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15 years ago
I'm sick of "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". I know this makes me sound insensitive, but it's true. Everywhere I go. Pink ribbons. EVERYWHERE! I'm not against it, but what bothers me is that it's the ONLY cancer that seems to get massive corporate backing, campaigns, product placement, etc.
Breast cancer isn't the leading killer. That's lung cancer (and affects non-smokers alike). Everybody loves breasts, and it's very easy to rally behind. Makes a good campaign. "Save the Tatas!" Prostate cancer is equally as deadly a killer, yet few rally, "SAVE THE ASSES!"!? Not pretty, but try living without a butt. Try it. Freakin' try it. =P Your butt does more than farting. It's the keystone of your body. Without a butt... you'd fall apart. You'd be nothing.
Cancer is a serious issue.
We shouldn't only be rallying behind ONE type of cancer, but working to fight them all. Susan G. Komen is a good cause, don't get me wrong, but cancer is a disease that kills without equal, and doesn't affect just breasts. I like boobs (HI, SCIGGLES!) but people only ever focus on breast cancer. That's it. Yes, it killed 39,840 last year year, and no, prostate cancer isn't glamorous or really marketable... but it took out 32,050 people last year all the same. Those aren't small numbers. Colon and rectal cancer is up there, too, with a kill count of 51,370 last year. Between prostate and colon cancer... well, the ass is a veritable battleground.
Eww.
So yeah, "Think of the asses!" is not a great campaign slogan. This journal's both serious and not, but in the end, cancer kills. It doesn't matter if it's your breast, back end, skin, lungs, brain. We should be fighting the disease, NOT one aspect of it.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/...../commoncancers
Breast cancer isn't the leading killer. That's lung cancer (and affects non-smokers alike). Everybody loves breasts, and it's very easy to rally behind. Makes a good campaign. "Save the Tatas!" Prostate cancer is equally as deadly a killer, yet few rally, "SAVE THE ASSES!"!? Not pretty, but try living without a butt. Try it. Freakin' try it. =P Your butt does more than farting. It's the keystone of your body. Without a butt... you'd fall apart. You'd be nothing.
Cancer is a serious issue.
We shouldn't only be rallying behind ONE type of cancer, but working to fight them all. Susan G. Komen is a good cause, don't get me wrong, but cancer is a disease that kills without equal, and doesn't affect just breasts. I like boobs (HI, SCIGGLES!) but people only ever focus on breast cancer. That's it. Yes, it killed 39,840 last year year, and no, prostate cancer isn't glamorous or really marketable... but it took out 32,050 people last year all the same. Those aren't small numbers. Colon and rectal cancer is up there, too, with a kill count of 51,370 last year. Between prostate and colon cancer... well, the ass is a veritable battleground.
Eww.
So yeah, "Think of the asses!" is not a great campaign slogan. This journal's both serious and not, but in the end, cancer kills. It doesn't matter if it's your breast, back end, skin, lungs, brain. We should be fighting the disease, NOT one aspect of it.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/...../commoncancers
GIVE MY ASS LOVE.
*licks*
Because that's kind of what I said. No cancer is better than the other.
The Shawshank Redemption - How to Build a Library 101
I understand you guys think one cant be better then the other but....you cant be thinking about yourself now.
Cancer is cancer, no matter what the type, all forms are serious and deadly. Who are you to pass judgment on severity?
But ya money to one type of cancer seems to all be about the titties.
http://www.tctca.org/assets/resourc.....s_shelter2.jpg
funny and scary
The bag of Sun Chips I bought today was neon pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. NEON PINK!
I'd hate to see a brown bag for Prostate/Rectal cancer. Eww. But then again, you eat the food, and... yeah. It's only got one place to go.
"what can brown do for you"
Brown
or
Rainbow
i can just do it myself
Nigga done jack'd mah comment.
I mad.
And those numbers are just for 2010.
Think about it. It's pretty god damn scary.
