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How embryos develop, evolution and sexual pleasure all help explain why men have nipples. But ‘man boobs’ are a different story.
Many historic ideas about women’s beauty - from prizing firm breasts to emphasising the ‘natural’ - continue to resonate today.
Breastfeeding is not a logical choice based on some health benefit but an urge, an instinct.
Until now, the processes that lead some girls to start developing before others have been poorly understood.
Women with dense breasts are more likely to develop breast cancer. Density also makes it harder for doctors to detect breast cancer on a mammogram.
Sports bras can help elite athletes compete to their best, but also should be considered as an important piece of kit by all women who exercise.
Negative breastfeeding experiences can make special drives to encourage it all too painful for some.
Is there anything wrong with breastfeeding children up to five or six?
What are we really talking about when we criticize women who breastfeed in public?
What is often overlooked in discussions about the sexual appeal of breasts is that they have not always been regarded as irresistibly attractive in all points in history and across all cultures.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University
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NHMRC Australia Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Principal Lecturer in Biomechanics, University of Portsmouth
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Research Associate, Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation , University of Glasgow
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Australian Breast Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and The Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of English, Columbia University
