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Pink Ribbon Obsession Called to Account
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2006-10-15 00:36
Article here. Excerpt:
'Warning: This column might be so politically incorrect that you may feel the need to send me harassing e-mails. During October, this sacred month commemorating breast cancer awareness, our commitment to the cause may be diverting our attention from diseases in greater need of our attention.
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This year, in lieu of a pink ribbon, I'll be wearing brown and light blue in support of my husband - another nagging reminder of my commitment to his prostate and colon health and, ultimately, our life together. Oh, the romance.
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Pinstripe Ribbon
I've been wearing a pinstripe ribbon ever since the Yankee's were eliminated from the playoffs. One hit A-rod?...whats that all about?
anthony
Note to Derek Jeter: Stay away from airplanes! If NY loses you, were doomed! (RIP: Corey Lidle)
Expendable Males
“To be fair, we must also stop focusing solely on women. Heart disease and cancer's toll on our men are equally astounding. According to the ACA, more than 230,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year - more than the 211,000 women who will learn they have breast cancer.”
In typical fashion, society throws the weight of its support behind prevention and awareness programs that deal with female health issues leaving little or no support to channel towards male health issues. Females don't get the largest share of the pie; they get the whole pie! Males get to suffer and die in silence!
Ironically, men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer. When was the last time you heard of a woman being diagnosed with prostate cancer?
Breast Cancer and Males
September Was Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Oh, you weren't aware last month was prostate awareness month? Well, most people didn't know either.
This national obsession with breast cancer is getting just a little weird. I saw Campbell Soup in pink labels no less the last time I went grocery shopping!
Speaking of which, the grocery chain I shop called Krogers is donating 3 million to breast cancer awareness. I sent them an e-mail commending them on this but asked why they weren't as equally concerned about promoting prostate cancer awareness which affects at least 50% of their employees and customers. I haven't received a reply yet but will post it here if and when I do.
Here is their website if you would like to contact them about their one sided cancer awareness campaign.
http://www.kroger.com/homepage/index.htm
This same issue rose to awareness in the 1980's!!
It is astonishing that breast cancer still gets most of the support and funding available, whereas men are laying around dying of prostate cancer (and other diseases). I am certain I remember this issue supposedly being 'exposed' in the 80's; I think someone may have even made a movie or written a book about it. Now everyone seems to have forgotten.
Supposedly the problem was going to be solved, but it seems to be happening all over again!
-Axolotl
Just a Thought
"Heart disease and cancer's toll on our men are equally astounding."
Dont have the statistics in front of me, but many more men suffer from heart disease than women. Aside from reproductive forms of cancer, men are at higher risk for virtually all types of cancer.
anthony
Randalls grocery
Randalls grocery http://www.randalls.com/ has donations set up for Prostate cancer research. Off and on. Sometimes they offer products with a donation of $$ increments. A dollar donation will get you a bottle of water, $5 will get you a CD, etc.
They put out big gallon drums for people to put cash donations into also and offer free sodas/drinks for those who visit the table. I donate every time I see them, but unfortunately the drums are always filled with about $5.00 worth of pennies & nickels, thats it.
Expendable and Profitable Males
My dad is 80 years old, and he has an enlarged "pre-cancerous" prostate.
That's normal in an 80 year-old man.
His doctors would love to make some bank on him by convincing him to have surgery or radiation or some other expensive nonsense "treatment."
The frequency of unnecessary prostate treatments on senior men is a major scandal in the U.S. medical system.
Prostate cancer is a very slow-growing disease.
If you're 65-plus --- it won't be the cause of your death.
You're gonna die of something (maybe a long-lived good life) but it won't be prostate cancer.
Most women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a mid-life age, and so they have to take a more aggressive stance to dealing with it.
And, breast cancer is a very rapidly spreading form of the disease.
You can die in a hurry.
Ideally there should be parity in the federal funds spent on women vs. male diseases.
As of now, there's still no federally-funded Men's Health Commission equivalent to what women enjoy.
If Only Lungs and Colons were sexy
Maybe there'd be more notice of the hypocrisy and tragedy of putting too much emphasis on mammary glands to the deteriment of supporting other diseased organs.
Breasts continue to be a way for women to get noticed and "win" her man - as is evidenced by the popularity of breast implants.
Women have a lot of "identitty" and psychology tied up in their mams.
oregon dad