I need to work faster on finding that frekin cure! Dx [seriously]
unfortunely, we have high heart problem rates instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpCRBgs-LE
I demand an "Anus Cancer Awareness Month" preferably on a September.
that's fucked up.
My grandfather died he had 4 cancers, Ive never seen an ass caner awareness or testicular cancer as much as ive seen breast
Also i cant stand when I see products at a store that are pink and you buy it to donate a portion to the whatever awareness . Cant i just buy a regular coffee mug and still donate money? I don't want a pink mug.
You never hear about it, for the exact reason I mentioned. Nobody wants to run a "Save the asses" campaign. It's not pretty. Breasts? Pretty. It's a weirdly one-sided defense.
maybe it would be a good idea to just call it "cancer awareness day" to make it more general. almost all kinds of cancer are pretty much the same in terms of how dangerous they are if you dont find them in time...
I say we form the Dragoneer Foundation for AssCancer!!!!!
Although I've never had a problem with the amount of pink around every October (I lost my mom to breast cancer around this time 7 years ago) I do understand why one would wonder why it has such a huge advertising campaign compared to others. I guess because of the sheer amount of women that are diagnosed with it (men too but not to the same degree). And Im sure almost everyone knows someone who has had it as well. Although it IS about 'breast cancer' it can easily be seen as an overall awareness for Cancer in general. It's just for one month, afterall, April is Cancer Awareness month (yellow everywhere!).
In April, KFC even had pink Susan G. Komen breast cancer buckets for their chicken.
http://cloudofchaos.com/photos/imag....._100423_mn.jpg
So not even the official Cancer Awareness Month escape it. It's become a bit of a pet peeve at this point.
And these stores never support anything else.
Go to the grocery store, see Susan G. Komen advertised cereal, yogurt, frozen dinners, potato chips and more. And you never see that for just "cancer". The overpasses at work have pink ribbons on them. People at work wear pink to fight it. Nothing else gets the same kind of exposure. Nowhere do I ever see even 1/10th of the kind of support for anything else, or even cancer itself, than what Susan G. Komen gets.
Cancer kills everybody.
I've donated to Susan G. Komen, they *ARE* a good cause. I've had friends who have gotten breast cancer, and I'm not against it. I've also had friends with testicular cancer, I've had a friend die of kidney cancer, and I've donated to other causes. Cancer is a terrible thing, and I just feel sometimes there's not enough focus and education on the entire range. How to check. What to check for. Warning signs. Risks.
The entire range of cancer is gigantic, but there are foundations and campaigns (even if they happen to be smaller than breast cancer awareness) who raise awareness and education about them.
That still doesn't explain to me why you can outright say things like "I'm sick of "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". Everybody loves breasts, and it's very easy to rally behind. Makes a good campaign. "Save the Tatas!"
And again, I know you are not against the awareness of that specific type of cancer, but again, Im shocked at how you've worded this journal. I completely understand what you are trying to say, but it's just left me shaking my head a bit.
Turning something into a month long event, or year round thing like the ribbons or armbands, especially when every cause out there has a ribbon or armband now, just spreads the impact out over such a span that you lose a lot of potential for attention.
Another example... A guy stands on the street corner every weekend with a sign protesting about pollution. Hes there every weekend year round. After a while you get used to seeing him, and probably don't even think much more about him than "Oh its just him again". However if a large group of people end up completely lining the intersection one weekend protesting pollution, you're gonna pay a little more attention. Whether or not you do anything isn't the point, but the fact that it got your attention and perhaps made you think is.
1. Cuz, it's true.
2. Cuz.... it's true.
It's so true, I had to say 'true' twice.
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I mean not to go all "serious business" on it but it has bugged me that breast cancer has been the only one getting any sort of coverage and attention, years ago I was diagnosed with a prostate issue of sorts (luckily it was shown NOT to be cancer) but for a while I was worried as shit especially cause I am one of those types who can't help but try and read up on the internet soI can be at least somewhat informed... and I'll be damned... there is almost NOTHING out there even the medical specialist didn't have a whole lot more information that what I read online.
