A loving present father stops bullying.

If your dad treats ppl with respect the looming threat of disappointing him will prevent you from being a turd. Moms don't have that kinda sway. For whatever reason.

Amy, your comment is valid but cynical. The purple / pink thing is lame but it gets people's attention, possibly creates a sense of connection, and might move the needle a bit in terms of concrete support.

The problem there is the 'might' DaveG. It is just as likely that having 'done something' people declare victory and call it a day. Effectively moving the needle away from any real or concrete change.

How do you tell which of us is right? Damned if I know.

Not piling on DaveG but Ben and Amy are spot on.

IMO most people prefer doing symbolic gestures and then getting on w/their day to actually being personally involved. Human nature.

"Cynical" = being factual/truthful. Everything else is icing. Tasty but will not get you through the cold dark winter.

A loving present father stops bullying.

You're right about this in a different way, too, Ppen. When I was bullied in junior high school, it was my dad who went to the principal to get it to stop. It was his first thought; not something my mom thought of.

The correct phrase is "slacktivism". It's really just virtue-signalling to peers they want to impress, but requires no actual ACTION on their part.

Pretty much, the physical equivalent of hashtag activism...

Ugh, I hate Pink-Everything month. Komen spends little on research, the bulk of their money goes to educational awareness. Does anyone really not know about breast cancer, nowadays? Komen can check that off their to-do list, and start focusing on research, which will help cure all cancers, not just breast.

Plus, breast cancer isn't the cancer most likely to kill women. And, cancer isn't the #1 killer of women period. Why focus so much on it? It's illogical. Yes, breasts are sexy, but can't we get past that please??

I'm still waiting to see a "save the dingleberries" bumper sticker. Men get cancer too!

What can I say MomOf4. American society likes melons and isn't that interested in sausage parties.

"It's for awareness."

"I'm already aware of it, but thank you."

I'm still waiting to see a "save the dingleberries" bumper sticker. Men get cancer too!

John Kruk, hardest hit!

I think October being mammogram month is an outstanding idea. So what if it annoys people because it lasts a month. Mammograms are so uncomfortable a lot of women will not do this one simple screening exam, and I applaud the action of others to pressure women into doing it, whichever month of the year it is. I've had it hit very close to my family with very young females this year, and it robs a woman of your dignity and femininity all at once, even if you survive with flying colors. Cancer, of any kind, is a real bitch.

If your dad treats ppl with respect the looming threat of disappointing him will prevent you from being a turd. Moms don't have that kinda sway. For whatever reason.

Posted by: Ppen at October 15, 2015 11:13 PM
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I'd love to see a bit more research on that...

Yes, fatherless boys are often suspected, at least, of being more likely to commit school shootings, such as the shooters at Sandy Hook and Roseburg. When it comes to non-fatal bullying, however, it's been said more than once that child bullies, male or female, very often have parents who pretty much ENCOURAGE their kids' bad behavior, knowingly or not. (That is, those parents who aren't bullying types themselves tend to go into severe denial when teachers complain about the students' behavior - and thus, they encourage the bullies' sense of narcissism.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/health/study-adds-new-doubts-about-value-of-mammograms.html?_r=0

I don't get mammograms. The cancer detection industry captured both the government and the insurance industry a long time ago.

Colonoscopies and mammograms are the two most oversold cancer detection devices ever thought up by the medical profession.

Billions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere.

Koman and politicians have turned it into cult religion.