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Why do most men prefer small areolas?

I understand that most men like larger breasts because they're more feminine. Of course, men have practically flat chests. So yeah, actually, I get why men like rounder breasts, period, no matter their size, because they're femenine. I mean, even small, round A cups can be way more feminine than almost C cup sized man boobs. So yes, round breasts signal femininity. But small areolas? If you notice, it's GUYS who have small areolas. So small areolas are, if you think about it, more masculine than big areolas. I've never seen a guy, thin, muscular, fat, whatever, who has silver dollar sized areolas. Yet a lot of guys, if not most, seem to feel disgusted by bigger areolas, which are, in my opinion, more of a female trait. I myself have B cups, with kind of large areolas. I don't think my breasts are ugly at all... so why do most men?
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  • For f**ks sake! The OP, aswell as I, was looking for "REASONS WHY" some men might find huge nipples ugly, but wherever I look, I only find complimenting, subjective, uninformative comments from men who love them! And in every other thread on every other forum too! Those aren't answers to to the question! This is driving me nuts!
    In fact, I AM disgusted with huge/weird colored/contourless/popping-out/dented-in nippels, yet I couldn't rationally state a solid reason why my self, and it's making me crazy. So I thought if I read other peoples reasons, I might understand, but I assume all those who hold the same opinion as I, probably can't state an objective reason eihter.

    So for the sake of people who wonder about this aswell, I'll try to formulate the only things I think could be the reason:

    -I might think of such nippels simply as disproportionate, which might be founded in instincts to look for partners with best possible health or best possible chances for mating. (Just like nobody likes yellow teeth)
    So far I could only define my prefered proportions of breasts in general.
    I define breasts as being proportionate by the shape they have, when lying on the back. As half spherical as possible, without surgery to say. Those too big, bulking over, remind me of obesity, which I consider less healthy, to bear better chances for me since It's somehow favoured by most of society, and nowadays a more problematic disorder to cure than the opposite.
    If there is a ratio between breasts and nipples, with smaller size boobs the nippels would be smaller too.
    -I do in fact prefer women with breasts way below mentioned proportion, most likely due to the fact that I'm desperately looking for chances, since I am a now 25 year old virgin, with few attractive aquaintances. (I think it's prove that a major keyword in my porn searches is "tomboy")
    I also still tend to fantasize about girls from my teenage years, where their boobs weren't quite as developed eihter.
    -They also might subconsciousely remind me of other unpleasant things.
    (I. E. women who gave birth tend to have enlarged nipples too. And I never, EVER, would want to throw my life into the shitter by reproducing in offsprings.

    So considering all of that, it might simply be some psychological deficiencies combined with the fact, that contrary to most guys, I actually try to consciousely think about this stuff.

    Took me almost 3 hours to formulate this. I hope at least someone's gonna read it.
    Cheers

    • whiile there r many things that are biologically explainable, i dont think large areolae are an example. its simply cultural and probs related to pornography. someone started some imagery of large looking like pepperoni or something and it stuck. i think that cuz large areola tend to be more erotic and striking looking. the whole purpose of areolae are for an infant to find the nipple so i would assume it to be more favorable as well. women who give birth also tend to have large breasts. areola enlarge and darken and breasts enlarge during pregnancy. all three happen and indicate fertility. why aren't all three favorable, u know? srsly. it's cultural. and im saying this as someone with avg to small sized areola

    • Sorry I'm late... It's actually very easily biologically and psychologically explainable. We are hardwired to look for mates that will give our offspring the best chance at survival. Since until recently it was not possible to actually look at someones genetics humans (and other animals) developed mechanisms to be able to better approximate who is a good mate. Things that are looked for are body proportions, health, teeth, symmetry, and basically everything. However, none of these things increase biodiversity, but rather the opposite. Biodiversity is a key factor in increasing natural immunity and is very important to the success of offspring. In order to increase biodiversity all you need to do is make absolute sure that your mate is not from your family. Humans do this very well, and very simply. We unconsciously structure the traits of those around us and identify the rarest. The rarest traits become ‘beautiful’ and the rest become ‘normal.’

  • bigger areolas are so hott! I consider that way more feminine than smaller ones! like ones that are like a couple inches across maybe even slightly more, depending on the size of the boob, are perfect! it just has to be proportional. I've heard of girls being self-conscious about big areolas but I have no idea why. unless they're grossly huge, but that never happens lol

    • I know... sometimes I feel that mine are kind of big, especially for my breast size, but hell, I'm a WOMAN! It's not rare for a woman to have big areolas... so I just tell myself to shut up, and love my breasts. Even in p*rn you see a lot of women with big areolas and guys don't seem to care. So I guess I shouldn't care. I like the way you think.

