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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYes, That Is a Nipple on the Front Page of the New York Times.
GRAPHIC WARNING for link.
The New York Times may hold itself above the rest of the grubby news media, but Wednesday they proved that they're as dependent on WTF traffic as everyone else. Check out how the paper of record illustrated a story about breast cancer gene testing in Israel. Yes, that's a partial nipple you're looking at there. This image will, guaranteed, get far more discussion going online than the story underneath, which is about how common the breast cancer gene is in Israel and the impact that is having on Israeli society. But forget about all that. Within seconds of viewing this image, you will be expected to have an opinion about it. Here are the options to choose from:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/11/27/nipple_on_the_front_page_of_the_new_york_times_now_what_s_that_about_the.html
The actual story (again a graphic warning) is at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/health/in-israel-a-push-to-screen-for-cancer-gene-leaves-many-conflicted.html
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)It practically made me faint, to see that graphic explicit 'thing' OMG call me a doctor!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)You are so Victorian over there.
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts).
Warpy
(111,383 posts)which is why you collected them and sent them over here.
Take them back!
How come we got the grumpy boat of bandy-legged Puritans? How come we didn't get the Italian party boat with the cappuccino makers and the gelato machine? That was the sexy boat, man.
― Greg Proops
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)Just a tiny sliver of one. OOoooooo... let's all get REEEEEEALLLY upset!!!!
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LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Same in Germany I think. In Japan... it goes well beyond that.
US is still anxious about half a nipple.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)You have to get a "sports newspaper" to see that sort of thing-- and even then, the photos are pretty grainy.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Finding a doctor to do it was another matter.
The first doctor I went to said I was insane, and he said, If you have brain cancer, are you going to chop off your head? said Ms. Horesh. The second doctor said that he noticed I had a small chest, and he thought I just wanted an excuse to have my breasts enlarged.
A third doctor told her what many women hear, Come back when you have cancer, and Nobody dies of breast cancer nowadays.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)Why is there a Star of David tattooed on her chest?
tblue37
(65,494 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Journeyman
(15,042 posts)and a Jewish tattoo to boot.
Very graphic.
blogslut
(38,019 posts)Somebody needs a basic anatomy lesson.
aikoaiko
(34,185 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)exactly!
valerief
(53,235 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Really?
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)hmmm.....
nykym
(3,063 posts)Legion of Decency and report these moral degenerates.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WANT TO STAB MYSELF RIGHT NOW.
If this is what it's come to on a "progressive" discussion board, there TRULY IS NO HOPE FOR MANKIND.
alp227
(32,065 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)?
zappaman
(20,606 posts)What has happened to this country?
I fear what is next...
RC
(25,592 posts)Good idea there. Marry her off early so she can pass along any cancer-causing genetic mutations she may have.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Apologies to Crocodile Dundee.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)The sad thing is, I saw lots of nipples growing up because women could breastfeed their babies in public back then without misogynist asshats throwing a fit. If anything in life has scarred me and scared me, it's Republicans, not nipples.
cloudbase
(5,525 posts)Larry Flynt.
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FarCenter
(19,429 posts)It's the areola.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)My 18 year old daughter has not tested yet. She says she wants to get tested, but she just hasn't done it yet. She wants a career and wants a family by the time she is 30. She even wants to be able to breast feed. But she has said if she tests positive she would get her breasts removed. I'm not sure how she will do all of this if she tests positive. I want her to do everything she wants to do, and I want her to be safe. I want her to get tested only because if she tests positive, she should at the very least be getting preventative screenings until she has made up her mind about surgery. I also have a son who will have to decide if he wants to get tested as well because men who test positive for the gene are at greater risk of certain cancers too, plus if they are a carrier there is a chance they can pass it on to their children. The fear never goes away. I had surgery and have less fear for myself although I know there is always a chance I could still get it. But now I have to fear for children.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I've been assured by very reputable sources funded by the religious right that the viewing of a naked woman produces dangerous erotoxins which cause human beings to go completely INSANE.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)The end of Western Civilization is imminent
All for a nipple.
We're doomed.