Cenk Uygur
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Do Bare Breast Really Make Political Points?
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March 1, 2013
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5:02Now Playing"Nudity is provocative. It draws people's attention, and sometimes it draws their attention to a cause. When a former SlutWalk-er at City University criticized the university cheerleading team's "Naked Calendar" for breast cancer awareness, it started a heated debate about what it means to use your body to make a statement. Breast cancer fundraising and rape culture awareness are both important causes—is it right to condemn one form of nakedness as buying into a toxic culture of sexism and objectification while lauding the other as brave and bold?"*
With campaigns like "cop a feel" and "I love boobies" has marketing for breast cancer awareness gone too far off track from the message? Is focusing on healthy, full breasts pulling focus away from victims of cancer, or is it just right to draw attention? Cenk Uygur and Ana kasparian discuss.
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