Everything about Cleavage Breasts totally explained
Cleavage is the cleft created by the partial exposure of a woman's
breasts, especially when exposed by low-cut clothing. The neckline of a garment that exposes cleavage is known as
décolletage (or
décolleté in current
French).
Intermammary sulcus or
intermammary cleft are the terms adopted by the
International Federation of Associations of Anatomists for the area of cleavage between the breasts not including the breasts.
Theories of cleavage
Evolutionary psychologists theorize that humans' permanently enlarged breasts, in contrast to other primates' breasts, which only enlarge during
ovulation, allowed females to "solicit male attention and investment even when they're not really fertile." Popular
British zoologist and
ethologist Desmond Morris theorizes that cleavage is a sexual signal that imitates the image of the
cleft between the buttocks, which according to
The Naked Ape is also unique to humans, other apes as a rule having much flatter buttocks.
Controversies
In the United States there's controversy over how much cleavage exposure is acceptable in public. In two separate incidents in 2007
Southwest Airlines crews had asked travelers to modify their outfits, to wear sweaters, or to deplane. In the second case, dealing with two sorority sisters, the women were asked to leave because of their arrogance and lack of manners.
Related slang
Exposure of the underside of the breast, such as below an extremely short
crop top, is known as
neathage,
Australian cleavage,
reverse cleavage or
underboob. When the lateral aspects of the breasts are uncovered, it's known as
side cleavage or
sideboob.
Annual celebration
On the first Friday of every April in
South Africa,
brassiere marketer
Wonderbra sponsors a "National Cleavage Day". It is a day for women to celebrate not only their cleavage, but their independence.
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