Angelina Jolie won't be any less of a woman without breasts Angelina Jolie has written about this candidly. About the surgery and what it entailed and the processes she went through to make the decision. It is laudable. It was clearly a difficult decision but she wants to urge other women, particularly those with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek medical advice so that they can make their own informed choice. She was also fully supported by her husband Brad Pitt. It is childish, offensive and more importantly, dangerous. Angelina Jolie has reduced her chances of getting breast cancer from 87pc to 5pc. She can live a full life without her breasts. As she says, she does not feel less of a woman although in her case she has opted for reconstructive surgery. However, Page 3 and all the other advertising and images that we have to put up with on our billboards are led to make women believe that for them this might not be the case. To be without breasts might make them less attractive, less feminine. What person could insist that their partner carry an 87pc chance of developing cancer just so that they could have something nice to look at and fondle? Angelina Jolie wants to be alive to see her children grow up, presumably Brad Pitt would like that too. As women we need to reclaim our breasts for ourselves. I don't know if my friend is going to have a single or double mastectomy. I don't know if she is going to have reconstructive surgery or not. The truth is I won't actually notice. When I see her what I will see is the sparkle in her eyes, her beautiful smile and her wicked sense of humour. Everyone that loves her, and especially her partner, will feel exactly the same.