Is anyone here vegan?

There is also the link these days to the over use of hormones and antibiotics that industrially husbanded animals endure. Not to mention the diets they are forced to eat. Looking into this issue is and knowing about it is one of my special interests.

It has been proven that this rising use of hormones on the cows also correlates with the rise in the earlier and earlier onset of menses on humans. This is one of the elephants in the room these days, The room seems to have acquired a lot of elephants these days.

I think the over use of hormones is also responsible for the rise in breast size in human women. It was rare to find anyone who was a D cup 40 years ago, now it's a common size and sizes are getting larger all the time. There's health implications for have breasts that are very big too, such as damage to the neck and upper back from the weight of them, as many women who have large breasts will have small bones. There's also a social issue about larger breast sizes and perceptions of intelligence and sexual availability.

I think the over use of hormones is also responsible for the rise in breast size in human women. It was rare to find anyone who was a D cup 40 years ago, now it's a common size and sizes are getting larger all the time. There's health implications for have breasts that are very big too, such as damage to the neck and upper back from the weight of them, as many women who have large breasts will have small bones. There's also a social issue about larger breast sizes and perceptions of intelligence and sexual availability.

I'm not to sure about weight gain and breast size, mine stayed pretty much the same size whatever my weight. Not everyone gains or loses weight in the same places, you'd think people would slowly gain weight all over, but they don't and nor do they lose equally either. I think people's overall diet has changed, less fresh food, more takeaways and ready meals that are full of ingredients you'd have to go to a chemical supply company to find, rather than the average supermarket.

I don't agree with you about increased sexualisation either, when I was a teenager in the 1970's there were judgements made about your intelligence and sexual availibility. Whilst some things have become more sexualised, you don't get the overt sexism and sexualisation of women in programs like The Benny Hill Show, or the Carry On films, where being blonde and busty was openly showed as lacking intelligence and being sexually available. When I was at school having  an A cup was normal and being a B cup or bigger was a sign of being a "slag", not that it was anything you could help, they just grow.

I think there are other ways in which ever younger children are becoming sexualised, mostly via the media, but then you've always had that dichotomy about innocence and sexuality, especially when it comes to sexual abuse and rape. A girl who develops physically at a young age, something she has no control over, becomes a target for predators whereas her less developed peers will be left alone for a few years. Physical maturity dosen't mean emotional maturity and many girls have to "grow up to soon" because of pressures beyond their control.

Overall I'm glad that women are more confident in their bodies and feel able to be uncovered, I just wish it were the same for those who don't wish to uncover.

TheCatWoman said:

I think the over use of hormones is also responsible for the rise in breast size in human women

Another probable major contributor is the rise of obesity across the population. i know from first hand experience with my wife that when she has a longish period of increased weight, there is a quite identifiable increase in breast size.

The health implications are quite easy to corrolate as you point out and this has been a major driver in a sustained, healthier living plan she has been on for a few years now.

TheCatWoman said:

There's also a social issue about larger breast sizes and perceptions of intelligence and sexual availability.

I think this is more of a reflextion of societies increased sexualisation of nearly everything but a reduction in inhibitions is certainly puting breasts out there much more whether for a fashion choice or to attract attention.