Breast Fetishism

Breast fetishism (also known as mastofact, breast partialism, or mazophilia) is a paraphilia (atypically highly focused sexual interest) in female breasts. See partialism.

The phrase "breast fetishism" has also been used to refer to cultural attention to female breasts and the sexuality they represent. There is a widespread interest with women's breasts, and especially their size. For example, film producers such as Russ Meyer produced films which focused on the female lead's breast size. Lorna (1964) was the first of his films where the main female part was selected on the basis of her breast size. Author and director William Rotsler said of this film, "with Lorna Meyer established the formula that made him rich and famous, the formula of people filmed at top hate, top lust, top heavy."

Debate exists on whether the modern widespread sexual attraction to breasts among heterosexual males of western society constitutes a sexual fetish. In clinical literature of the 19th century, the focus on breasts was considered a form of paraphillia, but in modern times this interest is considered normal. Some have attributed the use of tight clothing and the display of cleavage to the increase in so-called breast fetishism. The phrase is also used within ethnographic and feminist contexts to describe a society with a culture devoted to breasts, usually as sexual objects.