to repost my friends Facebook status on AIBU?

[NorksBoobsTitsKnockersBreasts]

She said I could

"Apparently I'm supposed to post a sexually tinted description of where I keep my handbag as my status. Allegedly this will help raise awareness of breast cancer.

Information about how and when to examine ones breasts would obviously be of no use whatsoever. Neither would be mentioning the significance of breastfeeding in reducing ones risk of developing breast cancer.

OK"

Now, I don't know this 'friend' well (I've not seen her for years) but I like her a whole lot more than I already did after this.

Apparently I'm supposed to post a sexually tinted description of where I keep my handbag as my status. Allegedly this will help raise awareness of breast cancer.

Information about how and when to examine ones breasts would obviously be of no use whatsoever. Neither would be mentioning the significance of breastfeeding in reducing ones risk of developing breast cancer.

THIS is my new status and funnily enough the response is massive...and positive;

"*** Stephens: I think EVERYONE is aware of Breast Cancer... And Cancer of any other organ or body part for that matter. I don't think stating where I may put my handbag will increase any1's knowledge on this subject"

and they just keep coming!

Lets call a spade a spade. You don't need to know where my handbag is, but this link could change your life: www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1740.aspx?CategoryID=60&SubCategoryID=182. It doesn't need to pink, fluffy or suggestive for women to understand...

I'm in the minority here, but I like internet memes and I have this on my status.

Caveat - I didn't even know it was anything to do with breast cancer, just found it amusing! I didn't do the bra colour one, which I did find demeaning and more for the purpose of titillating men. This one seemed like a giggle and some of my friends' updates are pretty funny. it'll wear thin after a while, but hey it's a meme, it's what they do.

On the bright side, all the tarty pink stuff works - there is bare more money raised each year to fight breast cancer than loads of much more common cancers.

lol

I find it demeaning that things have to be pink and fluffy and in the form of a double entendre for woman to get the hint.

But I think these statuses (stati?) are aimed at a certain level of intellect, and dare I say it, class?!

Dress it up all you want, the other girls made a valid point-people put these things on FB/Twitter and think they've done their part.

btw I have worked for several charities - I know the more gimmicky, the better. This may not get people immediately donating, but nor do adverts get people immediately rushing out to buy Audis.

You're all of course entitled to your opinion, but don't be too harsh on your friends or otherwise who posted this - likely they have serious links to breast cancer but have what you consider an inappropriate way of showing it. Cancer is, unfortunately, part of life, and recent breast cancer awareness campaigns are hugely effective.

What's so funny about cancer Snooz?

Aha InGod, you have neatly summed it up - it's about class. Pretty common, all the pink fluff - and anthaema to many MNers.

Winter I'm more than happy that those who want to be pink and coy should just get on with it. What I object to is being made to feel like a joyless fucker because the pink 'n fluffy approach isn't for me. Because pink 'n fluffy is successful, I should keep my gob shut (apparently).

Those who share my views are made to feel we're the killjoys, the unreasonable ones. Yet why waggling your boobs around in something pink and cute is actually showing any sensitivity whatsoever to women who have breast cancer and have two stark choices: to be grateful that they still have their boobs, or to have them cut off in an attempt to save their lives ... that completely escapes me. Does that clarify things at all for you?

RATT I was mocking my love of memes.

The sad thing is that simply voicing one's opposition to the pinky sauciness offends those that have associated the campaign with their own experiences.

I have also lost beloved family members and friends to it; this campaign leaves me cold and yet I hesitate to express my dislike in facebook, fearing I will upset those that clearly see it as a bit of fun.

Avocadoes, your mum must have been an amazing woman, I would have loved to see her play.

Bloody well said Midnight

I'm not convinced that anyone is 'waggling their boobs around'.

Nellykats I'm sorry for your losses. I know how small things can cause pain and cause memories to rush back after trauma like bereavement.

I stand by the rights of people to raise awareness in this way though - people I know who have lost friends / family to cancer are posting this meme and in a way, memes are a way of belonging to a community, which can be comforting for some.

Of course it's not about class.

I don't know, it seems to be an English thing, this assumption that if you feel something is totally tasteless and crap, that must be because you are petrified it is working-class and will taint you. Are we not allowed to have personal taste at all without being branded oppressors of some sort? Because some of the people with the best taste and style I know are very much what you'd probably call working class, I suppose (though not British so probably wouldn't fit into a satisfyingly tickable box).

Not everyone on here is a class-obsessed English person, y'know. Personally, yes I am a snob about tacky nasty pink crap but that's on taste grounds, not on class grounds.

I'm not English. I don't see anything wrong with pink fluffy things or their association with breast cancer though, and I think there is classism on MN, you'd have to be blind to miss it.

Surely it's possible to see how other people want to raise awareness, consider it tacky but have enough respect not to then slag them off for their chosen means?

Leaving thread as it's a bit upsetting.

Sure there is, but I haven't seen any evidence it was relevant to this thread until you brought it up.

OK you're not English, sorry for insulting you

Trust me snoozathon ... I've been at a pink party where some of my closest friends did precisely that ... to me. They weren't aware they were being insensitive, they'd just seen the pictures of people at previous pink parties behaving that way. I said nothing, but I don't ever look at the photos of that event and yet it was held as a gesture of support for me.

I agree that there are many ways to fund raise, to show your support, to belong to a community and that is why I'm just keeping quiet on Facebook. But, I thought the OP had a valid point and so joined this discussion.

Hang about snooz, don't be upset. Are we slagging people off?

I don't really think we have been.

Actually, you did a bit yourself, by saying those of us who objected were motivated by classism.

Yes, lots of people are more aware of breast cancer now. Becuase in the last 10 years, especially since Asda started doing Tickled Pink and lots of pink fluffy stuff appeared in shops and on celebrities. It works because it targets products people use everyday - like pink washing up liquid. Before people bought a lipstick of which 0.5p went to BCC, they did nothing at all. And most charities and causes prefer something, to nothing.

InGodWeTrust"But I think these statuses (stati?) are aimed at a certain level of intellect, and dare I say it, class?!" I think this is profoundly rude and offensive.

'Surely it's possible to see how other people want to raise awareness'

You added it to your status because it was a 'giggle' snooz,you didn't even realise it was about raising awareness for breast cancer.

How many more folk just add it for a giggle?

snooz didn't bring up class, she responded to another post which, quite sneeringly, did.

FFS! It´s a bit of fun to wind up the men! Stope taking it so seriously and get a life!

Yes, sorry I just mean I'm off because I disagree with the majority and I don't feel it's a good idea to get into a ruck on this thread :)

Horses for courses etc

FFS! It´s a bit of fun to wind up the men! Stope taking it so seriously and get a life!

Fuck off deary.