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From the country that gave the world Brigitte Bardot and topless ...

Fri Dec 11, 1:27 AM ET

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From the country that gave the world Brigitte Bardot and topless sunbathing comes a fresh expose of the human anatomy: man's enduring fascination with bottoms. Large or small, pert or flabby, we've all got them, yet, since the dawn of time, buttocks have been seen variously as a source of inspiration and erotic desire, a taboo and a mocking V-sign at authority.

(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)