So apparently there's a new trend going around as a "challenge". Basically a girl is supposed to try to hold a Coke bottle between her breasts. They're touting it's to raise awareness for breast cancer. They're raving that this is harmless fun. However, I have a few opinions on the matter....
1. These challenges are the most ridiculous thing on the planet to me. If you want to raise awareness for something, FANTASTIC! I'd even be for these ice bucket challenges if people actually did the research and educated themselves and/or others. Otherwise, you're just dumping a bucket of ice.....or putting a Coke between your boobs. It's not about raising awareness for anything if you're not actually telling people about what you're raising awareness for. It's really easy to say, "It's about breast cancer," but have you actually done the research yourself? Have you read the facts on breast cancer or are you just doing it because it's trendy?
2. There are clearly better ways to raise money for breast cancer awareness than showing off your breasts. I'm sorry but there are. If you're truly doing it for the cause, there are actual REAL ways to help raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research. Susan G Komen is a big fundraiser but there are also many other foundations that raise funds to do research.
3. How THIS is considered to be okay but a big hullabaloo is raised over women breastfeeding in public without covers is absurd to me. If you are throwing a fit that a mom is nursing her baby in a restaurant without a blanket/cover over her yet you are posting this challenge to social media, you are part of the problem.
4. Okay, men like to see breasts. I've had that pointed out to me more than I ever care to hear again. May I suggest looking at one of the millions of other sources of breasts available on the world wide web? I honestly don't think this is a necessary trend to begin because......
5. Younger girls do this crap and think they're "helping" a cause. The fact is that encouraging this is encouraging a trend that just further teaches girls that their bodies are not their own. I've said it before and I'll say it again....porn has caused the sexualization of girls to a point that we no longer see a girl for her qualities and greatness, we see her for her body parts. The very concept that girls are even allowed to participate because they are "of legal age" is absurd to me. Their legal age has nothing to do with their maturity level or ability to see what the long term consequences would be.
6. It's not all in good fun. Our generation seems to forget that the generation under us is watching. Instead of teaching our girls to be flashing their goodies everywhere, dressing way beyond their age and showing off their breasts, we should be teaching our girls to respect their bodies. I'm not saying everyone has to run around in long skirts and overcoats. I'm simply saying that teaching a girl that her body is meant to be worshipped by the public is not teaching her respect. If she learns to lean on the opinions of outsiders, she'll never be truly confident in herself.
and finally....
7. This challenge is a fake breast challenge. Let's be real. REAL breasts (even those of pre-pregnancy woman) don't do that. If this was a real breast challenge, you'd be holding them underneath your breasts, not in between. If men really need to see breasts that badly, maybe all of the women with sagging, post-nursing breasts should be doing this challenge to see if they still think it's all in good fun.
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