But, Butt... :

I want to talk about asses. Arses if you're English, or maybe 'buttock' if you're really prudish and feel uncomfortable saying either 'ass' or 'arse'?

Now, is there really anything sexier than a smooth tight little ass/arse/buttock? Yet, I think sometimes they're one of the most forgotten parts of our bodies. I mean how many cosmetic companies produce posterior cheek blush, age-defying buttock wrinkle cream, or a gluteal scrub? None. Come to think of it, how hard would they be to market this age of sexual freedom and commercialisiaton? Mmm... maybe there's a niche in the market for these things?

Neanderthal men thought asses were very sexy. In his book, 'The Naked Ape', Desmond Morris speculates that women's breasts became fleshy and round as humans evolved from the other primates and began to walk upright. Human used to, like other primates still do, used their asses to indicate when they were ready to mate. Since the human female is almost always in a sexually capable condition, he believes that, the breasts evolved as an ever-present sexual display on the front of the female body-- a duplication of round fleshy butt.

Now, what about a man's ass? Oh yes! Why are they so damned sexy? It's not like, my instincts are telling me, "He's got a great ass, he must be virile and able to provide for me and the tribe of kids we're going to have," or is it? Isn't a man's tight and hard ass indicative of a fit and healthy, able to produce and provide, body? Isn't it also the power behind the penis?

Yet, we still tend to concentrate on facial beautification. In a world where advertisers tell us everything from what clothes to wear to what brand of soap wash with-- to attract the opposite sex, is it perhaps more to do with commercial conditioning and marketing rather than misguided instincts?

There may well be a quest for the best (ass), but it's usually cloaked under different terms. Tighter jeans are sexier-- really just because they show your ass off. If your fitter, your sexier -- again your ass will be trimmer. Etc... Sure people say things like, "Look at that gorgeous ass!", but it's never with the same sincerity as a complement about the face, is it?Rather than refer to the ass in a sexual way, it is often seen as -- please excuse the pun-- the butt of many crude jokes.

Perhaps it's the Anglo-Saxon sense of humour that keeps up from taking our asses too seriously? But geez, how that evolve, anyway? I know very few women who are actually happy with their behinds. They almost always perceive them as being too fat, to flat, to flabby, too freaking something! I guess most men don't think much about their rear ends. I asked my other half what he thought of his. He said, "I've never really checked my out, it's difficult to see it from the front." Good grief, every woman knows how to contort herself in front of a mirror so she can see her ass from every angle!

But, all butt jokes aside, don't you think asses are one of the most sexy, yet under rated, parts of the body?

Oh, and any guys who want to sent me pics, please feel free. I would just love to see cute butt-- now, that's just got to be an offer you don't get often enough!