Its pretty sad that equally or even worse types of cancer and illnesses are getting the shaft because in the bluntest way of putting this "they don't have a chance of affecting how you physically look"
I guess it's easier to be sympathetic to women and something as beautiful as breasts- since breasts nourish babies, are a symbol of feminine beauty, and so on- than it is to be sympathetic to butt cancer of any sort. It's not as marketable :/ Plus colonoscopies are harder to push than mammograms.
Also I am so goddamn tired of receiving messages on facebook about breast cancer events and that I should be aware. I'm aware all right.
http://ww5.komen.org/donate/donate.html
37% of donations go to education. This is good, but it only covers one PART of cancer. 10% goes to administration, 6% to fundraising. Susan G. Komen does a lot /good/ for cancer, but only one type. Only 25% of the donation goes to funding actually FIGHTING cancer, which is probably the most important part of it.Again, 37% goes to "education" which is good, but that also includes advertising, campaigning, etc. But only, again, for one type of cancer.
I'm not knocking Susan G. Komen. It's a good cause, but we need to be fighting the entire thing, and educating people how to detect ALL kinds of cancer.
I'm not knocking Komen or education either but I do think we (society) need a broader focus.
Prostate cancer is very common (or at least it feels that way). Father's Day has been used as a day to reflect upon prostate cancer awareness. I can't say I've seen any ads as frequently as breast cancer for it, but there have been ads on TV (here in Canada) for it. On the flip side there is also a newer awareness for women regarding ovarian cancer. So many cancers, keeps me terrified.
And thanks, yeah it's pretty tough. Cancer is a pretty scary thing and I'm pretty terrified too. Watching mom and dad struggle makes me wonder about my own future quite a lot.
As far as prostate cancer awareness in Canada, we have a high awareness campaign on Father's Day and the month of November is called Movember, where men grow and show off their mustaches (which is the equivalent to their own 'ribbon'). Although Im sure Movember is a worldwide cause, maybe not as popular in the US? It works well for Canadians, since the play-offs aren't far after (beard-growin' time of the year!)
I've actually never heard of Movember until today. I have no idea if it's just less popular in the US or if I'm just not hearing about it since I don't have cable and live in a somewhat small town. In any case I'll be trying to pay more attention to see if there's any mentions of it this coming November.
I only started hearing about Movember two years ago when I noticed EVERY man had a 'stache, LOL But apparently it's always been huge and gets bigger each year! I haven't seen anything about it on TV, so maybe it's a word of mouth deali-o?
Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeast! *mooshes Dragoniens bulky massively fleshy moobs*
I think rectal cancer kills so much because of how much hpv is going around.
See, cancer is one of the more treatable cancers, but that is really just like saying "Well, you probably won't die". It being treatable is what makes it so "popular" to sponsors.
I've seen breast cancer tear away at people, and all the people around them. I've been to so many different treatment centers with my loved ones on so many occasions you wouldn't believe it. What your doing is picking something positive and making it fucking negative. Breast cancer isn't a fucking corporate thing. Not even close. It is a horrible, horrible thing, and OH-MY-GOD to act like only one month of focus on the disease is a major inconvenience to you? Seriously, Drag? I think it needs more awareness time.
You went from cool, level-headed dude to arrogant prick, with just one post. Shame.
Yes, there are other cancers. Those cancers get recognized, too. For every Gloria Jemma foundation, there is a Colon Cancer Foundation.
You're dealing with a topic that personally effects millions. Maybe thinking twice before attacking it and making ass jokes would be smart.
Sorry to ruin everyone's good time.
What I wrote I wrote from personal experience, and yes, breast cancer was even in a part of my family. I've seen them /all/ suffer, and they all suffer equally. Suffering is not limited to one kind of cancer.
Fact. All cancer sucks. It doesn't matter which one we focus on, as long as we're fighting it right?
I'm not anti-breast cancer. I'm *anti cancer*. I just hate seeing so much attention ever focused on one part, when I've lost good friends to other forms of cancer and seen people suffer.
