Yes, That Is a Nipple on the Front Page of the New York Times.

[alp227]

GRAPHIC WARNING for link.

The New York Times may hold itself above the rest of the grubby news media, but Wednesday they proved that they're as dependent on WTF traffic as everyone else. Check out how the paper of record illustrated a story about breast cancer gene testing in Israel. Yes, that's a partial nipple you're looking at there. This image will, guaranteed, get far more discussion going online than the story underneath, which is about how common the breast cancer gene is in Israel and the impact that is having on Israeli society. But forget about all that. Within seconds of viewing this image, you will be expected to have an opinion about it. Here are the options to choose from:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/11/27/nipple_on_the_front_page_of_the_new_york_times_now_what_s_that_about_the.html

The actual story (again a graphic warning) is at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/health/in-israel-a-push-to-screen-for-cancer-gene-leaves-many-conflicted.html

[NYC_SKP]

1. OMG thank the Lord for that Graphic Warning!

It practically made me faint, to see that graphic explicit 'thing' OMG call me a doctor!

[dipsydoodle]

2. FFS

You are so Victorian over there.

[adirondacker]

21. Thanks for all of your Puritans, Europe!

[dipsydoodle]

24. Yes but you have had a bit of time to lose those lame attitudes.

.

[Warpy]

28. That type just never changes

which is why you collected them and sent them over here.

Take them back!

[Arugula Latte]

39. ...

“How come we got the grumpy boat of bandy-legged Puritans? How come we didn't get the Italian party boat with the cappuccino makers and the gelato machine? That was the sexy boat, man.”
― Greg Proops

[Arugula Latte]

27. It really is pathetic, isn't it?

[newfie11]

3. Unimpressed Nt

[cbdo2007]

4. cool, I definitely hold a "pro nipple" stance

[calimary]

29. WHAT nipple? Hardly anything worth seeing in that photo.

Just a tiny sliver of one. OOoooooo... let's all get REEEEEEALLLY upset!!!!

[LittleBlue]

6. In Britain, they have topless women in the best selling papers

Same in Germany I think. In Japan... it goes well beyond that.

US is still anxious about half a nipple.

[Art_from_Ark]

41. Japanese mainstream newspapers don't feature topless women

You have to get a "sports newspaper" to see that sort of thing-- and even then, the photos are pretty grainy.

[polly7]

7. Some of those doctors shouldn't be treating women, or most likely anyone else.

When Ms. Horesh tested positive for a BRCA1 mutation, she said her husband supported her decision to surgically remove her ovaries and breasts. They had three young children to raise.

Finding a doctor to do it was another matter.

“The first doctor I went to said I was insane, and he said, ‘If you have brain cancer, are you going to chop off your head?’ ” said Ms. Horesh. “The second doctor said that he noticed I had a small chest, and he thought I just wanted an excuse to have my breasts enlarged.”

A third doctor told her what many women hear, “Come back when you have cancer,” and “Nobody dies of breast cancer nowadays.”

[MurrayDelph]

8. Everyone is missing the real story

Why is there a Star of David tattooed on her chest?

[tblue37]

32. Because she is Israeli. The story is about breast cancer in Israeli women. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

9. WONT SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDRENNNNNN?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

[Drunken Irishman]

10. The objectifying of women continues. Porn peddlers know no bounds. Unfuckingbelievable.

[Journeyman]

11. A Jew with a tattoo. . .

and a Jewish tattoo to boot.

Very graphic.

[blogslut]

12. Areola

Somebody needs a basic anatomy lesson.

[aikoaiko]

25. but nary a montgomery's tubercle

[justiceischeap]

33. I'm so glad someone beat me to this. nt

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

35. My thought...

exactly!

[valerief]

13. I didn't know nipples were scary enough for a warning. nt

[Coyotl]

14. Good god, what if a child sees that breast!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. I suppose they could have had a guy with a hairy chest posing for the shot.

Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love. - Butch Hancock

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. An areola is "graphic", now?

Really?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

17. DU has all of these porn threads but you don't know that's not a nipple

hmmm.....

[nykym]

18. Quick someone call the

Legion of Decency and report these moral degenerates.

[Katashi_itto]

19. My god the DU Anti-porn league should do something!

[Schema Thing]

20. YOU FUCKING FELT THE NEED TO LABEL "graphic warning"??????

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WANT TO STAB MYSELF RIGHT NOW.


If this is what it's come to on a "progressive" discussion board, there TRULY IS NO HOPE FOR MANKIND.

[alp227]

22. Uhh...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024089245

[dipsydoodle]

23. Half a rasberry ripple is hardly likely to stay with anyone for the rest of their life.

?

[zappaman]

26. Disgusting.

What has happened to this country?
I fear what is next...

[RC]

30. If people would read the story, they want to marry her off early, so she can have kids,

in case she does get breast cancer later.

Good idea there. Marry her off early so she can pass along any cancer-causing genetic mutations she may have.

[hootinholler]

31. That's not a nipple!

Apologies to Crocodile Dundee.

[liberalmuse]

34. Holy shit. A nipple.

The sad thing is, I saw lots of nipples growing up because women could breastfeed their babies in public back then without misogynist asshats throwing a fit. If anything in life has scarred me and scared me, it's Republicans, not nipples.

[cloudbase]

36. Sulzberger is the new

Larry Flynt.

[FarCenter]

38. If that's her nipple, the baby will starve

It's the areola.

[liberal_at_heart]

40. I can completely relate to this story. I am not Israeli, but I have tested positive for BRCA1.

My 18 year old daughter has not tested yet. She says she wants to get tested, but she just hasn't done it yet. She wants a career and wants a family by the time she is 30. She even wants to be able to breast feed. But she has said if she tests positive she would get her breasts removed. I'm not sure how she will do all of this if she tests positive. I want her to do everything she wants to do, and I want her to be safe. I want her to get tested only because if she tests positive, she should at the very least be getting preventative screenings until she has made up her mind about surgery. I also have a son who will have to decide if he wants to get tested as well because men who test positive for the gene are at greater risk of certain cancers too, plus if they are a carrier there is a chance they can pass it on to their children. The fear never goes away. I had surgery and have less fear for myself although I know there is always a chance I could still get it. But now I have to fear for children.

[Warren DeMontague]

42. People are already rioting in the streets, burning buildings, severing heads, foaming at the mouth

I've been assured by very reputable sources funded by the religious right that the viewing of a naked woman produces dangerous erotoxins which cause human beings to go completely INSANE.

[MrScorpio]

43. Now they've gone and done it: The End Is Nigh

The end of Western Civilization is imminent… All for a nipple.

We're doomed.