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...course, you could show off your own sports bra after the dunk if you like, but I'm sure the feminists would get all riled up. The dunk itself is something everyone would appreciate...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carol of the Bells: Stop Faking the Funk | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...cannot simply buy young girls a bra and expect everything to proceed as if they were having a typical childhood experience." JESSICA EDWARDS Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 20, 2000 | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...their age. I started growing breasts when I was 10, and the biggest troubles I had weren't deep inner conflicts caused by rampant hormones. My problems were caused by older boys who hadn't been taught to control themselves and by grownups who thought I should wear a bra. I didn't feel any different from before I had breasts, but I was treated differently. Blaming a girl's body for the failings of our society is archaic and wrong. CARLEN ANTOINETTE REYNOLDS Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 20, 2000 | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Discussing such things isn't easy, but, as Madaras points out, "embarrassment doesn't last forever." Indeed it doesn't. One Minnesota grandmother could barely say the word bra when her daughter was growing up in the '60s. Yet when her 12-year-old granddaughter recently saw "the period video" in school, the grandmother mustered enough sangfroid to admire the sanitary supplies little Katie brought home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What To Tell Your Daughter | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...mothers to be their main source of information about puberty. They appreciate mothers' stories about their own experiences, and they need to hear the same information again and again. But parents should lose the line about "now you're a woman." A 10-year-old who's wearing a bra and a maxi pad needs to know just the opposite: she's still a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What To Tell Your Daughter | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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