I love boobies

If you've left your house in the last year...you've seen this paraphernalia....

The phrase "I <3 Boobies" started off on just wrist bands about a year ago...it's now moved to belts, and even tshirts....and I ask myself....is this really raising breast cancer awareness....or just breast awareness....because to be quite honest, I think boobs get enough attention on their own....we really don't need "gear" with the words "I <3 Boobies" tattooed on it to draw anymore attention their direction.

The most disturbing part is that the only people I see wearing these items...are teenage boys. As a teacher, last year I saw my first "I <3 boobies" bracelet...and not knowing any better...I sent the student to the office on a referral for inappropriate language. He also had stickers with the words "get wet" stuck to his binder....so I saw the combination and thought "wow, that's inappropriate"

Much to my surprise, when I spoke to his mother I was yelled at for punishing him for supporting breast cancer! And apparently the "get wet" stickers were for some break dancing group he was in.

Could you imagine sending your 7th grade boy to school with a t-shirt that says "I love boobies" on it? What you would say..."Hey honey, your 'I love boobies' shirt is clean today if you wanna wear it? I think it's look awesome if you paired it with the 'I love boobies' bracelet and maybe the belt?"

Are you effing kidding me?

As a teacher, I would be uncomfortable wearing one of those t-shirts in from of my male or female students....so why are they comfortable to wear them in front of us?

When did everything become so sexually based? Is sex really the only thing that sells? Am I the only one that finds it offensive that we've chosen to use sexual advertising with something so serious like cancer???

And why aren't there bracelets that say "I love testicles" or "I love ballsacs" for testicular cancer!?

I'll tell you why...because nobody really finds testicles sexually arousing...but breasts on the other hand are a different story. No man goes out and gets "testicle" implants because he wishes his testicles were "just a little bit bigger" or "just a little perkier". No man says, "Dude, I wish my testicles would be perkier without having to wear tidy whiteys."

You get the idea

I guarantee some man made up this slogan who thought to himself..."Hmmmmm, If all these women keep getting breast cancer....what will I have to stare at all day?" 

Seriously, there's something wrong with this world!