Sometimes I feel we focus too much one a thing. It's my opinion, nothing more.
Trust me when I say I understand the issue personally.
At times, some places outright bombard you with it. And it's the only one that gets this kind of attention.
Go to Google images, and type in "susan g komen products" and you'll see the MASSIVE marketing push. Again, it's not a bad thing, and it all goes to a good cause. I just get frustrated that this is the ONLY cause that seem to get any sort of push at all. Nothing else gets this. Not even AIDS get this sort of push.
I guess I find it frustrating that I've seen so many people get cancer, but their cancer never got any sort of... well, anything, yet I walk into any store almost /any/ time of year, and I can always find products for /one/ thing.
I guess that's where I'm coming from.
I would be incredibly frustrated as well if I never saw awareness for other types of cancers in the media or mainstream. Simply because, who DOESN'T get cancer?? And cancer effects everyone we know.
I think there's also a negative stigma when it comes to just plain "products". Again, like your pink KFC bucket, I mean, personally I think that's GREAT to see anything in pink for my personal, emotional attachments to the cause. However, one could argue that something like a KFC bucket is kind of counter-productive seeing how eating greasy, fatty fastfood isn't really a HEALTHY option to start with and the whole campaign is ABOUT living a healthy life.
I wear my breast cancer necklace for the entire month of October each year. People may ask why not year 'round, but October has a double meaning for me when it comes to the pink ribbon campaign, so I choose to wear it each day of this month as a personal homage.
So yeah. It's not me against the cancer, just the entire marketing/bombardment of it.
Cancers are all terrible, and I fight against them.
I really can't say anything against the US for the amount of 'stuff' that's coloured pink for October, because we see that all over Canada as well. You're right too, some of the products actually do make significant donations to the cause, but some are just in it to 'look good', like they're a company after a great, healthy cause! Kinda like how I'm thinking of KFC right now...>.>
That pink bag of sunchips was interesting, lol
Really, you ought to get some perspective on this.
Personally, I'd like a "Cancer Awareness Month", as opposed to one devoted to just one particular kind (actually, I prefer year-round awareness, but that's not marketable). I mean, focusing on just one, just a single kind out of the myriad of life-destroying cancers out there, treatable or not, is just plain insensitive to the other people.
What about the other preventable cancers? What about the treatable cancers, or the non-threatening benign tumors? What about those minor cancers that don't seem to do anything other than annoy you? Moreover, what about the untreatable cancers that are all the more devastating because the victim and the family both realize it's an absolute death-sentence, and you are forced to watch your loved-ones die with absolutely no hope of any sort of recovery or treatment? Where is their public recognition? Where are their massive donation drives? Sure, there are foundations, but they get almost none of the recognition that breast cancer gets
And another thing...what about male breast cancer? Why does Breast Cancer Awareness Month have to focus on just females? Did someone completely fail anatomy class and not remember that males can get breast cancer too? There is not a single cancer, not a single one, that affects a specific gender. Sure, testicular cancer is located in a different spot from ovarian cancer, but it's the same thing, because testicles are modified ovaries. Sure, men get it less often because our breasts are vestigal, but that doesn't mean we can't get it. So why does it have to be gender-specific?
If you want to recognize one life-destroyer, recognize them all. There are some out there far worse than breast cancer, and they are all equally deserving of the recognition breast cancer receives.
I dont know about HOW breast cancer awareness month advertises where you live, but men are CERTAINLY a huge part of it where I'm from!!
And nobody does "Cancer Awareness Month" here either. All we have here are Yellow Ribbons for 11 months of the year, and then a deluge of pink products in October asking us to think of the tatas (a word that inherently screams "Female!").
It's really upsetting when you hear men talk about how it's a disease only a woman can get.
Canada's whole approach to health just seems more sound, in my opinion. XD
http://www.komen.org/
It's entirely advertised, marketed towards women. There are some mentions that men get it, but overall... it's so small you'll find it maybe mentioned on a line or two on the site here and there. Granted, it does primarily affects women, but the entire PUSH is targeted to women. They only appear in the commercials, marketing is entirely to them (look at the products - all women's clothing, products, accessories, etc.) and discussion RARELY mentions men, and when they do it's sort of as a joke.
