Breasts: Real or fake?

Elle Collins

Do men generally have a preference? Most men I've ever discussed this with said real breasts all the way, but I have heard women (who've had implants, surprise surprise!) claim that men prefer fake ones.

So which is the truth men?

Wibbs

Real. Fake can look ok standing up, but look wierd laying down. Feel strange too. A small boob job yep fine, the big ones look wrong though and the skill of the surgeon makes a big diff.

force majeure

Real ones all the way as fake[as in way over the top, think footballs] would bother a me. After all I be so worried about something going pop in their I'd be far to stressed to do anything fancy under the sheets.

PS and I worry about other people looking and laughing in the company off said footballs.

Wibbs

Plus it depends on what you define as fake. I've seen a breast lift where the breasts were droopy and affected the womans confidence and that made a big diff in the look, with no implants in sight. They looked like and were "normal" breasts.

Elle Collins

Wibbs wrote: »

Plus it depends on what you define as fake. I've seen a breast lift where the breasts were droopy and affected the womans confidence and that made a big diff in the look, with no implants in sight. They looked like and were "normal" breasts.

Yes I see what you mean. I'm talking about implants specifically.

It's hard to imagine a breast lift where the effect is droopiness though, must have been one charlatan of a surgeon!

nice1franko

Who in their right mind would prefer fake anything?

CptMackey

Real all the way.

L31mr0d

Fake breasts look awful. You ever seen the side of fake breasts when the person is leaning forward or running.

There is this girl on the show "Survivor" atm that clearly has fake breasts (her cleavage is up to her neck) She looks ok when she is standing still and walking around, but when she is doing challenges they look absolutely horrendous. When she is leaning forward the bags of silicone crease and wrinkle which is visible through the skin, and when she is running they look like rigid stones strapped to her chest.

Snowie

L31mr0d wrote: »

Fake breasts look awful. You ever seen the side of fake breasts when the person is leaning forward or running.

There is this girl on the show "Survivor" atm that clearly has fake breasts (her cleavage is up to her neck) She looks ok when she is standing still and walking around, but when she is doing challenges they look absolutely horrendous. When she is leaning forward the bags of silicone crease and wrinkle which is visible through the skin, and when she is running they look like rigid stones strapped to her chest.

agreed.......

keane2097

I'd strongly question how many people who voted in this poll have any real experience with fakes tbh.

Snowie

keane2097 wrote: »

I'd strongly question how many people who voted in this poll have any real experience with fakes tbh.

i didnt even vote because i havent felt fake boobies. if i did I must of been pretty stupid...

Elle Collins

keane2097 wrote: »

I'd strongly question how many people who voted in this poll have any real experience with fakes tbh.

Why? Are you saying a person has to have felt them to know they have no interest in feeling them? If fake penises are ever invented I don't need to get up on a silicone-filled langer to know I don't find the prospect arousing.

keane2097

Elle Collins wrote: »

Why? Are you saying a person has to have felt them to know they have no interest in feeling them? If fake penises are ever invented I don't need to get up on a silicone-filled langer to know I don't find the prospect arousing.

I'm saying it's pretty ignorant to write off something you've never tried, have no experience of etc.

homerun_homer

keane2097 wrote: »

I'd strongly question how many people who voted in this poll have any real experience with fakes tbh.

Well I've seen plenty on tv and in print to know I don't like the look of them, plus the addition of a scar - no matter how small.

Not for me.

Zascar

Silly question really. Like for like, of course all men are going to prefer real boobs. If you have two women side by side, one real, one fake, but both have really nicely shaped and sized boobs, real ones win every time. However, if the questions was changed, and you were given an average women with normal, good but nothing special type boobs, versus another woman who had the same but then got implants and now has really amazing size/shape/look/feel boobs, my guess is that the fake ones would get the majority of the votes.

I've seen & felt quite a few fake boobs, and the stereotype that they are hard and horrible is not true. In the old days they were terrible but the actual technology behind them these days is way way better. The doctors are so skilled at doing them now, you'd be very surprised how good they can be. They have ones made of various materials and different shapes like teardrop shaped etc, so they look and feel surprisingly natural.

