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Hand expression
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Jul 1997 07:47:36 -0500
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> a total purist would teach hand expression instead but I don't think
>most US women are ready for such labor intensive learning

Why is hand expression considered "labor intensive learning"?  What do you
mean by this?  It's easy, it's cheap, it's always available, right there at
the end of your hand.  Can't most women learn how to hand express in about 5
minutes??

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University

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