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Josh C says:

Well, I think it can be reduced down to something pretty simple. Breasts are on the outside of the body, very visible, and represent not only an object of attraction and desire for men, but a very visible symbol of feminine identity for women. All in all, thanks in part to the visibility and the sort of value placed on breasts by both genders, breast cancer research efforts end up serving as a sort of poster child for all cancer causes. Advances in breast cancer research will ultimately help advance research in other cancers as well. However, in terms of awareness specifically—as opposed to research, I think that we should work on more awareness of different types of cancers, particularly those that may have early warning signs that are harder to spot by most people, such as uterus cancer.

It's sort of like campaigns to save different endangered animals. The cutest ones who do the most interesting things, such as the giant panda, end up getting a lot more attention than say the dwarf wedge mussel. However, all is not lost for campaigns to save other lesser known endangered species because the campaigns for the panda act as a sort of gateway (for many people) to a broader awareness of conservation efforts and activism. Sign up to help save one, and the World Conservation Union will be sure to let you know about others that you weren't aware about. Not to mention, many people will seek the info out on their own as they begin to wonder what other species are endangered. After all, if we can let something as cute as the panda get on the endangered list, what other things are we neglecting.

I'll tell you this, as strange as it may sound, it's awareness of breast cancer that reminds me to do a testicular check now and then. And there's no blue ribbon week for those items down there that I know of. Yeah, there's that yellow bracelet campaign from the whole Lance Armstrong thing, but that guy kind of annoys me anyway so those bracelets don't remind me to check.