It also very much depends on the girl and her body: size of current boobs vs how big she wants to go, stretchiness of the skin etc etc - depending on the individual the results can be very different

pikachucheeks

Elle Collins wrote: »

If fake penises are ever invented I don't need to get up on a silicone-filled langer to know I don't find the prospect arousing.

That just made me laugh hysterically

keane2097 wrote: »

I'm saying it's pretty ignorant to write off something you've never tried, have no experience of etc.

I understand what you're saying, but I think it's possible to have an opinion based on just sight, if that's all you have experience of.

I've seen implants a few times, I didn't think they looked natural or inconspicuous. They always stood out as being fake and for that reason, I wasn't keen on them.

I voted for real, because to be honest, I find the idea of people referring what is fake and constructed over something that's natural hugely depressing. What's wrong with being the way genetics or nature intended?

Sure, sometimes fake boobs can look or feel amazing, but that shouldn't take away from the fact real boobs can also look and feel great too.

keane2097

Zascar wrote: »

Silly question really. Like for like, of course all men are going to prefer real boobs. If you have two women side by side, one real, one fake, but both have really nicely shaped and sized boobs, real ones win every time. However, if the questions was changed, and you were given an average women with normal, good but nothing special type boobs, versus another woman who had the same but then got implants and now has really amazing size/shape/look/feel boobs, my guess is that the fake ones would get the majority of the votes.

Agreed, it's a stacked question.

The lack of an Atari Jaguar option skews the results of the poll as well.

I would have chosen the abstain option if it had been available, but clicked "Real" just so I could see the results.

Elle Collins

keane2097 wrote: »

I'm saying it's pretty ignorant to write off something you've never tried, have no experience of etc.

Well we'll have to agree to disagree on that. There's a whole lot in this world I have no experience of and never will because the little I do know of it doesn't appeal to me.

keane2097

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I've seen implants a few times, I didn't think they looked natural or inconspicuous. They always stood out as being fake and for that reason, I wasn't keen on them.

That assumes that you recognised fake ones every time you saw them. This is not necessarily the case.

keane2097

Elle Collins wrote: »

Well we'll have to agree to disagree on that. There's a whole lot in this world I have no experience of and never will because the little I do know of it doesn't appeal to me.

Yep, that's pretty much the definition of ignorance tbh.

Zascar

Maybe start new thread with something like: If your girlfriend had small boobs and wanted to get a boobjob, would you protest? I can't imagine there would be too many NO's.

I heard about this new one too where they inject a natural chemical into the breast to make it bigger and fuller etc, and it naturally dissipates into the body after about 2 years. Sounds great in theory but its still 2-3k - you could get proper implants for near that money

Elle Collins

keane2097 wrote: »

Yep, that's pretty much the definition of ignorance tbh.

No, it's the definition of pre-emptive discernment. If somebody told you beating people to a pulp were a highly enjoyable pass time would you give it a whirl based on your concept that all avenues ought to be thoroughly explored before an informed decision can be arrived at?

keane2097

Elle Collins wrote: »

If somebody told you beating people to a pulp were a highly enjoyable pass time would you give it a whirl based on your concept that all avenues ought to be thoroughly explored before an informed decision can be arrived at?

If I continue to discuss this with you are you likely to use disingenuous arguments like this for the duration?

If you can't be reasonable there's no point debating the topic with you.

Lux23

I have never had my hands on a fake pair so can't really vote. I heard recently that soon they will just use fat from the rest of your body and inject it into your boobs and they will feel exactly the same. So in that instance they won't really be fake?

Herbal Deity

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I voted for real, because to be honest, I find the idea of people referring what is fake and constructed over something that's natural hugely depressing. What's wrong with being the way genetics or nature intended?

Ugh, this point of view irritates me.

For a start, nature has no intentions, and things which occur as a result of nature aren't necessarily optimal or even good. Horrific genetic mutations? Tsunamis and earthquakes that kill millions?

Secondly, we are natural! Buildings, roads, cities etc. are all perfectly natural. They're the habitats which humans have built for themselves. And there's absolutely nothing wrong or depressing IMO about someone preferring a nice building over a nice tree, for example.

