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[theweaselking]

Brassieres cause breast cancer! Oh noes!

(Why do I mock the article? Because the plural of "anecdote" is not "data", because they publish books and not peer-reviewed papers, and because of this phrase from the article: "the allopathic authorities were not willing to consider the issue, and, as you know, they control the media and the government medical agenda")

Comments

[botia.livejournal.com]

Speaking from personal experience, I've been braless for nearly two years now, and my breasts have experienced far less pain than before.

No idea if it's decreased my breast cancer chances, but it has made me feel better.

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

That's just the soothing adrenaline relief excreted by the gentle power of BREAST CANCER.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be the first to say that breasts and their related fields run the country.

[frith]

Allopathic authorities... They share the same disease? Which disease is that? Where can I catch it?

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

I have this awful tendency to confuse words/things that should not be confused, like psoriasis and cirrosis (which is a bitch when writing Obits, let me tell you!), and Grace Slick and Grace Jones. One of these is allopaths and allosaurs, which makes for a very interesting mental image here...

[faolan-phe0nix.livejournal.com]

So, I admit I read some parts thoroughly and skimmed others, but this seems directed an bras that are too tight and worn improperly.

Perhaps getting a bra fitting and garmets that fit well would have a similar effect. I didn't notice a study into that.

[died-just-right.livejournal.com]

First time I've commented, but I have to say that yes, part of a bra's function is aesthetic appeal, but mostly, it's just to keep them in place. Not in a binding sense, in the "Big Breasts Hurt When They Jostle" way. I know plenty of women who go without bras, but they're all relatively flat-chested, and the only ones who can really get away with it. I don't wear a bra sitting around at home, most of the time, but anything more strenuous than a mosey (and god forbid stairs), and I either need a bra, or to hold them. And sorry, I'm not going to walk around cupping my breasts.One, it's silly, and two, I have better things to do with my hands.

I'll just wear my bras properly. Just like I'm not going to go the hairy and smelly route just because there's a link between shaving your armpits + wearing deodorant and breast cancer.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

*raises finger* A purported link between antiperspirant and breast cancer. Deodorant is just fine.

A few observations...

[sterlingspider.livejournal.com]

I suppose it would be silly to posit that the link between bra wearing cultures and breast cancer rates might have something to with health care and diagnosis rates. Or something like that.
And really as we all know there is no difference between groups that wear bras and groups that don't other then the bra, nothing that could possibly be a confound at least. Nutritional, environmental, and industrial changes couldn't possibly account for these differences.

I suspect these people who do not see a functional purpose in bras must live on salt flats or something. Furthermore anyone who even tries to argue that the human body is perfectly suited to the environment as designed gets to stand around naked for a while on rocks in blazing heat or freezing cold (their choice!) while I gently lob things at their knees and the bridges of their noses.

Also, anyone who claims that the Japanese did not have breast cancer because the traditional culture classically did not wear breast bindings has never done a kimono kitsuke properly.