Save The Boobs, Ignore The Rest?
In an op-ed for Salon.com, Barbara Ehrenreich questions the priorities of the modern women’s health movement:
When Laura Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2007, what grave issue did she take up with the locals? Not women’s rights (to drive, to go outside without a man, etc.), but “breast cancer awareness.” In the post-feminist United States, issues like rape, domestic violence, and unwanted pregnancy seem to be too edgy for much public discussion, but breast cancer is all apple pie.
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