So back to the real vs. fake boobs discussion, it's the same as makeup, or fake tan, or any kind of "artificial" cosmetic enhancement. We're all wired/conditioned to be attracted to certain human traits. Men are attracted to boobs which have certain qualities - generally firmness, perkiness, a nice size in proportion to the rest of a woman's body, though opinions differ. If cosmetic surgery succeeds in enhancing these traits, then men will find them more attractive. If, however, the surgery makes them look worse, then men will be less attracted to them.

So tl;dr: if a boob job was done well, you probably wouldn't realise that the woman in question had had one.

krudler

Real for me, ones that are lifted or whatever I wouldnt count as fake, fake to me means a bag of silicone in there. boobs that have been augmented or lifted wouldnt be the same. I love real boobs though, hate that big flat part between fake ones, the pornstar look with two beachballs and a flat part between isnt appealing at all.

Also, love the irony of women who look down on girls with fake boobs, but slather themselves in makeup, tan, hair extensions, lifts in their shoes, push up bras, lip plumper ,fake lashes, fake nails etc etc most women have some sort of "fake" element in their beauty regime, I'm not anti boob job as long as they look good, and arent gigantic things

yayamark

I need pictures to give a definite answer please.

empirix

fake all the way unless your fortunate enough to be with a young woman (18 -23)blessed with a great pair of boobs, a not too big pair of fake on top of your chest in bed just can't be beaten otherwise!

MoodeRator

Can we not have an "agree to disagree - JUST LOVE EM ALL!" button?:P

keane2097

MoodeRator wrote: »

Can we not have an "agree to disagree - JUST LOVE EM ALL!" button?:P

In fairness every poll should have a don't care option.

This question is partcularly badly posed:

A great fake pair versus an unaesthetic natural pair?
A botch job fake pair versus a perfect natural pair?

I think the question was deliberately framed in such a way as to bias the results towards "natural" tbh.

Misticles

I agree that ginormous ones on a small frame are awful!
But dont be misled, they are not hard footballs..
The silicone implant wrinkling and appearing through the skin is not in everyone- Im gonna guess that that person went waaay too big and there wasnt enough skin tissue! hence the transparency!

Suitable implants to match the frame or a little bigger-- as long as they dont look ridiculous.

As for dissin them without feelin them, wtf?! id love to see ye thinkers find a girl and not know they were fake and love em and thatd be you put in your box!

Will

Don't think I've had experience with fake ones, to my knowledge anyway. Wouldn't bother me. If it makes the girl feel good why not? Who am I to judge.

Fago!

Preferably real, but I wouldn't dismiss a pair of fake ones.

HalloweenJack

Real.

For the look, more than anything. I've never felt fakes so I don't know if they feel fake or not but naturals look an awful lot better.

amacachi

Not felt fakes but I'd most likely prefer real. Even on a list of physical traits breast size is pretty much bottom of my list of what I care about in fancying someone. The fact that someone felt the need to get sliced up to "improve" how they looked would put me right off.

Herbal Deity

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Real.

For the look, more than anything. I've never felt fakes so I don't know if they feel fake or not but naturals look an awful lot better.

Can you really say, with a high degree of certainty, that you can tell the difference between a good boob job and natural boobs?

Some boob jobs are obviously fake, but I'm not so sure that it's the case with all, perhaps even most boob jobs.

It's the same with fake tan. You hear so many people denouncing fake tan as looking awful, whereas in reality it's badly applied fake tan that they think looks awful. If they see someone with a good looking tan they assume it's a real tan.

I believe that there is some kind of cognative bias at play here.

grenache

Real please. If i wanted a girl with fake boobs i'd go buy myself a blow up doll.

nice1franko

No offence OP but the poll is crap.

Anyone who prefers a bags of silicone over breasts obviously doesn't like breasts. Simple as.

If the poll was something like "would you prefer small natural ones of fake medium sized ones" you might get a somewhat more meaningful response.

Elle Collins

keane2097 wrote: »

If I continue to discuss this with you are you likely to use disingenuous arguments like this for the duration?

If you can't be reasonable there's no point debating the topic with you.

