Cool Chit Chat - Butt - History of the butts

After the boobs' chapter it's time to give a little digital space also to the other half of the duo. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the undisputed king of the male's arguments and female's worries: His Majesty the ass.

Not even all the historical, philosophical or mathematical facts that have come down to us, have never been so carefully studied by the population as a butt. Despite the analysis of the subject has developed over the last 30 years with the advent of the leggings and the skinny jeans, we still can not refrain from acknowledging the importance since the dawn of time.

1. Classical antiquity

Let's think, for example, about classical antiquity: Venus is often depicted as "callipigia", a word that derives from the greek kalós and pygé and which means "beautiful butt". That's right, the Greeks than to engage in mental contortions and make banquets spent their days loving the ass of a goddess.

2. 30s

Taking a temporary leap, there are curious examples also in the political sphere. In England, in the 30s, began to circulate a sheet whose themes were related to a fanciful style political propaganda. It was a satirical response against the French "Popular Front" which was renamed "The Popular Behind". We could go on forever talking about butts and politics, but perhaps it's better to stop at this nice example.

3. 50s

From the middle of the '900, the ass-fever has seen an escalation in every sphere of the culture: notable examples in films. We start from the spanking on the back of Miss Gulch in "The Wizard of Oz," to get to the experimental film by Yoko Ono. We are in '66 and the film, clearly titled "Bottoms", showed the measurement of human buttocks in motion. Vanguard.

4. 80s-90s

The climax reached its peak, as we said, in the last 30 years. The television content more and more liberal meant that if before the word "butt" was mentioned in a veiled way, with the end of the century there were explicit references about it. Rolling Stone magazine has renamed the 90s as "the decade of the ass" because of the many songs in which the word was explicitly mentioned.

5. From 2000 to today

Since 2000, this part of the body has become a veritable cornerstone of popular culture and a key element for the attribution of feminine charm. The media propose us them in all the ways and the stars challenge each other to who has the largest and chatted one - see Kim, Beyoncè, Nicki Minaj or JLO. Who would they be without their airbags?

This is the mass society and at this point it's also natural to ask what the word "mass" refers to.

Call it as you want: butt, buttocks, thighs, lower back, back, backside... one thing is certain: the butt is always on everyone's lips.