I’ve never had a baby and have been told I am at high risk. Last month, while waiting to have a mammogram, I noticed a little chart on the wall listing risks for breast cancer. Never having had a child, or having one’s first child after age 30, was on the list.
Maybe a connection to birth control drugs too.
I am only thinking of things western women would have access to the women in the poorer countries may not have access to.
This is the message we send out to our kids:
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/fp/images/billboard.jpg
Another billboard (not sure if by the same people) up on West 11th. Street in Eugene where there are two young women. One has a poster that says that getting pregnant will make her gain weight. The other girl has a poster that says that getting pregnant will limit her choices. The slogan on the inserts the word “contra” onto “conception.” While I suspect the sign is aimed at teenagers, it sends out a message loud and clear to women of all ages and I am sure the people behind it know that.
There is considerable concern about this in the Lesbian community. They are afflicted with the “nun’s” disease, but for different reasons.
Eating a much fattier diet doesn’t help either-Girls who do (and that’s most in the Western world) start their menses earlier and so are exposed to much more estrogen over a lifetime than those on a poorer (less fatty) diet.
