Why is it more important than any other cancer of the body, like lung cancer, colon cancer, brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc., or any other diseases like MS, Alzheimer's, Cerebral Palsy, etc? It's like everywhere I go I see pink ribbons and "cure breast cancer" marketing. It's push to cure it is so incredibly disproportionate as to make me think there is some political motive behind it. Could it have something to do with the fact that abortion can cause breast cancer? That would certainly provide a political motive.
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Because every year thousands die from it...
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Because its more common
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Abortion does not cause breast cancer!!! That rumor that abortion causes breast cancer is political for sure. 1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Poorer women do not get mammograms. We are trying to get the word out and have gotten insurance to cover mammo's since we have publicized the need.
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Because it is important! Let me ask you this: Why not a strong push to cure breast cancer? I mean there are a lot of other cancers and diseases out there, but there is research going on about those too! You probably just haven't heard it as much!
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its not more important. its equally the same as every other life threatning disease. it's just no one has stepped up to make other diseases a big thing. no one has had any really big campaigns for anything else. maybe you should start one.
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because breast cancer kills a lot of people every year compare to other cancer problems.
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That is a good question but think of who s starting all of these movements. People who have breast cancer or who know someone who has it are confident to start a movement all of the others aren't trying to help themselves as much as breast caner. Those other diseases are important but they are not doing as much for themselves.
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I wouldn't say there is a push for it. Its just more out there. I mean would you Wanna wear a brown ribbon That said "cure ass cancer?" My grandfather just died of lung cancer, and I know that there is a push for everything. It just depends on what you are looking at.
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aborting doesn't cause breast cancer. also, it's one of the cancers that kill the most and is hardest to detect. also, it doesn't just affect the female, but males are also in danger.
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I think there is too much hype about it also...sometimes I think it is a scam playing on the fears of women. Twice I have been told.."we found "something", we are not sure and we need to do a biopsy to see what it is"..Twice I had the surgery to be scared out of my wits, and find out it was nothing but a big bill to pay. Also I was sitting in the docs and could hear him thru the walls, telling the two rooms on either side of me, the same exact thing, in the same scary worried voice, he used on me. I am now determined that the next time, I want to wait until they are SURE of what it is.
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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in both incidence and death among women: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer There is no link between abortion and breast cancer: http://www.fwhc.org/abortion/abcancer.htm
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Seriously mate, abortion doesn't cause breast cancer any more than having a baby would! That's just ridiculous. As for the rest of what you said here, I tend to agree with it. It is a 'marketable cancer' as breast epitomise femininity, and it is more socially acceptable to support that rather than something more obscure but just as deadly. I guess it comes down to your personal situation. Alot of people support breast cancer awareness because they have had, or know someone who has, had it. Famous people (like Kylie Minogue) who've had it tend to cause the media hype it up because she's a role model for alot of people. I'd love to have a cure for Autism, because my son has it. My friend would love a cure for Parkinsons as she has it. It just depends on your personal situation I guess. I have one friend who supports it only because the ribbon is pink, which is her favourite colour. I told her she's an idiot.
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What is your source/proof that abortion causes breast cancer? What is wrong with anyone trying to eradicate any disease? There are groups that raise money for all the other diseases you list there. Lung cancer is largely caused by smoking, something which the individual could've prevented in the first place. Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their death. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 40,000 women die from breast cancer annually.
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Perhaps a cure to breasts cancer will lead to a cure of prostrate cancer. If more men lived to 80 (right now the ratio age 80 is 2 females to 1 male), more men would be dieing of prostrate cancer the women of breast cancer.
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If you've ever gone on a breast cancer walk, you'll see that there are a boatload of women who somehow blame - get this - blame MEN for their breast cancer. They also claim that "a man must have invented the mammogram machine" because it's so painful. Yeah - that's right some guy with a flat-boob fetish came along and saw this vulnerable group of women and shouted "AHA - I have an idea!"
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First, breasts are a females friends. I call mine, "my girls". Its just like testicles are the friends of males. Actually, the bad boy for men is the prostate. I believe it's finally about time that there is a focus on diagnosing, and treating of malignancy to ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer, which are the major abnormalities in females. Because so many males are attracted to the breasts of females, to loose one of their girls has a huge impact on their self esteem. So fella, just acknowledge that urologists have been addressing prostate and testicular cancer for decades. While it is just a recent phenomena that breast cancer has finally been acknowledged for the total impact if its occasion, I am happy to see it. Now the focus for guys is ED.
