Woman: An Intimate Geography (89 page)

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Authors: Natalie Angier

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Brattleboro rat, 312
Braxton Hicks contractions, 95
Breast(s), 124-43
aesthetic, 126-27, 128, 130, 133, 139
breast growth (gynecomastia), 84
estrogen vs. testosterone and, 32, 39, 130-31
as circle or sphere, 139-43
development of, 129, 130
early scientific theories about, 134-35
evolutionary theories of, 124-25, 135-39
in history, 133-34

 

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lactating, 125, 131-33, 138, 139, 147 (
see also
Breast milk)
and malignancy,
see
Breast cancer
and mastectomies, 133, 134
multiple, 129-30, 133
obsession with, 127-28, 143
fetishization of, 142
size of, 125-26, 128-29, 130-31, 137-38
See also
Mammary gland
Breast cancer, 130, 134, 138
hormone therapy and risk of, 209-10, 211, 212, 214, 232
Breast milk, 144-61
and breastfeeding, 132
and care of weaned children, 223, 227, 228

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