Why are there no blue ribbons for prostate or testicular cancer awareness?
Why is it, when men have a chance at getting breast cancer too, that the color of the ribbon is pink (which is a traditional feminine color)? Why not choose a neutral color to represent both men and female breast cancer awareness?
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One in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer, 100 times more often then in men. It is simple fact that women are more likely to be affected, and millions of women suffer from this disease daily. Only 0.8 percent of men diagnosed die from the condition. Pink is a feminine color for a cancer that over the past few years has destroyed the feminity of women. There is something beautiful about a woman with no hair, no breasts, and a pink ribbon to show their strength. It is silly to fight over a color, I can tell you as the daughter of a recently diagnosed mother that even if the ribbons were made of chocolate covered gold, it would not change anything.
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there are blue ribboms for testicular cancer but finding one is a bit like trying to find rocking horse sh*t. i agree with yor sentiments regarding the pink ribbons because, as you rightly say, men can also get breast cancer. perhaps the answer lies with the fact that the people at the top of the cancer charity concerned are women.
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What is intrinsically female about pink? I believe the pink ribbon is symbolic of breast cancer awareness worldwide; and pink is not identified as a 'feminine' colour in all countries. As it happens, fewer than1% of all those diagnosed with breast cancer are male. But even if it were 50%, I wouldn't see it as an argument to change ribbon colour. All colours are 'neutral'. Now, as a breast cancer survivor (so far) I loathe all the pink fluffiness that surrounds breast cancer, and I know many other breast cancer patients and survivors who feel the same way. But that's a whole other issue. There is a ribbon for prostate cancer awareness, and it's blue. Testicular cancer also has an awareness ribbon; its colour is orchid.
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Well it is breast cancer awareness month... What about gray...for brain cancer?? Breast cancer color is pink, doesn't matter male or female. There are prostate and testicular cancer awareness colors, but I have no need for them for myself... Oh Rough, you read a lot but don't recall all...There was an interview with drs and the statement was similar to this, "If all men lived to (a certain old age), then 100% of them would get prostate cancer...I know many men, and many older, but I only know one that was diagnosed with prostate cancer...
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It is an interesting question. Women tend to support each other more than men. Men (including me) trend to retreat to our caves when things go wrong. Women started the breast cancer campaign, and in this country baby girls are traditionally dressed in pink, boys in blue. The % of men with breast cancer is correct. Here is another one - 100% of men will get prostate cancer. It is not a question of IF- it is WHEN- and it is happening to younger and younger men.. And we men should take a lesson from the ladies, get our act in gear and demand and answer.
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