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World Service,05 Sep 1997,28 mins

The Beauty of Breasts

Everywoman

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Big breasts were once associated with working class women and witches – so why do we now fetishise them in UK society, and is this a global trend? Also on the programme: On the bicentenary of her death, Mary Wollstonecraft's role as 'the first English feminist' is discussed. The topical diary focuses on a woman fleeing the oppressive regime of the Taliban.

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