Woman: An Intimate Geography (89 page)

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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