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May 4, 2007
Protected "Breast": Mischief potential [edit=sysop:move=sysop]
mReverted edits by Krd101010 (Talk); changed back to last version by Dpbsmith
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April 17, 2007
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→Custom, Taboo, and Nudity
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Species-neutral opening
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→Custom, Taboo, and Nudity
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Combine these topics, which seem somewhat related
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Tone down, move lower, and remove comparative ethnography which seemed a little vague (and gave me the impression it was favoring a reduction of U. S. taboo)
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→Breasts in the Bible: Trim heavily
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histology
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I'm uncomfortable with this section ("Evolution of the breasts") Moving it to Talk for discussion.
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Ref for "modified sweat glands"
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Tweak
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Qualify it as "medical and zoological parlance"
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not much there on men
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→Breastfeeding
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April 16, 2007
Move non-nutritional function to "evolution of the breast"
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→Breastfeeding
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→Evolution of the Breast: Who says this specifically? This sounds like a description of sexual selection simply written to include breasts as a special case.
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Generally it is only the nipples that are taboo
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Chest (thorax), NOT abdomen
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_most_ other mammals. Compare the teats of a sow, which are roughly similar in size to those of a human female, both in absolute size and in proportion to body size.
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Tone it down
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Both men and women have breasts, it's just than in men they are rudimentary.
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Formerly it referred to the entire frontal part of the abdomen, as in a bird's breast; referring to "breasts" was once incorrect usage, but is now standard.
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Added image: St Agatha
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Typo
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New page: '''Breasts''' are the frontal part of the upper human abdomen that, in women, includes the mammary glands. The disproportionately large size of human breasts, compared to those of oth...
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