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Denise said its not more important. its equally the same as every other life threatning disease. Really? Spending in 1997 on research looked something like this: Breast Cancer $12,800/death, prostate cancer $2,700/death.) Since then, it the gap has grown wider. The National Cancer Institute also reported that during the period 1950-1991, women's rate of death from breast cancer increased 2% while men's rate of death from prostate cancer increased 25%. Until the last few years, you never heard anything about prostate cancer. Even today, it's not a high priority on health programs or the news. There's no postage stamp or brochures at the post office. (The second Breast Cancer postage stamp will soon be issued to raise awareness of breast cancer and to fund additional research.) There’s no special research or funding organizations for prostate cancer, no national prevention month, week or even day. This is not to say that everything that is being done to find a cure for breast cancer should not be done. However, where do men’s health issues fit in in your local news analysis and reporting? What about the fact that of the 15 leading causes of death, men lead in every single category. There are a lot of free screenings for breast cancer for poor women, none of any sort for poor men. One has only to look for the pink for many products rasing funds for breast cancer. Do you see any fund rasing for prostate cancer? Even during the prostate cancer awarness week in Sept, I saw more effort to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer then I did for prostate cancer. Oh yea...I sure do not see the feminist screaming about this....instead they are only screaming that there is a health care gap. There sure is...but is not against women! Is it not time to value ALL our people?
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Where do you come from? Breast cancer is a leading killer in women. The pink ribbons is a successfull way of raising money and awareness of breast cancer. Don't bring abortion into this as abortion is not cancer. All the other cancers and conditions you mention are given attention and awareness as well.
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I understand your question, but please be sensitive to those who have this disease or who have lost loved ones. Miscarriage, obesity, bottle feeding and other things also contribute to Breast Cancer. There can also be psychological factors influencing its development. Women who do not get on with their Mothers in Law also have a higher rate of Breast Cancer. My friend's mum died 20 years ago from Breast Cancer. She was a lovely Christian woman, who did not have an abortion. I am very anti abortion; but do not believe that this is an appropriate question with which to bring up the subject. We all need to dig into our pockets and help fund all research into all cancers. This would be impossible, so even to pick one charity and contribute would help.
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Because one in seven women will come down with it in her lifetime, unlike every other affliction you named. Abortion cannot cause breast cancer. This is a hysterical scare tactic used by desperate anti-choice types.
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My understanding is b/c breast cancer is more likely to kill a person (yes many men get it to)....the cancer starts out very close to the lymnoyds(sp) under the arm pit...and basically once it gets to those a person is done. This reminds me...I had a 50 year old women in one of my classes. She was amazing, dyed her very short hair bright pink and wore tee shirts...that said stuff like "bet you can guess which breast is real!" she was an amazing person...on top of just being really cool. As to abortion...baa please go take a biology course
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It's a form of radical feminism that nutjob women keep advocating.
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perhaps you are lucky enough to not know someone who has succumbed to this :)~
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Because it is very marketable. I think it is simply the foundation that has been started for the promotion of curing it. While I agree, and feel that it is just important to cure all cancers, I do not think it is ever bad to promote research. Obviously money is not the issue here though. If money cured illnesses breast cancer would have been cured years ago. While we pile all of this money into the advancement of research, we have to remember that the research is the only thing that can cure cancer....not millions and millions of dollars of buying pink products who's profit often benefits retailers more than research. I think donating directly to the research of organizations that give directly to the research is more beneficial than buying from stores. Heart disease is a bigger issue and able to be prevented and controlled by the person. While I believe there has been much promotion of heart disease being the number one killer of women (and number two of men I believe) ...it has not caught on. Why? I believe it is largely to do with the lack of responsibility people have and lack of respect they have for their own bodies. Breast cancer is somewhat preventable, but is also largely genetic. heart disease is genetic as well, but is more so preventable though a healthy life style. I think many would rather pay five bucks to help prevent disease than get on a treadmill and put the fried brownie down.
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Our society is catered to women in every aspect.... 1) grade school is catered for girls(with women outnumbering men in college-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lENB8DPq_rs ) and boys/men are given mental disorders and drugs; 2) Now younger professional women make more than men; 17% higher in New York City and 20% higher in Dallas, being a few examples... and remember that the younger 30 and 20 year olds are the future. 3) Unequal parental rights... women initiate 75% of divorces and get custody nearly 80% of the time. 4) And to skip ahead to your issue... $21800 of government funding goes to Breast Cancer for every life lost and $16700 to Prostate Cancer for every life lost. ( http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/site/DocServer/Prostate_Cancer_Statistics-Funding_for_a_Cure.pdf?docID=203 ) ... but this doesn't paint a true picture because you must consider that this is only Government funding. As you have said, there are numerous charitable events and public donations to this, but no one really cares about men. If you included all other contributions besides government funding, the numbers would skyrocket. As someone else said, you have to fight to get special treatment if you want it. So the key is to "fight for it", which is basically to fight for special treatment over another group through 'Appeal to Emotions'. So, our society is sexist against men, and others have spelled out how to deal with it... start a group and "fight for it"... if you think it's wrong that people are sexist towards men, it's your fault that you didn't fight the sexism. If you disagree with Girl Power or Women Power, it's your fault for not starting a group to equal it out... right everyone? If you think it's wrong that our boys are held back, drugged, have their children kidnapped from them and made to pay the kidnapper(the mother) while they are making much less to begin with(used for reproduction and money and then thrown away like household trash---remember: women initiate 75% of divorces and marriage rates are less than half of what they were 30 years ago)... then it's your fault for not fighting to be equal. But I'm sure feminists will find a way to make even more money, drug boys more, ignore more of boys schooling, kill off men with diseases(or lack of care for diseases), ... Woman Power
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