I am writing a research paper on the "keep a breast foundation" and it is startling where they allocate their funds. They put more money into their salaries than they give out. They say they are about breast cancer awareness yet the little amount of money they donated was for environmental causes. I am not saying the environment isn't important, I simply doubt that's where people who bought these bracelets thought their money was going. I say ban the bracelets, because this organization is a for profit company masquarading as a charity.

All publicity is great so even though this is the essence of a tempest in a teapot. Hopefully the message and the importance of it will be bolstered and not dimenised by the actions of a few morally high ground Morons. I wonder of any of them had breast cancer if we would hear what a mind altering concern they have with an information braclet.

We as a society are offended too easily.

Honestly this whole thing is ridiculous....

Should the kids be allowed to wear something that encourages education of an important problem? Of course. If they are not taking it seriously and only wearing it because it happens to say Boobies on it, is it helping? No. Is Boobies an offensive term? Of course not.

There is another slogan in use "Save the Ta-Tas". Also not offensive. It's an effort to lighten the mood around a VERY serious issue, and to make speaking about it more approachable.

Maybe these kids are simply not mature enough. Is the ban appropriate? I don't know. Did the school try to address it in another way first? Did they bring in some survivors to speak at assembly to tell the kids how SERIOUS this LIGHTHEARTED message really is? It's okay to joke around, and even have fun with the message as long as the underlying gravity of the situation is understood. If after trying something like that, the kids still do not get it, and it acts simply as a distraction, then fine ban it. The kids can still wear them outside of school (and the kids serious about the message will).

Now to the people that think the work Boobies is offensive. Get over it and yourself. The term Breast Cancer is bloody offensive. Yet I have to hear it every damn day, because I work in the field and because people very dear to me suffer from the damned disease.

These schools ban the bracelet because they find the choice of words to be inappropriate and because some of the kids are immature about the message. Well,isn't that what schools are supposed to tolerate and educate about? Do these same schools ban Nike footwear-made in sweatshops where workers,some the age of the students, work long hours in unhealthy conditions for little pay? What about banning the wearing of all Liz Claiborne clothing? Nah, it's the little can of worms that needs to be dealt with harshly. Try educating the masses rather than selecting for them their morals.
Would the system ban a t-shirt that says IT TAKES LEATHER BALLS TO PLAY RUGBY.

or Kizz me R's
If things do not disrupt the learning of others then they should be left alone! If they do not violate our laws then they should be left alone.Some things are offensive and they are lacking in sensitivity,but the educators job is not to forbid these, but to educate each student and allow them to decide for themselves how to handle insensitivity and offensiveness.

This is simply ridiculous.

Can we stop the hysteria over breasts please?

Seriously.

Ok here's my two cents... im a fully grown man and i also support breast cancer research for a cure. If i were to wear one of these bracelets to work, you can bet that i would be asked not to wear it, or some of my co-workers would find it offensive (even though its for a good cause) So my point is, if adults would be scrutinized for wearing these at work why should it be any different for kids! By all means support the cause, but do it for the right reasons.

While yes, I do see the point of immature people not wearing them for the point of raising breast cancer awareness, what about those, like me, who do? My usual bracelet combination on any given day: two Keep A Breast, one To Write Love On Her Arms, one Fckh8, and one or two for a band. Usually once a week I wear my TWLOHA or Fckh8 shirts to school. Why? To raise awareness for these causes. I basically have to explain my TWLOHA shirt to every person that I meet that day, and in doing so, I raise awareness.
The whole point of this is where do we draw the line? It's an idea of minority vs majority. The majority might be the immature ones, but the minority of the progressive thinkers with good intentions get smothered when the majority is cut off.

The heart of the problem is of course the stigmatization of breasts. In the 21st century we still teach kids that the female chest is naughty and thereby causing them to be immature when confronted with serious issues such as cancer. Though, the slogan's slang doesn't help either...

This isn't a big deal. I've already had to take at least a half dozen of these away from my students since the start of school. If I see them, I take them. Why? Because they are not being worn for breast cancer awareness. They are being worn by 12 year old boys who think they are being funny by wearing them, and who think they are getting away with something.

I didn't realize that, by doing this, I could have made the news.