From being the muse of the male gaze to a symbol of women’s freedom, female breasts have enjoyed their fair share of attention.
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While we’re far too familiar with what breasts look like, barely any of us know what boob anatomy really entails. For the uninitiated, like us, Twitter user @lemonadead shared an image of the anatomically accurate muscular structure of the breast — showing milk ducts and everything.
I just realized I never saw a photo of a female muscle system. This is NOT what I imagined milk ducts to look like. pic.twitter.com/GBK6trgXF8
— Artist formerly known as Byeonce (@lemonadead) April 21, 2019
While some said they looked like flowers, the reactions were everywhere on the spectrum from intrigued to straight out gagging.
God: why don't we stick some flower looking muscles somewhere…
— la flame (@far_raaah) April 23, 2019
Some people were a tad uncomfortable about this.
I DONT WANT BREASTS ANYMORE
— FARMING EQUIPMENT UPDATES (@chicknclit) April 23, 2019
At first I thought someone put flowers over boobs because art. Now, it looks like a weird alien creature lives inside my body and I’m terrified.
— Amandala What You Must 🤷🏾♀️* (@PearlPillay) April 22, 2019
Woah my trypophobia just popped off please stop
— christelle bofale (@bofalebill) April 23, 2019
It vomit worthy
— ᴮˡᶦⁿᵏᵘᵖ¹²⁷ (@Blinczen1) April 24, 2019
We aren’t supposed to see this. We weren’t supposed to know.
— Azie Dungey (@AzieDee) April 22, 2019
Twitter can stop teaching me new things now
— McShortie 🍟 (@its_kajay) April 22, 2019
No I really didn’t need to see this, hmmm the trauma!
— Ms_MashP (@MsMashP) April 22, 2019
— mo tuggs (@mocamtuggs) April 23, 2019
THESE THINGS HAHAHAH pic.twitter.com/ehDfR3tZFh
— lol no (@notthateasysis) April 22, 2019
But some had a pretty positive spin on it.
It sort of looks like…flesh flowers? Terrifying but also kind of beautiful?
— Bree (@womanyst) April 22, 2019
I felt faint but mesmerized
— Jean Webster (@JeanWebster20) April 24, 2019
It’s beautiful to me- I breastfed my kids and wow! Those things nourished my babies.
— YourFavBlackAuntie (@greendoondoon) April 22, 2019
I’m trying to understand why ppl don’t wanna see it. Its beautiful. I’m bias bc my wife is currently breastfeeding lol
— Sean (@TheSeanMo) April 23, 2019
Beauty. Human engineering. You also know mos that girls are born wth a million eggs, die monthly, when teens come and real ovulation begins – only thens its visible. Eggs keep dying till mid 40s when menopause start – eggs finished.
— Ndizeke.Nokuba. Akunankomo. (@ThembaletuMbang) April 22, 2019
Whatever one’s reaction may be, this is what boobs look like on the inside. If you can’t deal with it, tough titties.