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24 Aug 08
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The theory has its pros and cons. Personally, I don't remember the sixties as a small-breasted era but rather as one when the profile of the breast shifted from the coniferous to the deciduous (hence Penelope Tree). The belief that behind every predominating political climate stands a more or less prominent breast is, however, a theory that is definitely an example of man's age-old quest to ascribe a larger meaning to breasts. If it is true that big breasts cause conservatism (paging Dick Morris), the current climate bodes well for Republicans. This is a big-titted culture. After dipping precipitously following the FDA ban of silicone implants amid charges that leakage causes autoimmune and connective-tissue disease, the number of breast augmentations recorded by the American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has increased 275 percent in the last five years, making it the most rapidly expanding procedure of any cosmetic operation for which statistics are kept. The Wonderbra, introduced in the States in 1994, immediately gave rise, as it were, to a number of copies, imitations, and variants and continues to sell at a brisk clip, with 1998 retail figures of $100 million. Curves -- a high-tech silicone falsie, which also immediately gave rise to a number of copies, imitations, and variants -- has sold more than five hundred thousand pairs, generating $50 million in retail sales.
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In fact, I would say that if there is one thing that feminism has had no impact on whatsoever, it is body image on an individual level.
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19 Aug 08
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18 Aug 08
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