Granted, the numbers point at women as the vast majority of breast cancer diagnoses, so it's entirely understandable why. But pretty much yeah, every ad makes it out to be a women's condition.
Apparently females don't have prostates, or an equivalent organ.
So...umm, ok, I guess there is at least one gender-specific cancer.
But my point is nonetheless valid.
The ribbon color for ovarian cancer is teal.
SAVE THE BOOTIE!Awareness Month! It'd be next month cause it always follows the tities. XD
My aunt is suffering from this cancer, but its annoying to be reminded of it almost every walking step. Shes reviving kemo and radiation so she should be okay, aside from being incredibly tired from the treatment.
Why can't they just call it Cancer Awareness Month or something far more simple?
People should know you gotta get your ass checked up or you may check out.
:D
Sort of reminds me of my stance of "purple shirt day."
Why are we only supporting those who are bullied for being homosexual? Why not support EVERYBODY who was bullied? Why are we rallying against only ONE section of the many?
Sure, I support the cause 100%, but it leaves so many people out who just happened to be harassed throughout school for other things.
The new viruses engineered specifically to attack cancer cells are also looking pretty useful. :3
And my mom is fine. She beat it, for now anyways.
And me? I just tune out all the pink ribbons- though some items really make me go "buh?" when I see them used to advertise it. Your chips are a good example of just too much.
A good friend of mine died from breast-cancer. *pout*
My mum-in-law has a cancer almost NOBODY mentions, either: uterine cancer. O_____o
Guys (generally) do not like talking about their rear, considering it's linked to sexual function and peeing right AND nasty stuff and all that rot. A lot of straight guys don't even realize how nice it is (exit only ftl) and a lot of straight females either don't want to bother trying or also think exit only.
Basically - if it sticks out of your body, people make it a bigger deal. Hence why there's a million drugs and contraptions to make your wang harder, better, faster, stronger (bigger), and hence all the hype about boob cancer.
That being said, my dad is fighting prostate cancer, and just about everyone I talk to knows some other male who's had it, while boob cancer? Not so much.
Aside from that, though, I do find it a little distasteful to have a problem with something so benign and well-intended. I also have had several family members struggle with cancer, and have lost several of them - including my brother who was only 19. So I have some up close and personal experience I'm speaking from. I think that any donation and support for a good cause is worth being happy about, and isn't worth complaining about.
As someone else pointed out, breast cancer is "marketable" because it's so often treatable, and a majority of cancers are not - at least not consistently. I'd personally rather support breast cancer research than lung cancer research because even though lung cancer can happen to non-smokers, it's much more common among smokers and I don't feel comfortable donating for something that is so easily preventable in a majority of cases.
It would be nice to see more awareness for prostate cancer, since it's very common and also often very treatable. However, denigrating breast cancer awareness is not the way to do this. Raise awareness for prostate cancer instead, and get other people to raise awareness for it. It doesn't have to be an "either or" thing.
http://nz.movember.com/about/
And yes, it is ok to have a problem with something benign if it completely misses the point (as breast-cancer ribbons do). You yourself pointed out, it's not very successful at raising money, and you would like to see awareness raised for other cancers...so why not just say Pink is for ALL cancers?
I mean, you may say "Why edit wikipedia? Someone else will just change it tomorrow", to which I say "Precisely, I want to be part of that collaboration."
Or you may say "Why bother with arguing with trolls?" to which I would say "Because doing anything else leaves me empty and unfulfilled in life."
CURINGPROSTATECANCER.COM
It's nice, though it's just black text on a white background. At least they're trying here.
If they find a cure for breast cancer they will find a cure for any other kind of cancer immediately.
And they go for breast cancer first because it can be easily detected by touch, unlike lung cancer or kidney.
