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The female buttocks have been a symbol of fertility and beauty since early human history. Statues created as early as 24,000 BC, such as the Venus of Willendorf , have exaggerated buttocks, hips, and thighs.
Butts: A Backstory is a 2022 microhistory by journalist Heather Radke. It examines the cultural history of women's buttocks.It received generally positive reviews and was named to the Time, Esquire, Amazon, Inc. and Publishers Weekly lists of the best books of the year.
The buttocks (sg.: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum .
Heather Radke, the author of Butts: A Backstory, explains our cultural obsession with women's rear ends. Turns out, it's all about racism, control, and desire.
Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman ... to redistribute from a female's buttocks, ... of society has changed throughout history.
Steatopygia, a genetic characteristic leading to increased accumulation of adipose tissue in the buttock region, is most notably (but not solely) found among the Khoisan of Southern Africa. It has also been observed among Pygmies of Central Africa and also the Andamanese people, such as the Onge tribe in the Andaman Islands. This genetic ...
The Venus Callipyge, also known as the Aphrodite Kallipygos (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Καλλίπυγος) or the Callipygian Venus, all literally meaning "Venus (or Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks", [a] is an Ancient Roman marble statue, thought to be a copy of an older Greek original.
Heather Radke, the author of Butts: A Backstory, explains our cultural obsession with women's rear ends. Turns out, it's all about racism, control, and desire.