Heather Radke

what we talk about in polite conversation was part of what interested me about it because I actually think these things like butts that feel like oh we don't talk about that or that's a little bit too silly to take seriously in those topics we actually can find quite a lot that's interesting in part because we actually don't take it seriously and we don't think it's polite to talk about.

what we talk about in polite conversation was part of what interested me about it because I actually think these things like butts that feel like oh we don't talk about that or that's a little bit too silly to take seriously in those topics we actually can find quite a lot that's interesting in part because we actually don't take it seriously and we don't think it's polite to talk about.

Such a good question. It seems like it should be easy to answer, doesn't it? I guess in a sense it is. Butts are basically joints. They are the joint where your hip connects to your leg. There's a muscle there, the gluteus maximus, and there's actually a couple others that make up the human butt. And only humans have those muscles and really only humans have butts.

Such a good question. It seems like it should be easy to answer, doesn't it? I guess in a sense it is. Butts are basically joints. They are the joint where your hip connects to your leg. There's a muscle there, the gluteus maximus, and there's actually a couple others that make up the human butt. And only humans have those muscles and really only humans have butts.

Such a good question. It seems like it should be easy to answer, doesn't it? I guess in a sense it is. Butts are basically joints. They are the joint where your hip connects to your leg. There's a muscle there, the gluteus maximus, and there's actually a couple others that make up the human butt. And only humans have those muscles and really only humans have butts.

Some people will kind of dispute this fact. When I say it, a lot of people are like, no, like monkeys have butts. But actually monkeys just have joints. Only humans have the gluteus maximus.

Some people will kind of dispute this fact. When I say it, a lot of people are like, no, like monkeys have butts. But actually monkeys just have joints. Only humans have the gluteus maximus.

Some people will kind of dispute this fact. When I say it, a lot of people are like, no, like monkeys have butts. But actually monkeys just have joints. Only humans have the gluteus maximus.

Yeah, it's such a good question. Okay, so the butt as an anatomical thing is basically muscles and fat. So women have, human females have more fat on their butts than males. And It's really not a lot more than that. It's a relatively simple part of our body, but it has come to take on all these different cultural meanings.

Yeah, it's such a good question. Okay, so the butt as an anatomical thing is basically muscles and fat. So women have, human females have more fat on their butts than males. And It's really not a lot more than that. It's a relatively simple part of our body, but it has come to take on all these different cultural meanings.

Yeah, it's such a good question. Okay, so the butt as an anatomical thing is basically muscles and fat. So women have, human females have more fat on their butts than males. And It's really not a lot more than that. It's a relatively simple part of our body, but it has come to take on all these different cultural meanings.

And those meanings are kind of, I think of it as like, it's almost like it's heaped on top of the anatomical truth. And that comes from, you know, centuries of equating butts with sexiness, butts with race. There's just a really long and complex history about all of the kind of cultural symbolism that we put onto the butt.

And those meanings are kind of, I think of it as like, it's almost like it's heaped on top of the anatomical truth. And that comes from, you know, centuries of equating butts with sexiness, butts with race. There's just a really long and complex history about all of the kind of cultural symbolism that we put onto the butt.

And those meanings are kind of, I think of it as like, it's almost like it's heaped on top of the anatomical truth. And that comes from, you know, centuries of equating butts with sexiness, butts with race. There's just a really long and complex history about all of the kind of cultural symbolism that we put onto the butt.

I do think one of the things that I encountered over and over again when I was researching just colloquially like when I'd go to a party or whatever is people often think like having a big butt or a small butt means something. So, like, oh, women with big butts, they are more fertile. That's a really commonly held myth about butts. Yeah, lots of people say that to me. Have you ever heard that? No.

I do think one of the things that I encountered over and over again when I was researching just colloquially like when I'd go to a party or whatever is people often think like having a big butt or a small butt means something. So, like, oh, women with big butts, they are more fertile. That's a really commonly held myth about butts. Yeah, lots of people say that to me. Have you ever heard that? No.

I do think one of the things that I encountered over and over again when I was researching just colloquially like when I'd go to a party or whatever is people often think like having a big butt or a small butt means something. So, like, oh, women with big butts, they are more fertile. That's a really commonly held myth about butts. Yeah, lots of people say that to me. Have you ever heard that? No.

Yeah, that comes out of some evolutionary psychology research from the 90s. But it's really not true. And the science around it feels very flimsy to me, at least as a science reporter. So that's one kind of stereotype people have. I mean, some people think big butts are really gross. And some people think small butts are really ugly.

Yeah, that comes out of some evolutionary psychology research from the 90s. But it's really not true. And the science around it feels very flimsy to me, at least as a science reporter. So that's one kind of stereotype people have. I mean, some people think big butts are really gross. And some people think small butts are really ugly.

Yeah, that comes out of some evolutionary psychology research from the 90s. But it's really not true. And the science around it feels very flimsy to me, at least as a science reporter. So that's one kind of stereotype people have. I mean, some people think big butts are really gross. And some people think small butts are really ugly.