As it is, there are various types of entirely-unrelated cancer, so if your treatment focuses on one particular kind then you won't cure them all.
But I definitely see your point.
breastsmoobs.HOLY SHIT, YOU ALREADY KNEW? HOW THE FUCK?"
My grandmother died of cancer. I'm pretty fucking aware of it. Maybe we should stop promoting awareness, and start promoting A FUCKING CURE.
That said, there ARE cures undergoing final testing, but they're not for any of the really bad ones.
http://nz.movember.com/about/
Here in Ottawa we have this marathon called 'Weekend to End Women's Cancers'.. *women's* cancers. This blatent display of sexism is backed by a list of corporations longer than my arm. It's sickening. :P
Definitely not fair that we just focus on one of the least serious forms.
http://us.movember.com/
Essentially, it's a funding drive to raise money for prostate cancer research. Grow a moustache (a mo!) for prostate cancer research! This will be my second year joining my company's fund-raising team for Movember. Razors down in just a couple of weeks! (mine's in Canada, though)
Also technically you can live without an ass, it would be hard yes but life is very much possible without a rectum, it isn't a vital organ at all. Unless you just need the butt unfing that life loses all meaning without an ass to drill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectum
The rectum is the end stage of the digestive system while the prostate is part of the reproductive system directly connected to the urinary system. Prostate cancer and rectum cancer are categorized separate and like I said before rectum cancer is more in common with colon cancer than prostate cancer. If he was ts to raise awareness for ass cancer he should try to actually to point towards an ass cancer.
I mean, if you kick someone hard enough in the ass, you could probably dislodge the prostate. You could also break the tailbone, one or both hips, rupture the rectum-colon, or even damage the systems and equipment on the front of the body.
Your example is also one big fallacy and full of holes, it has nothing to do with the definition of rectum. Also the prostate is quite well fused as you can see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate
Definitely not gonna be knocked off by any kick to the ass and if it were to do that then I think the hips and everything else before the force gets to the prostate must turn to gravel and mush.
Also we only have one hip unless you are fighting a guy with two hips.
Also by that logic if I punch you hard enough in the chest to break your spine does that make the spine part of the chest now even though everyone reefers it to the back and not the chest; or even better if I punch you hard enough in the head so it travels down and breaks everything along the route, does that make the feet and everything else part of the head now?
Of course people had a fit about it:
http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/99804984.html
Ass cancer. The silent killer.
Yeah. I'm aware that cancer exists, and prostate is a big one. My family heritage is filled with heart attacks and cancer so I have alot to look forward to >.> heheh. ^^;;
But hey, lets find a cure rather than just being aware that it exists.
Breast cancer awareness month is itself, a cancer on cancer awareness and drains funds from other types that are potentially more deadly
I don't love breasts
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And I've heard charity organizers have similar concerns as in the point in this journal too, that what started as an education or charity campaign could end up being damaging from misrepresenting breast cancer compared to other cancers. The over-saturation of pink products isn't the idea of the charities, but often the result of marketing departments.
Also, I didn't know you had cancer, Neer. I'm glad to know that you're ok now, though.
Think of the organ no one knows anything about!
Although. Without a prostate, you can't have a boner.
All it is is just companies coloring their products pink and putting BREAST CANCER in big letters on the package. I mean, I highly doubt that buying those products would actually help cancer research in any way.
If someone from an alien society saw these stuff, I bet they'd likely think that it causes breast cancer.
Also, I could have sword breast cancer month was Feburary. ~_~
Because they make too much money off it.
Hell, my mom and I both got diagnosed cancer within four months of each other. It's very disturbing.
Save the nads.
ANYHOW it's great that so many people are made aware of breast cancer, give to research organizations, and use their new knowledge to get checked. But heart disease is the number one killer of women, and there aren't 8 bazillion walks for that, are there? It's not as ignored as something like prostate or colon cancer, certainly, but it definitely doesn't get the fawning attention that breast cancer does.
