An (In)Complete Guide to Having Breasts*: A Woman’s Cup Compendium — Part 4

Part 4

If you are just joining us, we’re going through eight pointers (pun intended) for living a life with breasts. This is the last of four installments. If you haven’t read parts 1, 2, and 3, you’ll want to head over there and read those first. We’ll see ya when you get back!

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A Brief Lesson in Physiology.

(Or, These Things Are WAY More Fun Than You’d Think)

Here are some things that your 6th grade health teacher probably never mentioned. Here are some things your mom or dad likely forgot to include when they were explaining puberty and sex and all that fun stuff. Women’s breasts are suffused with a vast network of nerves and a veritable cluster of nerve endings in the areola and nipple. Why is that good news? Let me tell you. It’s good news because more nerve endings = more sensation. In other words, it feels good when someone (or you yourself) touch your breasts. Better, say, than your belly or your back.