize women's nipples > nipples somehow mean something different if they're attached to a woman

Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by thaumasiotes on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:56PM (#24735877)
Your theory fails to explain why women have breasts.

(Compare monkeys, which don't.)

Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by Igelau on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:14PM (#24736248)
If I had to guess, compared to other primates it takes human young too long to be any good for anything. Permanent breasts would make cross-nursing more feasible in the event that a mother died or couldn't produce enough during scarcity.

No sources or background, just throwing darts at a plausible "the ones who didn't died" scenario.

Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by thaumasiotes on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:26PM (#24736494)
> Permanent breasts would make cross-nursing more feasible in the event that a mother died or couldn't produce enough during scarcity.

I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Most mammals do fine with nipples and no breasts, whether they're nursing or not. And women lactate after giving birth; they can't do it on command.

Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by ben_w on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:54AM (#24737311)
On the other hand, it doesn’t seem to be “oh no nudity” if a woman wears a very skimpy bra that only covers their nipples and fully exposes the rest of their breasts.
Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by thaumasiotes on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:34PM (#24740885)
Most people do consider that nudity. It's usually done to work around laws, not to "work around" public opinion.
Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by eyelidlessness on Friday October 09, 2020 @09:36PM (#24736087)
Men have breasts. Also, my "theory" doesn't need to explain why women have breasts?