1. Gender and Sexual Dimorphism
Men also develop facial hair, while women develop wider hips and breasts (Dixson, 2009). ... Human beings are unlike any other primate in the fact that female's breasts enlarge during puberty, prior to their first pregnancy (Geary, 2002). This is a sexually dimorphic trait, and occurs due to a stimulation of oestrogen in females during puberty, which triggers an increase in fat storage in the breast (Dixson, 2009). Men have a preference for women with average to large breasts, so it is likely that the human uniqueness of growing breasts prior to pregnancy, has been shaped by male prefere...
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