"[M]en who more strongly endorsed benevolently sexist attitudes toward women, who more strongly objectified women, and who were more hostile toward women idealized a large female breast size."

"For those women who may seek breast augmentation but would rather not undergo surgery, there is an alternative in the form of a new craze that is slapping its way silly across Thailand. The government of Thailand is promoting the controversial technique known as 'breast-slapping' which involves kneading, massaging and hitting breasts as well as the buttocks in order to firm the rear."

"A SNAKE died of silicone poisoning — after biting a girl on the BOOB." There is video and everything. It's, uh, really something.

In an era of austerity and doubt, when it seems as if the possibilities available to previous generations have been foreclosed upon for the rest of us, it is always encouraging to see hopes realized: "STUNNING Sam Faiers – who claims to be the hottest Essex girl – today fulfills her dream of posing topless for The Sun website." Brings a tear to your eye, right?

An important New York Post trend piece on fake breasts being so out of style that even Hollywood is over them notes that it's not only the possibility of being sent to the hospital because of bursting implants that's making their popularity wane — the many un-implanted women showing off their natural assets on the Internet are helping, too. "We [now] see a healthy balance of tastes, not just an overabundance of augmented breasts," says Internet Nudity Expert Sasha Grey, who apparently is qualified to judge what is a "healthy balance" of physical preferences because of her background as an American Apparel model? For their part, the Post's always-[...]

Here's as good an example of what your Internet is all about these days as you're likely to get: "To help you sort through the app detritus, we've compiled 10 of the most inappropriate iPhone apps we could find, some of which are not be approved by Apple. Which iPhone app is just altogether wrong? Which app is just amateurish? View our SLIDESHOW and VOTE below:

If you come across any other objectionable apps, let us know. Leave your answers in the comments section."

Sigh. Maybe we're doing it wrong.

"The German Herald reports that men serving in the elite Wachbataillon unit of the German army are developing breasts on their left pectorals. A doctor who is treating the men says that their trademark close-order drill is at fault, as it has the men repeatedly, violently slamming their guns into the left side of their chest, stimulating mammary growth."

"Picture it: It's the seventeenth century. Bras don't exist yet. As a typical woman, what do you do?"

It's both a celebration and an innovation: "To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the national insitution, we're bringing it into the 21st century with our fab new interactive feature. Who'd have thought 40 years ago that you'd one day be able to interact your favourite Page 3 lovely. Simply click the link to launch a pop-up of today's Page 3 girl Hollie, click and drag your mouse and watch as she turns…. she'll pirouette to your command." [WARNING: Includes tits.]

Talk to me about "jiggle," Science: "Researchers from the University of Portsmouth in England and other schools recently attached reflective markers to the breasts of a group of female runners and had the women jog along a track while wearing various types of bras or forgoing breast support. The researchers charted the trajectories of the women's breasts, using infrared cameras." But to what end?

Here's yet another entry in the continuing saga of Japanese inventors' unwillingness to let boobies simply be boobies: It's a bra that doubles as a putting green. Knock it off, Japan!

It's tough all over, and even the hooter-shaking industry is not immune: America's strip clubs are seeing slower sales as customers focus more on the actual boobs in front of them rather than the high-end food and drink that once helped inflate profits. "In order to adapt," reports the Wall Street Journal, "many so-called gentlemen's clubs are shedding their upscale trappings and catering to a thriftier clientele by offering less expensive drinks, waiving cover charges and refocusing their marketing."

Here you will find a collection of photos showing babies breastfeeding. This is actually NOT a gratuitous photogallery.

"All in all, it was a pretty positive, if somewhat anticlimactic, experience. I tried to act as normal as possible, but it’s hard not to smile when you’re doing something so obviously goofy. I don’t think it’s yet possible for a woman to walk around topless without having people assume she’s pulling some sort of stunt, which is a shame. Granted, I was doing a social experiment of sorts, but it would be nice to be able to do it just because it feels good." —Jamie Peck of The Gloss takes a topless stroll through Central Park. WARNING: Includes boobs.

Now that the December Wired is hitting inboxes, some women are noticing that the cover image, which is breasts, seems to them like an extension of the magazines use of women as rare decorative objects. (Even while the issue does address advances in tissue reconstruction.) Since in particular women don't make the cover this decade on their Wiredey merits. Fortunately Wired editor Chris Anderson is listening! .bbpBox2588347767726080 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1288981003/images/themes/theme14/bg.gif) #131516;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block}

@anildash I hope your 2nd reaction was to read the article, [...]

Here is the Lane Bryant ad (for underwear!) (worn by and marketed to plus-sized women!) that was apparently too hot for airing during Dancing With The Stars and American Idol because it showed a lady heading off for a "lunch" while wearing only a trenchcoat, some lingerie, and a pair of shoes. Whether or not this is some big publicity stunt that the plus-sized fashion retailer devised is up for debate. Maybe the standards and practices departments at ABC and Fox are simply anti-nooners in general! But it should be known that the store has put up an irritable blog post about the whole thing that also manages [...]

Combining their twin obsessions of technology and lady parts, Japanese inventors have harnessed their talents to come up with these USB breast warmers, which, as you would expect, are at the cutting edge of USB breast-warming mechanization science. Sometimes I feel like "Japan" is one of the greatest, longest-lasting "Punk'd" episodes ever. [Via the must-read Topless Robot.]