What is the connection between the feminism of the last two decades and the emergence of the breast cancer movement?
The early years of breast cancer activism clearly drew personnel and other resources from the feminist movement. In addition, the notion of a “woman’s right to choose” in all decisions affecting her health—a notion popularized by the women’s health movement—became a key facet of the breast cancer agenda. The individualist and corporate form that the movement has taken since the 1990s, however, must be understood within the context of the powerful antifeminist backlash that characterized this period. This backlash had the effect of stifling radical political ideas, encouraging women’s movements to distance themselves from feminism, and urging participants to engage in internal transformation rather than institutional change. 3. How have social inequalities been reflected in the campaign to fight breast cancer? In terms of its agenda, the campaign to fight breast cancer is characterized by a historically entrenched concern with funding research rather than access to treatment. This preju
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