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But we live in an Alice-in-Wonderland world where the wishes of women necessarily trump the medical necessities of men. Thus, we are told that we should be more concerned about women, not men, who are risk of heart disease.

Get a grip! It's a fashion show for heaven's sake!

Most women don't think about their own health; they're more concerned about the health of their husbands and children. They hold off going for checkups, sometimes, until it's too late. They have to almost BEAT their husbands to get to the doctor, but they are just as bad, sometimes.

I have no problem with the fashion industry using their PR machines to encourage women to take care of themselves. It is not saying that men should be ignored, just that women should be aware of the risks they have, as well.

"It is not saying that men should be ignored, just that women should be aware of the risks they have, as well."

Yes, really. The issue is that women overlook their own risks of heart disease precisely because they think only men are likely to be badly affected (effected? I can NEVER get that one straight) by it.

And, what the heck, any excuse to wear a red dress! Usually I hate these "campaigns", but I kind of get a kick out of this one, maybe it's only because red is my favorite color.

I disagree, and I think GMMAC's picking up on the Orwellian use of the word "truth" in this little extravaganza was perceptive.

Feminist propaganda is not harmless. It is insidious. Yes, they've learned to "dress it up," so to speak, in attractive clothes. And to get us to say "What's the big deal if it makes women take better care of themselves?"

Well, that is not the real agenda.

Feminists have pulled many health care scams. First, they successfully labeled abortion as a "women's health" issue (and I guess it is if we're talking about half the babies who are aborted).

Then, feminists shrieked and screamed (falsely) that men were for years the only beneficiaries of government funded research, and that women have been discriminated against. Result: Money is taken away from important research and thrown at scientifically flimsy, but politically popular projects (e.g., the discredited breast cancer "clusters" on Long Island).

But when it comes to certain threats against women's health exclusively, e.g. the possibility that abortion causes breast cancer - oh, no!

Not only dare we not fund THAT, but we're also not even allowed to even warn women that it might be something to consider before having an abortion.

SO much for helping women learn to take better care of themselves.