Keane2097, this is not something I’d been interested in discussing indefinitely, but I have to ask you where am I being disingenuous or unreasonable? You have said directly that a person acting on their own natural reluctance to experience anything they haven’t fully experienced before is a person who is acting out of "ignorance". Sorry, but to me that attitude on your part is just the epitome of unreasonableness.

Here's another example for you since you didn't like the last one: I don't like mushroom risotto. I don't like the look of it, I don't like the texture of it and I don't like the smell of it. I am not interested in ever eating it because I have no desire to experience the taste of it.

My reluctance for tasting a plate full of mushroom risotto isn't based in ignorance; it's based in the knowledge that the taste is irrelevant to me since I am so put off its other factors. I can't taste it without experiencing its sight, texture and smell, after all. The overall experience is not one I want to have based on feelings which are real to me, but in your school of thought this makes me an ignoramus.

Some men (the vast majority of men actually, judging by the overwhelming poll results on this thread) have a preference for real breasts as opposed to those inflated with implants and the thread comments indicate that this is based in a rejection of artificiality. I think it is the same sense of distaste I feel towards the imaginary silicone-implanted penises I mentioned earlier.

I think you need to realise that people have a right to reject experiencing anything they choose based on factors involved which they find off-putting, and they have the right to do that without the charge of "ignorance".

Someone else mentioned on this thread that some women look down on other women who've had implants. Personally I think it's a woman's own business what she's chosen to do to her own body, but I also think a man has a right to reject that artificiality without being assailed with insulting terms.

ilovetosing

Oh I do love titties - (40 yr old virgin) oh they have to be real too!

nothing against fakes and wouldn't complain if my GF had them but this is all about personal preference!

komodosp

I voted for real but I wish I could take back my vote now...

As others have said there is no "Don't care" option. Who is going to prefer fake ones? The question should be, "Do you prefer real boobs or do you not care either way?"

My main reason and that is, am I comparing a really nice pair of real boobs to fake boobs, or your average pair to real ones? In fact, since most people (other than porn stars and glamour models) who get implants are probably unhappy with their breasts, we should be comparing fake breasts with fairly bad-looking real ones!

If you're lucky enough to have nice boobs, and you feel self-righteous because you didn't get fake ones, and look down on those who did, you should remember that others aren't so lucky... and then maybe we won't look down on you when you get your bitchiness-reduction...

Zascar

I wonder what the girls think of this, I'm guessing there has been a similar thread in Ladies Lounge...

Wibbs

Ive had up close and personal experience of two ladies who had implants and one with a breast lift. They looked fine, but you could tell there was something extra going on. You could feel them. Not unpleasant BTW, just different. The breast lift was like any breast. Womens breasts can vary a lot anyway, not just in size, but shape and feel. Some are more solid than others. There's a fair range. Adding implants into the mix, unless they're mad football jobs really doesnt skew the experience one way or the other IMHO. If she feels more confident with than without then fair enough.

L31mr0d

I think all this may also be related to the stigma with anything plastic being inferior to a natural alternative.

If someone was to offer me two visually identical tables, both to touch and sight, and say that the one on the right was mahogany and the one on the left was a synthetic plastic made to look and feel like mahogany, I'd always choose the natural wood.

In fact, if given the choice of a table made out of cheap wood or a plastic table that looked identical to expensive wood I'd choose the cheap wood.

The same with stone, metal... etc.

The same is true with breasts I guess, even if they looked and felt identical or even if the natural pair where visually inferior to the fake pair. The mere knowledge that they where fake would lessen my attraction to them.

keane2097

Elle Collins wrote: »

Keane2097, this is not something I’d been interested in discussing indefinitely, but I have to ask you where am I being disingenuous or unreasonable?

Your comparison of this question to the question of whether or not it's ok to beat someone up for the sake of it is either disingenuous or extremely childish. Either way it's completely unreasonable.

I assume that answers the question, although I assumed it was fairly self-evident.

Elle Collins wrote: »

You have said directly that a person acting on their own natural reluctance to experience anything they haven’t fully experienced before is a person who is acting out of "ignorance". Sorry, but to me that attitude on your part is just the epitome of unreasonableness.

This is removing what I said slightly from it's context.

