# i pit a certain fac\[e\]book womens group and thier "awareness campaign"..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243 "2010-01-09T03:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/81 "2010-01-10T21:21:02Z")
Not that men with breast cancer aren’t deserving of equal consideration and treatment, but breast cancer in women certainly poses a greater concern for straight men than breast cancer of the coarser gender. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > So how do you win this “game”? By wearing a semi-transparent bra, of course. Posting pictures definitely earns one more points. In other news, I wear monotone (generally gray) boxers or ones with silly geometric designs. Let’s just say I got really sick of those uncomfortable brown tighties (tighty-brownies?) I was forced to wear in basic training. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/82 "2010-01-10T22:40:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > What, women should avoid talking about their bras because a breastless woman might get offended? I guess you didn’t read the linked blog post very closely. The author wasn’t offended at all when she thought others were posting their bra colors just to be silly. She thought it was harmless fun and wanted to join in even though she had a double mastectomy and doesn’t wear a bra anymore. But when she found out that the purpose of the game was supposedly to raise awareness of breast cancer, it bothered her both because she considers “awareness” a poor substitute for “action” and because the method chosen was one that excludes many breast cancer survivors. As [this Mary Carmichael _Newsweek_ blog entry](http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2010/01/08/what-color-is-your-bra-facebook-s-pointless-underwear-protest.aspx) points out, this meme seems to be a lot more about flirtatiously drawing attention to one’s breasts than it is about the dangers of breast cancer. Not that there’s anything wrong with Facebook flirting, but it’s pretty low to use breast cancer as an excuse to essentially say “Tee hee, I have breasts! Isn’t it fun to get men’s attention with them?” ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/83 "2010-01-10T23:14:41Z")
Wait, wait, wait… There’s a cancer of the breast now?! Why didn’t anyone tell me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/84 "2010-01-11T00:32:05Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Nothing meaningful. Just a pointless little giggly game that convinces people that they’re Doing Something when they’re not. Go raise some money and be an advocate if you want to do something. “What is slacktivism?” ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/85 "2010-01-11T00:35:53Z")
Is MPSIMS a color? \*\*Gfactor \*\* Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/86 "2010-01-11T03:49:09Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > 1. The “don’t tell the men” part is just a bit of fun, and it makes the campaign even more noticeable due to the men wandering around asking what’s going on. They all find out eventually. It’s not a _real_ secret. It takes 2 seconds to find out, and by doing so you become slightly more aware of the subject matter. As a dude, I spent time trying to figure it out. Wasn’t really more aware of breast cancer after I found out. Though I was more aware of breasts in general. Had some fun with my status afterwards too. Just a dumb, but fun Facebook game. I think to raise awareness of testicular cancer, guys should state which direction they’re dressed in on the 23rd. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/87 "2010-01-11T04:00:40Z")
One more reason I don’t miss Facebook. 🙂 (Brown underpants in the army? So the, uh, skidmarks don’t show? Why is this bothering me so much?) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/88 "2010-01-11T08:17:10Z")
It’s really quite simple: annoy people, they get mad, and won’t help your cause. Despite half my family having died from it, I will not contribute to breast cancer anything. The way the campaign is being handled is just too insulting. I also find it funny that all of you are condemning the OP when you’ve complained about someone daring to mention their religious beliefs in their status. At least that has the excuse of being a normal part of life for people, and not necessarily due to some ulterior motive. Look: some people get really mad over things you think are trivial. Because of this anger, people post in the Pit, since its primary purpose is to get angry about things. If it turns out that no one else thinks it pitworthy, it gets moved. This is exactly what’s supposed to happen. BTW, if anything is not pitworthy, it’s people whining about how things aren’t pitworthy. At least IVN seems to have some vitriol about it. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/89 "2010-01-11T14:11:07Z")
Some adolescent male came up with the idea, I’m certain of that! ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/90 "2010-01-11T14:33:06Z")
Every time I see these posts about “what is up with these stupid people on Facebook” threads, I start feleing sad and left out (high school all over again?) This is the first I’ve heard about the “colour meme” (and my mom is fighting the disease, in remission now; and one of my FB friends (RL friend too) is employed with the Breast Cancer foundation as a PR person, you’d think if _anyone_ was to do the meme … ) and of my 100+ friends on FB (no, have no idea how many are women), I haven’t seen a peep about this “colour update” thing. Either I have friends that are above this whole “pointless meme” thing (which I’d really like to believe I hang out with smart people - I am a Doper after all - but with seeing all the pointless updates from the pointless FB games from my friends, I tend to doubt it), or they just haven’t heard of it yet, but I’m not holding my breath currently. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/91 "2010-01-11T14:37:43Z")
