Don’t be surprised by the comments; radicalism anywhere isn’t really welcomed, but your presentation here in the last paragraph is poor. I would get rid of the over generalizations re: “men”. They don’t help advance anything and turn attention away from the reframing of the debate, which you tried to do by questioning the given way to express breast cancer awareness, as if there were no history behind it that people should object to.

The original post is so ridiculous that I find it difficult to muster up any energy to make a thoughtful contribution to this discussion.

There has to be better ways to disseminate information and raise awareness. The pink campaign and runs for breast cancer are, sufficient enough and are great “marketing strategies” in raising awareness and funds.

I do agree with the one point that you made about the connection between writing a colour and cancer awareness but the other point that you made about the perverted males (which you clearly stated as all males and made no specifications) took all shroud of justification away from your argument. I totally agree with the first comment by Angela. Being a militant feminist is no better than being “the enemy” or a perverted male. We only jumped to the conclusion because you never stated that it was any specific perverted males who were using the bra colours to fulfill horny needs..which I don’t even see how that is possible. How does writing a colour fulfill horny needs? Most people need a little more imagination than that..

Also, I thought that the colours on facebook was to gain awareness, aka. attention. I noticed that on a facebook group some girls were posting pictures of their bras for this campaign. What I took from this blog and from all the other comments was to realize that the most important thing is the different perspectives on what is to be considered “stooping low”. Yes, everyone has different morals. What takes away from your argument greatly is your application of your personal morality to judge other women and accuse them of degrading femininity.

Now let me tell you why I hate reasonings like this. It makes us women seem pitiable and it victimizes us. And I hate being portrayed as such. Why? Because I’m not a f–king victim (pardon my French). And I know that a lot of women will say the same. By saying things like the bra is “an appalling symbol of male oppression”, you’re making it into just that. Personally, I don’t think it is. Maybe back in god knows what century but we’re– well at least I AM living in the 21st century where I wear my bra with pride and as my own choice. Plus, was the brassiere not used as a strategic tool to make important statements? Yes, I think so. So why not now? And if you do feel it objectifies you…then don’t change your status. We all have that right to privacy and no one (man or woman) is gonna be saying anything about your decision to change or not change your status. I changed my status (to turquoise if you must know) because I thought it was an interesting and clever campaign. And no, I don’t feel degraded by doing so. And no, I don’t feel any less empowered as a woman. Not every little thing in this world has to be politicized.

I agree with you though about this campaign’s failure to raise awareness about breast cancer. It really hasn’t. It has just generated buzz that has, in my opinion, essentially led to nothing but angry blog posts like this one. So that should be the focus of this campaign. How we can translate this thing that has gone viral into something tangible for the good of breast cancer research. I wrote a little piece on it on my blog, which you can read here ..if you’re at all interested.

Well, that’s that. Nothing personal…just some thoughts for you guys.

Also the last time I checked this was a blog where one could post their opinions, no matter how extreme. Without any radical ideas or opposition to authority we would pretty much be reduced to a totalitarian state.

Furthermore, Angela, Xenon, Stefan and Imad I think you are all missing the big picture here. We should never have to stoop this low to get attention for anything. We are intelligent, motivated and extremely valuable members of society and our actions should reflect this.