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LadyConstanze -> RE: This is fucked up (8/18/2011 12:21:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarqueMirror
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ORIGINAL: NuevaVida
I think because for so many years nobody was talking about breast cancer, and it was one of the more higher numbered cancers out there. Women would go in for a lumpectomy/biopsy and would wake up without a breast. A pretty damn traumatic ordeal.....
I'm guessing, though, that penises aren't being removed in the same numbers per year as breasts are, and not as many men are dying of penile cancer as women have died of breast cancer. Perhaps it's a case of "numbers speak"? And a case of women being more vocal about their health issues than men are?
You want to talk trauma? No, not many penises are getting cut off, though clearly it does happen. The thing is, a woman without a breast is still a woman. Implants are a day surgery at worst.
A man with prostate problems from cancer can (in many cases) no longer have sex without help. A man with no testicles cannot produce children.
A woman without a breast is still a woman. Often times a man who's had testicular or prostate cancer has trouble even seeing himself as a man....and society doesn't help much.
Don't be a dick about it, a woman who's breasts have been removed it's quite obvious and often reconstructive surgery is not part of the health care plan. A lot of guys who suffered from prostate cancer are able to have sex, in case you don't know, maybe you should check it out, any person who had cancer is not encouraged to have children, especially not with breast cancer. The fact that breast cancer quite often kills and is one of the most aggressive cancers doesn't count because oh dear, a guy might not be able to produce children, the fucking trauma of it... I had ovarian cancer, one ovary and both tubes gone, tell you what, happy to be alive, a friend had prostate cancer, he's happy to be alive and I think he's having quite a happy sex life, another one lost one testicle due to cancer, also happy to be alive. A former prof from university and 2 aunts had breast cancer, they possibly would like to be alive, they're 6 feet under.
So you have a grudge that breast cancer gets awareness, I'm not surprised, I mean after all you're the guy who favors "paid encounters" and "mail order brides" - still wondering why Western women don't give you the time of the day?
Since you're so worried about testicular cancer and prostate cancer, what are you doing about it? Raising awareness or just hating women because *gasp* they might get help if they are suffering from breast cancer?
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