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Big boobs can be a serious problem for North Korean women

That's right. Large-breasted women are so discriminated against in North Korea they try to shrink or hide their boobs in order to boost their social standing, according to the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo as cited by Korea watcher Robert Koehler.

North Korea's patriarchal society apparently views nature's generosity with suspicion, defectors told JoongAng Ilbo.

The bigger your breasts, the more likely you'll be considered a slut, the women reportedly said, because you're seen as strutting your stuff -- as if morality determines that development. Imagine their shock when they escape to find themselves the envy of all their smaller-breasted friends. What? Big boobs are good? The isolationist nation is known for wild propaganda efforts, but this is a real head-shaker. Life is tough enough there as it is -- leave the breasts alone! In Koehler's account of the Korean-language report:

North Korea is famously renegade on everything from nuclear warheads to human rights -- guess we can add breasts to the list now, too.

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