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...misinformation. In India, women with breast cancer may be forced to use separate plates and spoons because of the widespread belief that the disease is contagious. "There's fear to feed the children with her own hands," says Vijaya Mukerjee, a breast-cancer survivor living in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. Brazilian nurse Gilze Maria Costa Francisco, a breast-cancer survivor herself, recalls a young mother asking her whether she could contract breast cancer if her daughter burped during breast-feeding...
...United States Women’s National team, entering the tournament with a 51-game winning streak and pretentious, gold-colored “victory” jerseys, were soundly booted out of the tournament 4-0 by a Brazilian side that eerily emulated the flair of their male counterparts...
...World Cup, men’s or women’s, popped the ball and flicked it behind American defender (doing her best impression of static molasses) Tina Ellertson, then beat her to the ball, dummied another defender, and coolly struck it into the net for the final Brazilian goal...
...thing is, there are girls right here in our country who have skills similar to those displayed by the Brazilian women...
There is no such thing as economic exclusivity in other countries. The Brazilian Soccer Federation doesn’t even give their women’s program enough money to schedule friendlies or training matches. Yet there, they are showing a global audience how to truly play the game. Our system does a poor job of finding “diamonds-in-the-rough.” And the future doesn’t look so kind to our women either...