A
mythical (yet, like all myths, is there not a bit of truth to the
myth?) group of
women who had
traditionally male characteristics. The
amazons lived in the
jungle alone, entirely without
men. They only took men into their homes when they felt it was time to
reproduce and, as soon as the act of fertilization was over, the man was made to leave.
The amazons mythically removed one breast, so that shooting arrows out of a bow and arrow would be easier. This characterization has made them a bit of the patron saints or at least the mascot of breast cancer survivors.