'Breasts' or 'Boobies'? Does language matter?

You know, I was thinking about this over the weekend. I don't think Lance Armstrongs anti-cancer campaign would get the recognition that it does if everyone went around wearing "I heart my nuts" bracelets! No, he is encouraging others to think about the whole person, to "Live Strong". That's what we need -- something as powerful as the Live Strong campaign!

I'm 53 TODAY!

Boobs is better than tits or titties, that's for sure! Titties makes me think of dirty old men wanking off into a kleenex while they empty their bowels as they flip through an old Playboy. Sheesh!

GROW UP!!

Thought I better come back and edit this post:

I'm talking to the men when I say grow up. We, as women, just have or have not, to tolerate them!

Kitties for titties? (for the SPCA)

Mitties for titties? (for poor kids in winter)

Clitties for titties? (to stop genital mutilation on women in 3rd world countries)

Ditties for titties? (for poor, starving songwriters)

Witties for titties? (for poor, starving comics)

Nitties for titties? (for head lice in school age children)

I mean, come on, let's get real.

Beesie, thanks for the birthday wishes but don't beat around the bush!

I LOVE COCKS

would be a much more appropriate bracelet!!! heheheheheehehe

Sorry, grannydukes, but I believe that's total bulls#!t !!  (thought I should use "bold" type too).

Breast cancer is not one disease - it's lots of different diseases (IDC, ILC, IBC, Papillary, Tubular, ER+/PR+, ER-/PR-, HER2+, HER2-, etc.) and for this reason, it's unlikely that there ever can be a single "cure" for breast cancer.  

And if there ever is a cure, the money that would be made from it - and the money that would be saved by governments and insurance companies in not having to so extensively treat every BC patient - would certainly make it financially worthwhile.  Maybe it wouldn't be overly compelling for the U.S. government (although it would be a big deal to the insurance companies) but certainly every other country that has government funded universal healthcare would do anything to have a cure rather than have to pay for on-going treatments.  Some of you in the U.S. may feel that Big Pharma pulls all the strings but it's a big world out there and Big Pharma doesn't call the shots everywhere else.  And lots of research is being done in other countries.      

barbe you are hilarious! We need to demand the respect that we as women deserve. We need to stop letting people minimize this disease. Maybe if we all stopped people when they do that they would see if for the serious disease and life altering journey that having this disease is.

It may be me but I dont really care what most of the ads say.  I live it everyday.  My kids have tshirts that say things like real men wear pink, fight for a cure, and I never knew a hero until I met my mom.  My best friend has one that says Im here for the boobs and my hubby has one that says I wear pink for my wife.  These shirts have really helped my kids.  They are concerned and like to support me.  We do try to add a little less serious note when we speak to the kids even though we keep everything honest.  My nephew wears one that says save second base.  I am pretty close to him and he took it really hard when he found out so I bought the shirt for him.  I also have save the tatas on my car.  For me humor helps me get through things.  I laugh at totally inappropriate times because if I dont laugh I will cry.  I would not let my kids say tits or titties but boobs and tatas dont bother me.  I have much more stuff to worry about.

Thanks, but I heard an ad for a charity function called Glitz for Tits. I sighed and got off my soapbox......sigh.