Boobies Rule!

You've probably heard about the I [heart] Boobies pink bracelets meant to raise breast cancer awareness. Some people don't like them, especially school officials, who seem to think that "boobies" is inappropriate language. In which case, I think they should change the motto to I [heart] Titties.

Humor aside, this is another rant about pink ribbons (or bracelets in this case). And you thought I was done ranting! I have no problem, in general, with pink boobies bracelets. And I think part of the reason they were created, is because they might appeal to kids, and get out the message about breast cancer.

They've been banned in some schools, and one kid in particular ran into problems. He initially had to wear the bracelet inside out, because the word boobies was "inappropriate." After the ACLU got involved, he's allowed to wear it normally now - just like all the girls at his school have been doing. But he can't wear it at all in the classrooms of two teachers (one had breast cancer, the other lost a relative to it). The article doesn't say whether or not girls had to take off the bracelets in those classrooms, even though the teachers were apparently offended by the term "boobies," not by the guy.

Bracelet wearers, officials added, must sincerely support the breast cancer cause and not use them to demean women.

Good god, what's next!!! If you want a pink ribbon, you'll need to fill out a request form?!? We all know how I feel about the pink ribbon phenomenon. I feel the same way about the bracelets. To me, they all trivialize breast cancer. So there's no difference between them in my mind. And in defense of the boy who got into trouble: he began wearing the bracelet because he was going to chemo with his dad, who has testicular cancer, and noticed there were a lot of women there with breast cancer. To me, that says that maybe, just maybe, he's not trying to demean women.

And how the hell does this demean women anyway! Boobies is a slang term for "breasts." It's a childish term, literally used by children who are too timid to say the word breast. Boobs is the more grown-up version. I don't care if kids are wearing them because they think it's funny to have the word boobies on a bracelet. They're still wearing them. It doesn't demean women. To me, this sounds like the same people who are against breast-feeding in public, because boobs are sex objects. The whole thing smacks of old-timey prudery.