[wyattearp]

These items often included doll-like female figurines with exaggerated sexual features, thought to possibly symbolize rebirth.

Symbolizing rebirth. Right. Or maybe it is used to symbolize fertility. Right.

How about they tell the truth for a change? Guys like to look at gals with big ones. It is no great mystery, it is not a big religious thing (well, for some it is). This is why Hooters is successful. Guys like curvy gals. That's it. No need for a doctoral thesis to figure it out.

[najida]

Except that it was the lower half that was exaggerated. The hips were considered the part that made a woman most desirable. They still are in the ME (and one of the things I love about the culture ;) )