Why are people turned on by parts of the body?

Question

Why are people turned on by breasts and behinds, im not complaining, i just don't know how it is natural to like them things, are they to do with reproducing aswell?

Answer 1

Evolution. There is an imperative to select a genetically fit partner. Select an unfit partner, and your children are doomed. Breasts have to be attractive because a woman without breasts would be unable to nurse her children effectively, so it would be wasteful to spend time courting her. Properly-sized asses may be attractive because they show level of body fat and therefore health.

However, attractiveness is not simply a product of genetic hardwiring. For example, in Victorian times it was considered scandalous for a woman to show her knees in public because lower legs were considered erotic the same way we now consider breasts. Also, if you go to a beach in Sweden, you will discover that not everyone is scandalized by a woman exposing her breasts (they go topless frequently...). Desire for a healthy partner seems to be mostly genetic, but what parts of the body have the greatest significance in judging health seems to be cultural.

Answer 2

Certain aspects of what is sexually attractive to humans may differ amongst particular cultures or regions. Influencing factors may be determined more locally among sub-cultures or simply by the preferences of the individual. These preferences come about as a result of a variety of genetic, psychological, and cultural factors. The sexual attraction of one person to another depends on both people.

Much of human sexual attractiveness is governed by physical attractiveness. This involves the impact one's appearance has on the senses, especially in the beginning of a relationship:

Visual perception (how the other looks)
Olfaction (how the other smells, naturally or artificially; the wrong smell may be repulsive).
Audition (how the other's voice and/or movements sound)
Some studies suggest that one source of the physical attractiveness of a human female to a human male is dependent upon a proportion between the width of the hips and the width of the waist (aka waist-hip ratio) (see Golden ratio for other examples of aesthetically appealing ratios).

As with other animals, pheromones may also enter into the picture, though less significantly. Theoretically, the "wrong" pheromone may cause someone to be disliked, even when they would otherwise appear attractive. Frequently a pleasant smelling perfume is used to encourage the member of the opposite sex to more deeply inhale the air surrounding its wearer, increasing the probability that the pheromones from the individual will also be inhaled. The importance of pheromones in human relationships is probably limited and widely disputed, although it appears to have some scientific basis.

A sexually attractive visual appearance in humans generally involves:

a general body shape and appearance sanctioned by the local culture.
a lack of visible disease or deformity.
a high degree of mirror symmetry between the left and right sides of the body, particularly of the face.
pleasing bodily posture.
However, these factors are complicated by many other factors. There may sometimes be a focus on particular features of the body, such as breasts, legs, hair, or musculature.

Answer 3

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this is due to natural selection. people naturally select what they like to see,
but seriously these parts subconsciously tells the members of the opposite sex that they are healthy and have desirable traits.
God bless,
gabe

Answer 4

I am turned on by severed heads. where do you live again. I want to become sexually aroused by your head mounted on my wall.

Answer 5

These are natural response that god give us.