Editing Breast (section)

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In [[Saint symbology|Christian iconography]], some works of art depict women with their breasts in their hands or on a platter, signifying that they died as a martyr by having their breasts severed; one example of this is [[Agatha of Sicily|Saint Agatha of Sicily]].<ref>{{cite web |title = St Agatha |url = http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=14 |publisher = Catholic Online |access-date = 27 December 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000129/http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=14 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |url-status = live |df = dmy-all }}
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[[File:Bare breasts are our weapons crop.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Femen]] member participating in a protest|left]]

[[Femen]] is a [[feminism|feminist]] activist group which uses [[topless protest]]s as part of their campaigns against [[sex tourism]]<ref name=FEMEN>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/65379/ Femen wants to move from public exposure to political power] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207042451/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/65379 |date=7 December 2010 }}, ''[[Kyiv Post]]'' (28 April 2010)</ref><ref name="movements1">{{cite web |url = http://www.movements.org/case-study/entry/ukraines-ladies-of-femen/ |title = Ukraine's Ladies of Femen |publisher = Movements.org |date = 16 August 2011 |access-date = 22 April 2013 |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120414005441/http://www.movements.org/case-study/entry/ukraines-ladies-of-femen |archive-date = 14 April 2012 }}</ref> religious institutions,<ref name=BBCobservOct12>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20028797 Ukraine's Femen:Topless protests 'help feminist cause'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412230110/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20028797 |date=12 April 2018 }}, [[BBC News]] (23 October 2012)</ref> [[sexism]], and [[homophobia]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/topless-femen-protest-andre-jozef-leonard_n_3146609.html |title = Topless FEMEN Protesters Drench Belgian Archbishop André-Jozef Léonard, Protest Homophobia in Catholic Church (PHOTOS) |work = The Huffington Post |access-date = 23 March 2015 |date = 24 April 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150416042913/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/topless-femen-protest-andre-jozef-leonard_n_3146609.html |archive-date = 16 April 2015 |url-status = live |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Femen activists have been regularly detained by police in response to their protests.<ref name=BBCTunis>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22881163 Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for topless protest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22881163 |date=27 August 2018 }}, [[BBC News]] (12 June 2013)</ref>

There is a long history of female breasts being used by comedians as a subject for comedy fodder (e.g., British comic [[Benny Hill|Benny Hill's]] burlesque/slapstick routines).<ref name="thedailybeast.com" />