The point I'm making is that to make a judgement call between two similar alternatives having only had experience of one (or even neither) is willfully ignorant.

Elle Collins wrote: »

Here's another example for you since you didn't like the last one:

It seems you understood where I felt you were being unreasonable after all...

Elle Collins wrote: »

I don't like mushroom risotto. I don't like the look of it, I don't like the texture of it and I don't like the smell of it. I am not interested in ever eating it because I have no desire to experience the taste of it.

My reluctance for tasting a plate full of mushroom risotto isn't based in ignorance; it's based in the knowledge that the taste is irrelevant to me since I am so put off its other factors. I can't taste it without experiencing its sight, texture and smell, after all. The overall experience is not one I want to have based on feelings which are real to me, but in your school of thought this makes me an ignoramus.

As has been previously mentioned in the thread, this is what's known as cognative bias.

It's quite reasonable, and I'd imagine most people are guilty of it in reality.

So no, I don't have a problem with you deciding not to eat your risotto, but if someone puts up a poll asking whether mushroom risotto or lasagne is a nicer dish I'd have a major problem with you declaring yourself qualified to vote, since you've never even tasted one of the dishes!

Elle Collins wrote: »

(the vast majority of men actually, judging by the overwhelming poll results on this thread)

Your poll is inherently flawed as has been pointed out by multiple people, it is not an indication of anything worthwhile.

Elle Collins wrote: »

Some men have a preference for real breasts as opposed to those inflated with implants and the thread comments indicate that this is based in a rejection of artificiality. I think it is the same sense of distaste I feel towards the imaginary silicone-implanted penises I mentioned earlier.

Some men have a pre-conceived bias of what they prefer. This is fine as far as it goes, but even most of the people who have commented expressing this pint of view have often included the extremely dubious point of "fake boobs look horrible" as one of their major issues.

I suggest that for the most part these people have one source of experience in this matter only: Porn.

If you want to use that as the basis for your poll then go ahead, I feel that it's a little bit foolish tbh.

Elle Collins wrote: »

I think you need to realise that people have a right to reject experiencing anything they choose based on factors involved which they find off-putting, and they have the right to do that without the charge of "ignorance".

Just so you nkow, I didn't define the word - that's just what it means.

Elle Collins wrote: »

Someone else mentioned on this thread that some women look down on other women who've had implants. Personally I think it's a woman's own business what she's chosen to do to her own body, but I also think a man has a right to reject that artificiality without being assailed with insulting terms.

Again, "ignorant" means what it means.

I have no problem with men making a judgement call and deciding there is something out there they don't want to experience.

I have a problem with people assuming an air of authority on the same topic when they're clearly in no position to do so.

Zascar

I'd rather a girl with fake breasts that are a decent size than a natural flat-chested lady.

That's just my own personal preference though. I've nothing against fake ones though I've had no experience with them, unfortunately.

as said, lacking a 'don't care' option, but I'll go with Fake, just to try and even things up a bit in what comes across as a bit of a biased poll.

Joey the lips

You should of had a pole for both. I like them anyway. Real fake just not stupidly big unless natural. You catch my drift.

HalloweenJack

Herbal Deity wrote: »

Can you really say, with a high degree of certainty, that you can tell the difference between a good boob job and natural boobs?

When I think about the girls I've been with, I'm pretty sure they all had real ones.

Also, real ones hang.

miec

I would have been against the whole idea of breast implants in the past until I watched 'Embarrassing bodies' on channel 4, since then my opinion has changed. Some women had one breast that was large and the other was tiny and they got surgery to make them both the same size, the stress these women were under was terrible and without plastic surgery, they would have had to live with that. Other women had little or no breasts, again the breast implants were done and they looked better plus the women were much more confident and felt more womanly, so it very much depends. Fake breasts can look terrible but some natural breasts can equally look ugly as well and plastic surgery can fix that, also some surgeons are so skilled at breast implants that they can look relatively natural. As for the porn star look, personally I think it looks fake and ugly but that it just my taste.

Thomas828

For me, real breasts are vastly preferable on a woman. I don't care what size they are or even if they sag or stretch. If she's okay with them then so am I.