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We're so caught up in fetishizing (mostly) female breasts in film, literature, art, and in the anatomy-defying breasts of comic book heroines, that we overlook the breast as a vital source of food and and as a body part vulnerable to cancer, including young women under forty. How often should we get that mammogram? To breastfeed - or not?

Lastly, how come men can go topless in America but women can't?
Florence Williams - Author of Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History and The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, which will be published in February and her Audible podcast Breasts Unbound, debuts in December 
Dr. Christine Rizk - Breast surgeon, director of the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Lina Esco - Actress, producer, activist, director of the documentary, Free the Nipple and leader of the Free the Nipple movement.

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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show. 

This show originally aired on October 4, 2016. 

We're so caught up in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alternet.org/sex-amp-relationships/adult-breast-feeding-anyone-inside-world-breast-fetishism">fetishizing&nbsp;(mostly) female breasts</a>&nbsp;in film, literature,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bustle.com/articles/69314-the-perfect-boob-throughout-history-from-big-ol-things-to-bee-stings">art</a>, and in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_22120_5-insane-things-comic-books-believe-womens-bodies-can-do.html">anatomy-defying breasts of comic book heroines</a>, that we&nbsp;overlook the breast as a vital source of food and and as a body part vulnerable to cancer, including&nbsp;<a href="https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/breast-cancer-younger-women">young women</a>&nbsp;under forty. How often should we get that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cancer.org/healthy/find-cancer-early/american-cancer-society-guidelines-for-the-early-detection-of-cancer.html">mammogram</a>? To breastfeed - or not?
Lastly, how come men can go topless in America but women can't?
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<li><a href="http://www.florencewilliams.com/">Florence Williams</a>&nbsp;- Author of&nbsp;Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative,&nbsp;which&nbsp;will be published in February and her Audible podcast&nbsp;Breasts Unbound, debuts in December&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stfranciscare.org/PhysicianDirectory/physiciandetail.aspx?ref=3038&amp;master=blank">Dr. Christine Rizk</a>&nbsp;- Breast surgeon, director of the Comprehensive Women&rsquo;s Health Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center</li>
<li>Lina Esco - Actress, producer, activist, director of the documentary,&nbsp;<a href="https://vimeo.com/77093543">Free the Nipple&nbsp;</a>and leader of the&nbsp;<a href="http://freethenipple.com/join-the-movement/">Free the Nipple&nbsp;</a>movement.</li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe and Chion&nbsp;Wolf contributed to this show.&nbsp;
This show originally aired on October 4, 2016.&nbsp;

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