Bra Color Controversy
We all know that taking a single glance at a person’s facebook profile is sure to tell us quite a bit, possibly too much, about their lives- relationship status, hair color, favorite movie, bra color? Women have taken the fight against breast cancer to a fresh and trendy level by simply posting the color of the bra they are wearing on their facebook statuses. It has been creating some controversy, but as the old saying goes, there is no such thing as bad press.
According to the Washington Post, a message was sent to women all over the world advertising this event. The message read “Some fun is going on . . . just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of breast cancer awareness. It will be fun to see how long it takes before people wonder why all the girls have a color in their status Haha.”
As the cryptic single word statuses took over facebook, many people searched Google to find out the meaning. Anger was the strange reaction of many people. Groups such as “Awareness For Breast Cancer is not about the COLOR of your BRA!” and “I Kept My Bra Color To Myself – And I Still Support Breast Cancer!” have spread all over facebook and thos in opposition continue to reject this silly movement.
A silly movement is precisely what this is. Breast cancer is a serious disease that effects many women all across the world every single day. BUT-Anything that brings awareness to breast cancer is OK to me. It is a shame that so many people have turned a positive and fun movement, though “silly,” into a moral fight. A woman’s bra color may be a tiny bit personal, but they are not posting photographs! Come on, people!
“Many survivors were upset by the now infamous bra color postings of earlier this week. I was not, and I AM a survivor. It was stupid, but I did participate. Why? Because it got people talking about breast cancer. How did bra color relate to breast cancer? It didn’t, but it got us talking. So, in a way it worked,” said Marcia Hahnfeld Deitrick, a breast cancer survivor.
So why not post your bra color on your status? It isn’t hurting anyone. It is only raising awareness for a noble cause. So, with pride and hope, I say PINK!
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