This weekend from home, I will send in a summary of the research on the link
between wearing a bra and breast cancer, published in the book "Dressed to
Kill."  For now, I'll just say that while the research methodology and
sample size and statistical analyses all leave something to be desired, and
the writing is repetitive repetitive repetitive and redundant (and they
repeat themselves a lot, too) --- nevertheless, I'm taking my bra off as
soon as I get home, and I'm not wearing it at home or on the weekends, and
I'm going out this weekend with my daughter and buying her some bras that
fit better (don't leave red marks), and they won't be underwires, either.
And I'll be encouraging her to wear her bra as seldom as possible.
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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department                               phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University                                    fax: (409) 845-4070
College Station, TX  77843-4352