Most Helpful Girls

  • Bigger areolas are far more attractive than tiny ones, in my opinion. That said, the size of a girl's areolas isn't what makes her hot. Having larger ones is just a nice bonus. Of course, like most things, there's an element of proportionality - for me, areolas that pretty much take up the entire boob are a bit too much.

  • I have b cups and large aerolas and I have always been so self conscious about them, butyou ma'am are absolutely right, its feminine!

  • Guys just like them better.I guess they look better to them?I have big ones but I'll get a reduction.Quite cheap & simple.

    • Eva Green used to have exquisite large areolas that were smooth and covered a large amount of her breasts. This is very attractive to me and many men, due to our wiring to look for fertile mates. Some morons with insecurity, or fear of a relationship with a mature woman said many negative things about the appearance of her exceptional areolas and she went and got a reduction. Not only do her smaller ones lack character, less feminity they know have an irregular shape and scars. You can tell they've been surgically altered, all because of silly opinions and insecurities.

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  • Where did you get the idea that men prefer small areolas and are disgusted by large ones? It simply is not true. Men love large areolas. Yours sound quite nice. If your partners think you have inferior breasts, dump them and find some new ones who appreciate your sexual beauty.

    • It's a US fashion trait in boobs

  • Late to the question.

    Anyway, let me place my vote in favor of large areolas. I've never seen any so large that they were not sexy and beautiful.

  • It's areolae not areolas.

    I fail to see how "most men" would see big areolas as ugly, and 2" isn't even unusually big.

    How many are "most men" anyway?

    Boobs with scar tissue around nipple, even barely perceptible, plus any unevenness post-surgery or discomfort to touching/tugging/squeezing compared to boobs that never had surgery, would gross me out like 80 times more than ANY size areolae, to be honest

  • "...Yet a lot of guys, if not most, seem to feel disgusted by bigger areolas," Where do you get this idea? Have you been chatting with Evangeline? She's got it her head that same idea. I've seen a lot of sites praising and worshiping big areolas but none for small areolas. I've never heard any guy say he was un-impressed by big areolas. When I look at this sweetie, the only thing (or other thing, rather) I want to do is to suck on those big areolas.

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    • Dude you're 46.You're older,more mature and have probably had your fair share of women.Of course you like them. I think she's referring to the younger inexperienced guys,the ones who do care

    • For what it's worth I would not get cut up and risk scars, infection, lost sensitivity, lost or reduced tissue integrity, risk to basic breast function, purely because one or more younger guys haven't seen enough boob think that 2" areolae are too big. It's like a girl coming up to a 16 year old boyfriend and saying dude you need like a major penis enlargement surgery because I understand the standard for well endowed males is 7-8" long. (Point being a 16 year old dude's d*ck is still growing.)

    • In my experience, it's Americans that have the fashion standard that large areolas are unsexy. They came up with the term peperroni nips, or balogna nips etc. They have normalised plastic surgery so much that porn stars who originally had small tits and small areolas, tend to end up with fake tits and small areolas. Add to this that if a man only wants to have sex, and not reproduce, he'll look for a woman that hasn't had children and her breasts haven't been naturally altered (improved) to have larger areolas and larger breasts. IMHO I prefer the appearance and character of women who have had children

  • I think you are assuming too much. But I will say my ex had natural DD's and she was always self conscious about her large areola size for no reason. I loved them.

    My friend was worried about her boobs so she asked me to check them. I noticed she had the smallest aureoles I had ever seen. I work with a lot of naked women and yet hers were the smallest. The next week I asked to measure them for something I was working on, they were only 3cm in diameter and very light, so they were the size of a mans. They were super cute, but I loved me exes too. Breasts and aureoles are like pizza, almost all of them are good. I see both of them as very feminine.

  • I think you're overthinking it. I have never really even considered areolas as part of the attraction equation, breast size itself and firmness is usually the primary indicator

  • None of you speak for me. Natural = Normal = Better. LOL But I suppose Evangelina will say that I am OLD! LOL!

  • I prefer big dark areolas They make me really turned on and I love to cum on them and suck them during sex they are beautiful

  • You only see women with big areolas when they take their bra off.

  • I guess it's purely asthetic for some guys, like how some girls prefer the look of a big penis but not the feel?

  • small like bigger boobs, some smaller, some like large areola and some like small areola. it's a very personal choice. I like not bigger boobs, but I like small areola. that is my choice. your choice may be different. how can people think that it is an universal rule of likes and dislikes.

