Publisher pulps boys' guide to puberty over explanation of breasts

Alex Frith’s Growing Up for Boys prompted outcry over passage saying breasts develop ‘to make the girl look grown up and attractive’

A book aimed at explaining human biology to boys that said one of the purposes of breasts was “to make the girl look grown up and attractive” is now being pulped.

Publisher Usborne was criticised over an extract from Alex Frith’s Growing Up for Boys earlier this week. Covering topics including girls, sex and relationships, the guide is intended to offer boys “advice on what to expect from puberty”, but readers took issue with a section on breasts that says: “Girls have breasts for two reasons. One is to make milk for babies. The other is to make the girl look grown up and attractive. Virtually all breasts, no matter what size or shape they end up when a girl finishes puberty, can do both things.”

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