Why does everything have to have an evolutionary purpose? I thought the deal with evolution is that their is some inherent diversity of traits in a population, and where some those traists are linked to surival somehow, those traits can increase or die out. But if a trait is jut kind of there in the first place, and doesn't affect survival, there'd be no reason it would go away. And (possible dumb question)-- is belly button type genetic anyway?
@Shamrockette has to study, study, study!: OMG, my sig. other has a GIANT bellybutton - - it is SOOOOO HUGE! he is not a big dude either, it is the craziest thing. And you know, I've never paid attention much to men's bellybuttons but his is so unique. Instead of being a tiny fold, it is like bowl shaped with a significant hollow area where you can totally store things. Crazy!
And here I thought that belly buttons were a remnant of the umbilical cord, so that fetuses could eat. Silly me! Clearly they're yet another way for men to judge my fertility.
Leave it to a dude to give us women something else to hate about our bodies. I really don't care what my belly botton looks like, as long as it keep doing what it is doing (and that is spurting Kettle One and Olives).
Ummm... this guy doesn't really seem to have any observations to justify his hypothesis. It's just "Hey, why the heck are belly buttons so weird?" Then he proceeded to make some wild guesses about the umbilical cord getting messed up and leaving different shapes, which he said people would need to research.
@amsci: Here is what you do with that ring of fat: squoosh it between your hands and show everyone your "fat bagel!" This is especially fun when you have a few unself-conscious friends and you can compare fat bagels. Or fat doughnuts, if you're having a bloaty day. No judgment.
I thought belly buttons came out different because of how they were cut at birth. Isn't that how you explain the difference between close family members? I have a normal if slightly deep innie and my sister has the weirdest outie ever.
@BlondeGrlz: Right - the shape of a bellybutton has nothing to do with genetics. This is ridiculous. If people have a preference for size and shape that seems likely to be socialized, not genetic...
I really really don't see any correlation between belly button and genitals, except that if you have an innie and don't clean it enough it smells like butt.
"Evolutionary biologists" puhLEEZ spare us your theories.
@J.D.Regent: I can hold a pencil in my innie. I have been known to write my name with the pencil, too. Also, if you press really hard, which minisparks does when we're in the bath, it sends a shooting pain up my neck. It is NOT connected to my genitals.
My innie does NOT smell like butt, however, it smells like dirt, if not cleaned regularly. It attracts lint, dirt and sometimes down feathers from my comforter.
@J.D.Regent: "The anthropologist Desmond Morris has argued that the bellybutton is a miniature image of the vagina.[2] This is a disputed idea, partly due to the fact that navel fetishism is present in some homosexual males and heterosexual females."
@rosasparks: i have an amazingly deep belly button but i've never tried to stick things in there. (other than my finger and once qtip) thank you for showing me the way i'm going to kill time at work.
@rosasparks: man I hate when I assume something embarrassing is universal and it's totally not...
in other news, SOME people I have known in the biblical sense have seemed to believe that tonguing my bellybutton provokes a similar feeling to tonguing my genitals. Friends, this is not true. Then again maybe they were just trying to help get rid of the butt smell.
@J.D.Regent: The only correlation I see is that for some bizarre reason if I press into to my belly button, I feel a sharp, stabbing pain in my vag. No idea why, but it has always been this way. Makes cleaning out the lint not quite so fun...
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I can store quarters inside it! It comes in handy for the recession. :)
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The resemblance makes sense because you know you're going to nom blondebaby's cheeks and adorable fingers.
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"What is the deal with belly buttons...?"
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I wonder what that says about his fertility? That his sperm swim in circles?
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"Evolutionary biologists" puhLEEZ spare us your theories.
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My innie does NOT smell like butt, however, it smells like dirt, if not cleaned regularly. It attracts lint, dirt and sometimes down feathers from my comforter.
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in other news, SOME people I have known in the biblical sense have seemed to believe that tonguing my bellybutton provokes a similar feeling to tonguing my genitals. Friends, this is not true. Then again maybe they were just trying to help get rid of the butt smell.
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(I have no shame or am embarrassed by anything!)
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