I’ve heard Komen Foundation gies money to Planned Parenthood. their trying to make up the difference after all the funding cuts.
What’s wrong, ya got problems with the TRUTH?!
I’m tired of it and I’m a girl. Fine that Susan Komen’s sister kept her promise to carry on the fight and I admire her for that but I think this breast cancer crusade is overdone. God bless those who have had it or have been lost to it but it’s not the only killer cancer in the world. If I sound cold I’m sorry. There are MEN’s cancers that are just as deadly. I want ALL cancers cured in my lifetime!
"...And this positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms. In all time in this wretched Godforsaken country, the one thing that has appalled me most of all this this prepostrous preoccupation with bosoms. Don't you realize they have become the dominant theme in American culture: in literature, advertising and all fields of entertainment and everything. I'll wager you anything you like that if American women stopped wearing brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse overnight!"
Some factors that apply:
Many more women die from heart disease than breast cancer, but when they do they’re usually much older. 60s/70s+ vs. 40s. Much more difficult to portray the death of an old person as an avoidable tragedy. People tend to think, though most are not as politically incorrect as I am and won’t say it out loud, “Oh well, she was going to die of something pretty soon anyway.”
(Actually, the average age of death from breast cancer is 61, but I think I’m correct when I say the public perception is that it affects younger women.)
As others have pointed out here, testicles and prostates are not nearly as photogenic as a female breast. At least not to me and most men.
Chivalry, though nearly dead, still plays a part. Men feel an urge to protect women. Men, and women, don’t seem to feel anything near the same urge to protect men.
Prostate cancer also has the same age issue as heart disease. Men who die from it are much older on average than women who die of breast cancer. Average age of death from prostate cancer in USA is 80. He was gonna kick over soon anyway, so what’s the big deal?
Yes, our family has been affected by breast cancer. Lost my MIL year and a half ago to bone cancer that was linked to the breast cancer. That being said, I think the pink thing is WAY over used and there is no way I’m donating to the Susan Komen pro-Planned Parenthood group. Nothing. Not even a yogurt lid.
Also, I have family members, men, who have prostate issues or have had cancer, surgery, etc. WHERE ARE THE DONATIONS FOR THOSE? Why aren’t the sports teams talking about male health issues?
Being a woman, I have said the same thing myself...why all the emphasis on a cancer which kills less than many other cancers. I think we all know the answer...PC has killed this country and it is killing football. Enough of this “play nice”...it is freaking football!! Stop making political statements and trying to influence people one way or another...it’s a game! Just play the game and stay out of politics, the bedroom, the kitchen, my pockets...play the freaking game!!
Regarding the Patriots I thought the pink was for the -owner’s wife - Kraft whose wife just died of cancer, which I assumed was breast cancer.
First, we all likely know women under the age of 55 who have suffered from breast cancer; VERY rare for a man that young to be so affected (Michael Landon is an example). Second, women are more likely to be moved to action by disease, that is, the daughters of affected mothers see that they themselves might be vulnerable to this disease.
Finally, women have been seen as an oppressed, put upon minority in liberal circles, and the politics of breast cancer fits into this quite well.
The simple answer is, with all due respect to those affected, it’s a sexist disease.
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You’re simply heartless...LOL.
The reason for your question is OBVIOUS, breast cancer is the ONLY THING that kills woman in this society. Get it. LOL.
How long do you have?
1)More women die of breast cancer than men die of prostate cancer.
2)Women as a whole are considerably more health conscious.
3)Surviving breast cancer typically leaves a woman visibly mutilated. Not so with prostate cancer.
Number 3 is actually a big one. This culture worships breasts. Implants are a multimillion dollar a year industry.
because prostate cancer and Hep-C don't have the same sex appeal???Komen, Planned Parenthood ties scrutinized
Posted on Sep 1, 2011 | by Staff
WASHINGTON (BP)—Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure continue to give money to Planned Parenthood, the country’s leading abortion provider, and those grants have prompted Roman Catholic bishops in Ohio to order their dioceses’ institutions to no longer raise funds for one of the leading foundations in the battle against breast cancer.
Eighteen of the more than 120 Komen affiliates in the United States contributed about $569,000 to Planned Parenthood affiliates in the United States during 2009-10, according to a report released Aug. 24 by American Life League (ALL), a Virginia-based, pro-life organization. ALL staff confirmed the grants by examining Komen affiliates’ 990 Internal Revenue Service forms for tax-exempt organizations.
But NOOOOOOO there are some heartless people that refuse to wear pink and therefore are breast cancer supporters and want women to die from breast cancer.
The way it works is that if you wear a pink ribbon it kills cancer cells by making breast cancer detection easier by...uh.... well it stops breast cancer by making the cell replication and cell membranes...... hmmmm
well it just makes breast cancer more recognizable and if pink isn't worn then nobody would know that there was breast cancer or that breasts were even cancerous.
Makes ya wonder how much money goes to research and how much goes to "administrative" costs... like salaries of bureaucrats.. hahahahahha.
I care more than anybody...
A visual explanation of the answer would be deleted by moderators in short order.
yah...we had this discussion last year when the NFL did this.
What I want to know is whether this campaign is designed to “raise awareness” of breast cancer, or if it is designed to raise money to actually reduce breast cancer.
In either case, there is a lot of money tied up in making all of these cute pink accessories that these teams are sporting, and I still wonder just who gets all that money.
And before anyone flames me for my insensitivity, I am a two time survivor of two very serious non-breast cancers, and the subsequent treatments and many reconstructive surgeries.
So when do we start putting everything in brown to commemorate Prostate Cancer?
I agree with you 100% and so does my wife, a ten year breast cancer survivor.