This year, there's another chain going around where you are supposed to put "I like it...(insert location here)," as the place where you like to keep your purse. Girls are getting really creative with this one saying things like "I like it in the bedroom," or "I like it on the kitchen counter" or "I like it up against the wall" creating a sexual innuendo for guys to interpret.
And this is all in the name of breast cancer awareness? I'm supposed to believe that girls are insinuating sexual comments all for the sake of fighting breast cancer? In my humble opinion, I think it would be much more useful and constructive to raise awareness about a serious issue in a more serious way. Add a pink ribbon to your profile picture, volunteer, donate... don't make sexual comments, there is no correlation between a sexual suggestion and breast cancer.Frankly, it's pretty degrading to women. Acting suggestive, but using whatever justification you have on hold, just makes us all look like we can't get a man's attention without the use of sex. If this is really about breast cancer, find a more constructive way to show your support that doesn't objectify women.
We were literally just talking about this in my class yesterday. Finding different ways to support breast cancer and a bunch of other organizations is hard, because most foundations are turning it into our ability to be consumers. Like the Susan G. Komen foundation that has told the American public that you are supporting breast cancer if you buy anything pink. And while that may be true that our money is going towards that organization, it has made us believe that is the ONLY thing we can do to combat breast cancer. It's like an easy out; instead of participating in a walk or volunteering or doing something productive with your time, we are instead told to buy things.
ReplyDeleteAnd with this issue, it's turning breast cancer support into something sexual, that only women can participate in. It grabs men's attention because women are making their statuses something sexual, but men can't actively participate in it. It definitely shifts the attention from raising awareness of breast cancer to degrading and objectifying women (and on a side note, how do we expect men to quit degrading and objectifying women if we do it to each other and ourselves? It's like giving them permission!).
I say to all those women posting that on their Facebook that they should get off Facebook and use their time productively and find a place to volunteer for a day or a weekend and actively fight against breast cancer.