Posts Tagged mythbusting

Bras and breast cancer: is there a link?

Bras and breast cancer: is there a link?

Lucy Mellersh wonders why the business of investigating whether there’s a link between bra-wearing and breast cancer is not being taken more seriously. I’m starting a lingerie business, a job that brings pleasure to many and gives me a good excuse to talk about sex all the time. It was during my research into lingerie [...]

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Witchcraft and women’s troubles

Witchcraft and women's troubles

Some describe the ‘burning times’ as a female Holocaust in which millions of women were put to death by misogynistic men. Historian Jo Edge goes to the source and finds a different story. Witchcraft conjures many images. One is the fairytale of the hag with a broomstick, cackling while making mysterious potions in a cauldron. [...]

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