    • I'm not implying that. But I find it funny that MOST men say "bigger breasts are better because they're more femenine". Then they go "ewww, gross, big areolas", when in reality, big areolas ARE more of a femenine feature than a masculine one. You're entitled to your preferences, it's just that I, as a woman, know what it's like to feel self conscious about a very normal feature. I'm sure it happens to guys too with their body parts. I know many women feel the same way I do sometimes.

    • I agree with you completely, and I understand your bewilderment over men preferring small areolae.

  • I like them! Just look at how hot Eva Green is! :)

  • I don't mind me some big ol' sliced tomato looking bumpy ass Stevie wonder nips

    • Lol

  • I personally LOVE big areolas, but the name of the game is proportion, so if your smallish boobs are like 50% covered by your areolas, they are "ideally" too big.

  • I've seen a guys with large areolas, and they are all overweight. The young men you so speak of have probably also associated the large areolas of women with that of overweight men, and this in turn, reduces attractiveness. I've seen a guys with large areolas, and they are all overweight. The young men you so speak of have probably also associated the large areolas of women with that of overweight men, and this in turn, reduces attractiveness.

    • Only meant to post that once

  • I prefer girls to have small areolas :-/.

  • I find large areolas MUCH more attractive than small. In fact, as a hetero male, I can NOT understand why any man would prefer small areola to large. Large areolas, like you said, are feminine, and small, well, guys have small ones! WHY, therefore, would a hetero male find small areola attractive? It truly boggles my mind.

  • I find the wording a bit silly as it seems to describe a matter of taste as a conclusion people reach by rational reasoning after a thorough contemplation.

    Standards of beauty have changed with time and, say, affection to pubic hair vary with culture. But sexual preferences are essentially primitive traits and attempting to explain any primitive human behavior is usually good to begin by examining stuff from the evolutional standpoint.

    Breasts are said to have been a good visual indicator of fertility - by the looks of them human males have been able to deduce whether it is worthwhile to pursue sexual interaction with their owner in order to impregnate her. If the female had developed visible breasts, she was likely reached physical maturity to bear children. Respectively, due to gravity and time (especially in the pre-brassiere era), increased 'sagginess' might've been a sign of menopause.

    During pregnancy, areolas tend to grow and become darker. Thus, the genes of the ancient man who preferred less pronounced areolas and by doing so avoided wasting his invaluable semen to already pregnant females, were more likely to pass on.

    However accurate this assumption might be, It ultimately only answers a question of 'how' rather than 'why'. More importantly I'd emhpasize that general ideals of appearance are just frail abstract concepts. A great thing about the world is that real individual people come in all shapes, sizes AND preferences.

    Everyone sees defects in their appearance which sometimes grow out of proportion. I have tried to deal with mine by reminding myself that human in general have evolved to look as they do by pure chance after a myriad of random incidents after another and and whatever I conceive however hideous in my appearance, in the end is just an idea inside my head which I at least in theory am able to turn around.

    If I think of a perfect spouse, it would be someone with all the mental characteristics I like in a person combined with all the physical ones, but life has taught me that just few of the crucial ones are enough to learn to love the rest. When it comes to sexuality and attractiveness, in my opinion the hottest girls have always been the ones I've considered having some sort of 'defect' which they have totally ignored. For me, confidence about one's body is more important than the body itself.

    Bottom line: Try to accept yourself. If someone likes you the way you are, great! The concept of 'perverse' is in itself perverse.

    • Also.. while I get the division to masculine and feminine per se, the assumption that guys would only be attracted to 100% feminine things and vice versa is a bit naive.

  • What guy in their right mind would prefer small areolas over Large one's? I don't get that at all! I LOVE large areolas!!! It turns me on more than almost anything (as far as purely visual stimulation is concerned) I just seem to have bad luck when it comes to meeting women with large areolas, & I always have to look at porn to satisfy that kink unfortunately. (I know they're are women out there with big areolas, but I can't seem to get lucky enough to find any one real life) So if your a lady if big areolas, consider yourself lucky, & holler at your boy Mike Terry lol

    • Can I send you a pic of mine? Would love your opinion.

  • Mine are big and dark. I'm of Indian origin and I'm so self conscious of them. I would say they are in proportion though.
    Living in mostly a white society and seeing that lighter skin is deemed more beautiful makes me wonder If men from outside of Mt culture would find my breast attractive.

    • Don’t worry about it, most white men find them sexy, I love big dark nipples. Just be self confident!

    • @NYlatefun Yes, you're right. Confidence is key! I really want to experience sex with a white man who will adore and caress my big dark areolas and nips. Thanks.

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