Women’s News: Why Janet Jackson’s Nipple Still Matters

Emma Gray

Senior Editor, HuffPost Women

It’s been 10 years since Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction”during the Super Bowl in front of millions of CBS viewers, yet anyone who owned a television in 2004 can remember the night that a nipple (half) shownon television for 9/16ths of a second made the United States go batsh*t crazy. Behold, the effect of the naked female body.

In case anyone needs a refresher, Jackson and Justin Timberlake were performing a set during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. As Timberlake finished singing the words “better have you naked by the end of this song,” he reached over and grabbed Jackson’s leather and red-lace bustier cup, revealing her breast before she covered it with her hand.

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Women’s News: Lily Allen: Women Are Expected To Be Seen And Not Heard

Even incredibly successful women like Lily Allen aren’t immune to feeling pressure about their looks.

In an interview published in the March 2014 issue of Elle magazine, the“Hard Out Here” and “Smile” singer explained how the pressure on women to be beautiful and constant bombardment with sexualized images feeds into her insecurities:

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