Participate in Movember for men's health issues

Submitted by mens_issues on Tue, 2014-11-11 00:00

Movember is an annual event in which men start the month of November clean shaven, and grow their moustaches in support of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, as well as mental health.

Their US website is http://us.movember.com/

From the website: Men who participate in Movember (called Mo Bros) take action to change the face of men’s health by starting clean-shaven on Movember 1st and growing just a moustache (no beards, no goatees) for the month November. Movember is more than just an excuse to grow a fine piece of moustachery, it’s about creating conversations while raising funds and awareness for men’s health. It’s about having fun and doing good.

Note: Sorry this is being posted well into November, but there's still plenty of time to learn about men's health issues through Movember, or donate to someone participating in the event.

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I started November by shaving off my moustache for Movember, only to start growing it back. I also set up a Movember account, which so far has raised $0, mainly because I haven't had much time to advertise it until now.

If you want to make a donation on behalf of my account for the Movember Foundation, please go to this link.

https://www.movember.com/us/donate/payment/member_id/11101481/

Steven Van Valkenburg aka mens_issues

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Submitted by mens_issues on Tue, 2014-11-11 04:28

ABC news highlighted "No Shave November."

http://www.no-shave.org/

That site supports BOTH men and women growing hair to support cancer in BOTH men and women: NO FOCUS on male comradery or men helping men, or the realization that our health care system is focused almost exclusively on women.

So I got angry and contacted the author of that article, AND the organizers of Movember.

Within two days, ABC changed the article to this:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wanted-movember-shave-november/story?id=26654042

And, fortunately, they provide a link to Movember and NO LINK to No Shave November; and they focus in the right order.

It still irritates me that No Shave November is even listed, especially since it is run by four members of the same family.

Still, I suspect that in time, some stupid, arrogant feminist will proclaim: "Why is Movember about men's health? Isn't our entire medical system geared around men? It is time women rise up and co-opt Movember and make it about women."

Yes... I think that will happen eventually. Which is why I got SO ANGRY when ABC focused on "No Shave November."

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Submitted by ThomasI on Tue, 2014-11-11 11:54

I think you're right, Thomas. Should anything pro-male become too successful, feminists of course will seek to dilute or destroy it, incl via direct attacks on it led by accusations of sexism or exclusivity. Should anything pro-female likewise meet with success, any efforts to label it likewise is "anti-woman". You can predict outcomes around these things like the you can predict the tides; once you know the nature of tides and the factors, it's easy. Predicting a feminist's next complaint is likewise easy.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2014-11-11 13:02

I wanted to use the Movember email program to thank those who donated so far but couldn't get it to work as far as I know. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to thank those who donated here on Mensactivism.org. (I'm not sure if you wanted to be named here or not, though).

Regards,

Steve Van Valkenburg

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Submitted by mens_issues on Wed, 2014-11-12 04:46