Lastly, as a woman there's something really strange and unsettling about all this, it's almost as if we've fetishized breast cancer. The pancreas isn't erotic, the prostate isn't erotic (well, not culturally erotic) but THE BOOBIES. Must save the boobies, because without boobies we are not WOMEN. Without boobies, my wife is no longer my wife, my mother lo longer A MOTHER. *cough* Excuse me? Without a functioning heart, I'm no longer alive. Now I don't mean to belittle the breast cancer experience in the slightest, I can only imagine how difficult it would be, and I definitely understand that being faced with losing one or both breasts could be a traumatic experience. I like mine, I wanna keep 'em! That said, this whole pink ribbon thing has been one of the most successful marketing campaigns in modern history, and that is reason enough to pause for thought.
Let's cure all cancer. It ALL sucks. On that I think we can agree.
And lung cancer takes us all out, smokers or non-smokers.
I just find it strange how commercialized Susan G. Komen has become, and I think something severely wrong has happened.
The KFC buckets "for the cure", this... http://www.twitpic.com/2xcbyv
Cancer is predicted to rise due to our huge reliance on junk foods loaded with chemicals and additives to plastics and other things Like smoking. Cancer is on the rise. I'm all for ANY effort to research how to fight cancer. And note February buy a daffodil. Cancers taken furs away from us too One in Four people could get cancer of some kind. Cancer is a demon And Ill never forgive it for what it personally stole from me.
Truthfully though all cancers suck. I blame synthetic foodstuffs.
Well prostate cancer still sucks ass.
And I still blame synthetic foodstuffs.
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They ask every customer if they'd like to make a donation to help prostate cancer research, and the debit card machines have a screen asking for one too.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/.....h,1392752.html
Prostate cancer gets some coverage at least. :)
my grand-uncle suffered from prostata cancer not to long ago, as well as skin cancer. luckily however, both cases were discovered very early and could be treated and removed before it got really serious.
so yeah, i second you in your opinion that it should just be cancer awareness month!
But I do think that the public awareness element is extremely important. Without pressure from the public the folks who hold the moneybags might not open them up as much to research. You need public pressure to get things done. So in that regard any kind of push for awareness has its benefits.
Also, another thing to keep in mind regarding cancer is that is isn't just one disease. Dragoneer makes an excellent point that there are other areas of the body that cancer affects. This highlights the fact that cancer is not one single thing, but a class of diseases all with their own challenges for treatment. It is highly unlikely there will ever be a "cure" for cancer. Instead, what we see is a gradual and slow improvement in treatments and preventions. Give science enough time and money, and keep the public pressure up, and they will take this sumbich down one piece at a time.
CANCER IS HELL TOPICAL
I DIDNT REALLY READ WHAT YOU POSTED BUT IM GOING TO ASSUME YOU SAID BREAST CANCER IS FOR DUMBIES AND I AM GOING TO RESPOND BY ANGRILY STATING MY OPINION WHICH DOESNT CONTRADICT YOURS.
Hello i am the internet
Now we just have to wait 20 years for a bunch of insurance companies and pharmacutical manufacturers to test the product to make sure they can't be sued if someone gets cancer after peeing on one of their sticks. Yay. :3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer
2/3 don't even have any symptoms and eventually die from something else unrelated to prostate cancer. Now the true ass cancer as in the rectal one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer
Is more deadly and the third overall in deaths by cancer.
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Of course like breast cancer destroying our tatas we can't get it up if our prostate is tampered with so we care because of this earth shattering deal, in fact we should raise awareness for ball cancer and penis cancer.
For prostate cancer it is that people are asymptomatic that they can live their entire lives and not be aware that they even have cancer because they weren't aware of any symptoms, it is like high blood pressure; it is usually goes without any symptoms until mayor organs start shutting down on you.
Until you mentioned it in this journal, I did not have it in mind at all, and was unaware that October was supposed to be breast cancer month.
I've seen a few people with pink ribbons in the past (years ago), but that's about it.
