Ugh. The site is just simply awful.

That image isn't the half of it:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-22215405172341_1936_474429

I guess the subtext "Without These I'm Nothing!" doesn't play as well as a T-shirt design.

I got a "save the ta tas" shirt at work. All the guys where wearing them and because someone gave one to me I wore it for the day but I took it home and haven't worn it since, not even as a house t-shirt.

It's a shame that women have to resort to focusing on their breasts in order to get men to care about breast cancer. You don't see underwear or pants that pertain to ovarian cancer with "save the p*ssy" or anything like that (though I realize the uterus and the vagina are two totally different things, you get the picture).

And yet we never (never!) hear about testicular cancer or even saving testicles without saving the men attached to them. I'm not sure we'll ever see men wearing shirts that say "it's all about my testes"...

"I'm not sure we'll ever see men wearing shirts that say 'it's all about my testes'..."

Especially since *shorts* that say "it's all about my balls!" might be a closer equivalent...

Just started reading this blog yesterday (can't BELIEVE I've been missing out.) I am currently struggling through breast cancer treatment, having had a bilateral mastectomy at age 33 last October. The amount of "sexy" breast cancer awareness campaigns disgusts me. My boobs are GONE -- too late to save them. So how are women like me supposed to feel?

Sarah

I'm sorry, Sarah. I hope your current treatment is a success and that your health recovers completely.

What you say strikes right to the heart of what is wrong with this kind of advertising/fund-raising: women's body parts are important, but not quite as important as women's lives.

I may have a slightly different perspective on this (since I'm very pro-porn), but I'm less concerned about how money is raised for cancer research than about whether it is raised for cancer research (or treatment or education or whatever the hell).

When my husband had testicular cancer, would I have been offended by tasteless objectification of nuts if it raised awareness of what he was going though? No. If anything I appreciate the Tom Green "Hey kids, squeeze your balls" song much more. I cared about his health more than the politics of anti-cancer campaigns, and frankly, sex and aesthetics ARE a consideration in these kinds of cancers. After establishing that he'd live, we WERE worried about his ability to function sexually, and about the aesthetic impact of a radical orchiectomy.

The point made on the linked thread about the problem of this kind of fundraising being apolitical is apt. I also think that it is ridiculous to complain about the sexuality of these campaigns. Breasts simply ARE considered sexual in our society, and to say that they shouldn't be sexually objectified here misses the big picture. Both individuals who would like to donate, and women with breast cancer are likely to think of their breasts in sexual terms. And in my personal experience a sense of humour helps an awful lot with cushioning the blow of a disfiguring surgery.

"Ta-tas"?! "Ta-ta" is what you say to a baby when you want it to give you something it's stubbornly holding on to. Must women's body parts be referred to by slangy, baby-talk terms all the time?

“Both individuals who would like to donate, and women with breast cancer are likely to think of their breasts in sexual terms.� So, you seriously think breast cancer is about women losing sexy tits and not about women dying?
“And in my personal experience a sense of humour helps an awful lot with cushioning the blow of a disfiguring surgery.� A breast cancer survivor commented above that she is offended by this kind “awareness raising�, it must definitely be because she doesn’t have a sense of humor.

I don't think that breast cancer is about women dying to the exclusion of being about the loss of sexy tits, no. I think it's about BOTH. If breast cancer could be Cured with a painless but disfiguring surgery that left no trace or risk of cancer, I'd still be all for raising funds to prevent it or find a better cure because I happen to like tits (both mine and those of other women). I think that lives should be saved, but I also think that where possible breasts should be saved. For whose benefit? For the benefit of the women who would otherwise lose them. Losing a breast or a testicle has an enormous psychological impact precisely because of their sexual connotations, and downplaying the fact that these body parts have specific meanings in our society and to the individuals who lose them does no good to anyone. Better to acknowledge that the loss of a breast or testicle is traumatic for sexual identity and self-esteem reasons beyond the normal cancer trauma. This acknowledges the depth of the survivors experience and may well encourage other people to be more vigilant in cancer prevention/early detection in their own bodies. Would it be "for the wrong reason" if this did cause someone to start monthly self-exams? Maybe. Would it matter if it saved a life? I think not.

I'm not saying anything to the poster upthread specifically. However, it's worth noting that the "sexy" breast cancer awareness ads are hardly marketed at women who've already had mastectomies.

Having had a bilateral mastectomy this past year at age 33 has admittedly made me a little hypersensitive. But normally I love edgy, provocative humor (I'm a huge Cho and Silverman fan). But something about these "pro-booby" campaigns still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It seems insensitive to women dying of breast cancer -- and the families of women who have died.

Having had a bilateral mastectomy this past year at age 33 has admittedly made me a little hypersensitive. Normally I love edgy, provocative humor (I'm a huge Cho and Silverman fan). But something about these "pro-booby" campaigns still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It seems insensitive to women dying of breast cancer -- and the families of women who have died.

The site is just simply awful.games