Is it unique with humans

I can only give my female perspective on this. I have always loved breasts since I was a young teenager. I remember stealing a Playboy magazine when I was 16 as I was too young to buy it from the newsagent, I would hide it at the back of my bookshelf and get it out if I wanted to masterbate when no one was home . Then when I turned 18 and moved out of home I could buy all of the boobs magazines from the city sex shops and of course porn videos. I think it’s just a preference but I can see how anyone couldn’t love beautiful soft breasts and nipples 😁

I never got the lesson on how human female breasts are meant to be sexual/erotic. Had zero teaching about anything to do with sex from parents (they divorced when I was 12) or at school, and had no sexual experience until my mid-20's and it was a series of fumbles and mis-steps for quite a few years.

I am fairly certain I was not breast fed as a baby, so I would never have got 'wired' to find breasts sexually attractive. I think they are, but it's not automatic nor do I know what to do if I'm trying to be intimate. Last intimacy of any kind for me was 8 yrs ago when second ex and I were trying to make our daughter (it didn't work and required IVF which also failed then egg donor).

You can ask the same sort of questions about why a woman would think a man's penis is sexually attractive if not conditioned by society to think so. Or why some women think other women are sexually attractive, or some men think other men are sexually attractive. It's societal conditioning mostly.

I lived with my mum after the divorce until I left home in my mid-20's. Mum expressly forbade anything with girls (which didn't matter as I had no interest in girls and really didn't even know what sex was in school or uni) so I probably would have got a tirade of anger if I'd actually been interested in sex and talked about girls or wanted to have girls come over as friends. To me sex was something never to be talked about that only other people did.

My parents are both passed away so can't ask about my early childhood from their perspective, and dad had no contact with me from about age 16 until his death.

No, I have friends who aren't particularly interested in breasts (they prefer bottoms). I do love breasts and think they are sexy. I also understand that they are nurturing and not just for sensual attraction. I know women who find breasts sexy. In answer to your question, I can't remember when it was or why I started to see breasts as desirable. I have thought about it, but I think it was a slow realisation through puberty.

Well this isn't necessarily just breasts. And I don't think it's limited to humans. In my mind we all have things that we find desirable and like, I know I do. And sometimes I can't really even explain why it attracts me or I find it erotic.

It's spring time and as I look out my home office window I see a flock of turkeys. Watching the tom with his feathers all fanned out on full display. His wattle (red pouch under his beak) flared out in brilliant color. What about it attracts the hen? Must be something about them that makes them desirable.

I believe we are hard wired to find breasts and buttocks sexually attractive /arousing so we will want to procreate and continue the species. The alpha males will seek out the best breeders and selecting a female with broad hips and breasts will provide the best chance of continuing his line. Well thats evolutionary significant anyway.
Modern man, i am not so sure. He seems terribly confused about his role, about women, and sex.
Young men are not confident about their once expected role of family head, provider, protector and procreator. And at the same time young women are being taught to be more independent on one hand and overtly sexual on the other.
Personally i have always been attracted to breasts. I was breast fed but, not for years like some boys.
I grew up fascinated by and wanting to see bare breasts without much success in that era (1960s.)
I don't think i have changed much 😁

I think almost every part of our anatomy can be sensual in addition to its utilitarian function. Some guys are "boob men" while others are ass men. Some guys are a sucker for a woman with nice legs. Some like the womanly curves of hips and backs. Similarly, women might like a guys stomach, or arms, or ass.

I understand why some women say "I don't get it, they're just breasts. Every woman has them." But I also understand how many will reply with "Yeah, but they're also so much more!"

We're all a wonderful combination of things learned and innate, including what we find beautiful and sexy.

Bouncing with joy, a pair of delight,
They wiggle and jiggle in morning light.
Playful companions in life's little dance,
Adding a sparkle with every glance.

Cheeky partners in a whimsical scene,
Forever charming, a sight so keen

In my experience the answer to this is yes, I was interested before I even knew what they were called. It wasn't about any kind of taboo, just basic instinctual attraction.

My guess is that these things are different from male to male somewhat. Like I'm not attracted to feet at all, yet some men are.

My view is that it's not automatic and unless a human is breastfed as a baby, or otherwise educated about breasts being objects of sexual desire, the basic programming never happens.

Breastfeeding embeds the sexualisation deep in long-term memory centres and is how nearly (but not all) children get their basic programming of breasts being something desirable.

i like the way women react to having them touched. the small pieces, arching her back or craning hr neck when touched--try not to be too x rated on your thread.

in a less sexual they feel nice and warm against my chest / like in a casual hug or something

back in the day as a young lad ,, they where thought to be the sexual thing that made women beautiful , thank god things have changed since and they are where they should ,, part of person with a brain ,,,,

We homo sapiens walk upright, so they're on display, so I think that has something to do with it.

And no, I don't think I needed telling 😊

We just love them

I think it comes natural to a guy.

I know breast off of nurturing but they are also sensual and sexy to men and women

i'm going with a mix - hiding body parts makes them sexy, so that suggests it's learned, but i gotta think that the fact that enlarged breasts are a secondary sex characteristic unique to post-pubertal female humans makes them likely to be sexualized

Beautifully intimate

To me it came naturally, I adore women’s boobs, and love to caress them many ways, and love to watch her enjoy it. I’ve been known to give a nipplegasm or two. 😉

I believe they are naturally attractive to males as it tells them the female would be good for feeding his children.
In modern times because they are hidden most of the time they become something men want more.

I was never taught anything about breasts, but I did start to notice them when I hit puberty and became quite fond of them

It is naturally ingrained in the male and even the female at times. My friend is gay and though he really dislikes the vagina, he loves tits and would play with tits for hours if he could.

Humans have a natural fascination with the 'other'. She has what he doesn't and he has what she doesn't.

It is the old story of the grass being greener when it is denied. Society largely determines what is sexy by what it makes forbidden. People think of nudity as being sexually driven and depraved, but the only depraved you will usually find are the clothed gawkers on the edge. Porn failed to make it mainstream when it no longer became illegal and was available on demand.

What do you expect happens when you go around teaching people that certain parts of their anatomy are inappropriate and need to be hidden away from people???

People go after the forbidden fruit, that's what happens...

From 9 years old.....on. YOU BET WE DO.

That is a great question @Berti33 !!
In societies were nudity is an everyday, normal way of life, probably not !!

I didn't need anyone to tell teach me. I started to notice breasts when I hit puberty.

Yes, they are sexy

It's natural...

I mean, do I even need to comment on this? Maybe I should ask to Sigmund Freud

im obssessed

Men and boys love the female body.....thats why its so hard for us to resist it

Ivakways,have

I think boobs being erotic is uniquely human yes. Because actually humans are the only mammals who have permanently visible breasts. All other species only grow bigger breasts during the pregnancy and nurturing period. So there's probably some evolutionary advantage of displaying them so proudly.

Only with some humans? Why?

Different people find different parts sensual or erotic

Actually that even depends upon which humans.

LOL what everyone seems to be forgetting here is that the question was
And I need to ask, "How the hell are we supposed to know what Chimps, etc. think???"

😂

Hell yes they are !

Breasts are my obsession

In most other primates, breasts only present themselves when the female is in estrous. Humans are rare in females presenting breasts all the time.

We instinctively sexualize them.

Breasts are most sensual things to a man . Be sure about it.

Guess no ody told me anything just rolled over with age into them breasts

I was born with a tit in my mouth,,I was never weened ,

I think only with human beings, breasts of the females got erotic sensitivity

Since time immemorial breasts have excited men no men had to be given lessons on it was just natural instinct