I frankly agree with you about concentrating on one cancer, however, women make up 50% of the population, and hence promoting breast cancer specifically is an easy way to remind them (and to a lesser extent, the other 50%) about cancer, in a way that is obvious and easily marketable (people think about breasts more than they do about internal organs they may not even know about the existence of). It's also something you can check for yourself, to a limited extent.
So it's not surprising that it gets more attention.
However there is a site: tshirthell.com that has the pink ribbon, and I WANT to wear it... the shirt says - I don't support breast cancer awarness... I just like big tits
IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO LOSE MY BOOBIES TOO, DONATE HERE."
I totally agree with that statement. :I I've been wondering that myself. Is it just because people are more attracted to boobies?
Hurrah?
May we find the cure soon <3
Shut the fuck up about breast cancer. Even as a joke this fails miserably.
My mother died from breast cancer. Fucker.
Now I'm not saying that they shouldn't put effort into promoting some of the others but the fact is that they do put effort into other cancers as well. It's just that some of them seem to get out there more than others. Women are a good target because they're more likely to go to a doctor as compared to men if they have problems.
So while it's great to say, 'We shouldn't only be rallying behind ONE type of cancer, but working to fight them all,' in practicality of awareness... that just doesn't work. Hey everyone, it's Cancer Awareness Month so let's all go promote everyone getting tested for all these different types of common cancers. While a bit on the facetious side, it just doesn't hold as much ground for the purpose of awareness.
And I'm not annoyed with you or anything, just giving a counterpoint. Also, as an FYI to show that they really do have a Prostate Cancer Awareness month: http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp (it was last month).
And people on here will say and agree, but we are s small percentage of the whole pie, the truth is getting the truth out there. Because death that might affect the males in this country that run it, and shoving lung cancer, which they could get too scares them, so instead we push the issues under the rug, and the voice that needs to be heard is silenced muffled, and swept under the rug.
Better yet, Aids, we have walks, but when was the last time there was collection in a movie theater for aids research, hwy is aids research collection done on state and city and not a national level like cancer research? I remember many years ago there was a money, they had infected with aids, and was giving him a treatment, and the treatment was working, but the monkey ended up dieing, a friend who was poz was telling me they have a shot, that if you don't have hiv or aids, and if you were given this shot it would immunize you. But they wanted to find a cure n ot a prevention, isn't prevention the best medicine? So here it is folks, now with this information, and information you might not have known, you want to know why it's breast cancer awareness, because the government, controls the media, and the media wants to keep us in the dark so we are all good little lambs, and follow the Shepard to the slaughter
Well..it's more like breast cancer isn't really on anyone's radar. It isn't..even if you see those stupid ribbons in your local 7-11. They're still asking for donations from the public. Our (U.S.) government (mostly men) are for the most part, andro-centric and the needs of women (and children) are way down on the list, so government help to combat the issue of "cancer" in general just isn't on their agendas. SO..the government does little to help in diverting money to ANY cancer research, it's more of a trickle down if any. Why do you think medical insurance is such an issue here in the US..? Our government truly doesn't want to pick up THAT tab.
So research in ANY field is going to feel the pinch..not just AIDS or cancer or diabetis or any kind of disease for that matter. So they rely on public donations...which quite frankly, these donantions tend to go to ADMINISTRATION costs than the actual research...pretty f*cking sad IMHO.
So it's not a "gay" thing my friend...it's a "money" thing...and as I've heard before, just follow the M O N E Y...
Now..if there was a disease that made male congressmen and male senators dicks explode...then I'm sure LOTS of cash would be allocated for that pronto...
Yes.
It's not about the cure for cancer, it's about the community of survivors. Yes it's shitty other cancers don't get the same attention, but there are still support groups for those people as well.
Skin cancer can be pretty bad. It starts small, but can grow into a nasty hematoma.
Farrah Fawcett died from anal cancer..so that's in the "ass cancer" range.
Colon cancer is nasty. But everyone (mostly men) need to get colonoscopies every 5-10 years after the age of 40.
But cancer is b a d ...
See yer doctor..