> [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](#): > > Write your congressman (or change your facebook status) TODAY about adding Breastober to the calendar! Too late, I already petitioned for “Titember” … ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/92 "2010-01-11T14:39:15Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I was responding to a claim that this “silly little game” didn’t hurt anybody. The woman writing the blog I linked to is somebody, isn’t she? I didn’t say that no one could possibly have enjoyed it or that all survivors/loved ones would be offended by it. She is somebody…but its not all about her. She can criticize the actions of others, but she doesn’t get to control them. I ignored the silly little game until two breast cancer survivors asked me to participate. I’m criticizing her for speaking for a community that doesn’t all feel like her. And by speaking out against something that other breast cancer survivors found supportive. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/93 "2010-01-11T14:48:39Z")
I’m planning on asking all men to post what side they “dress” on to promote testicular cancer awareness. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/94 "2010-01-11T15:06:58Z")
IMO the person who has it right about breast cancer awareness is [Barbara Ehrenreich](http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/cancerland.htm). I wonder what she has to say. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/95 "2010-01-11T15:34:22Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > But why is it the default assumption that this is the case? Looking at my friends feed, I’d say a solid 75% of the girls that posted their bra color have donated either time or money to BCA- and these are just the ones that I’ve personally been witness to. Sure, my dumb as shit 13 year old cousin posted, “POLKA DOTS!!! ;););)” and I can say with a fairly high degree of certainty that she hasn’t given any money to a charity, but hey- she at least heard a little something about breast cancer and now it can be in the back of her mind. I posted my color mainly 'cause it was hot pink instead of my standard beige bra. But like you said, I’ve donated to breast cancer research\* and participated in walks and fundraised. I seriously can’t believe how many people have their panties in a wad over a stupid Facebook meme. Do you _really_ think that everyone who posted a color really feels like they “made a difference” just by doing that? Like **Diosa** said, it’s just a silly little game. - though my main focus lately has been on MS, since my friend was diagnosed with it almost 2 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/96 "2010-01-11T15:54:21Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > IMO the person who has it right about breast cancer awareness is [Barbara Ehrenreich](http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/cancerland.htm). > > I wonder what she has to say. To me, Barbara’s point has always seemed disapproving of the commercialism. The “I’ll sell pink oven mitts and donate $.0002 per mitt to breast cancer … and clean up because lots of people will buy them.” Or worse, the people who are making things that contribute to breast cancer (my husband brought home pink Mike’s Hard Lemonade - alcohol consumption being one of the risk factors, seemed in poor taste to me). And I tend to agree with her. As a breast cancer family I have my share of breast cancer junk…and to me its all junk…some of it quite nice junk given to me lovingly (my father gave my sister and I all silver “breast cancer” bell necklaces that are very nice). At the same time, sometimes the material stuff in life is the stuff that carries meaning - and its impossible to evaluate the meaning someone else gives something. Pink breast cancer scarves don’t carry much meaning for me (or oven mitts) but every time someone else uses them, they may have a lot of meaning for them - remembering friends who supported them when before their remission. ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Intercourse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Textual\_Intercourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Intercourse)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/97 "2010-01-11T15:55:29Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’d venture to guess that yellow and brown would be popular color choices to post among men. Which raises an altogether different kind of awareness… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/98 "2010-01-11T19:53:19Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Indigo. > > So, what colour is your jockstrap, guys? Light blue. > [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m planning on asking all men to post what side they “dress” on to promote testicular cancer awareness. To the left. Be aware of my nuts. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/99 "2010-01-12T17:37:50Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > Well, I work at the National Cancer Institute and I’m inclined to agree. > > If I were looking to spend my cancer-prevention dollars, I’d fund a campaign to get the whole damn nation, men included, vaccinated for HPV. Hear, hear. I just finished chemo and radiation treatments, which followed two rounds of major surgeries, for oral cancer that was probably caused by HPV. Did you (the generic Doper) know HPV is thought to be the leading cause of oral cancer among nonsmokers and people under 55 years old? No? Well, now you’ve had your awareness raised. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243/100 "2010-01-12T19:35:04Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I seriously can’t believe how many people have their panties in a wad over a stupid Facebook meme. This gives me an idea. Ladies, please help to free Tibet by posting what type of panties you are wearing. For every thong, five political prisoners will be released. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-certain-fac-e-book-womens-group-and-thier-awareness-campaign/524243.md?page=6)