What’s it like to be a guy with breast cancer?

Great comments here. All efforts to promote the genderless nature of this disease are welcome. Pink everywhere, including on buns, does nothing but reinforce stereotypes. 

I know the marketing mantra is when you are on a good thing, stick to it, but perhaps some thought might be given, next year, to a campaign that highlights that breast cancer affects all sorts of people, male, female, young, old, in-between, parents, grandparents and so on. ‘Buns’ in the US means buttocks, not really what we are on about, and I find that ‘buns’ seems to emphasise the sexual desirability of female breasts (not male) rather than the disease! ‘Hundreds and thousands’, on buns, or cupcakes, might give more colour diversity and highlight the sheer number of people affected. I appreciate that I’m in the minority, not liking the pink bun campaign much, but it does perpetuate the ‘women only’ myth. Regards. 

Thanks @Mez_BCNA.  I am sure it is a small thing to many but it would help highlight the issue of breast cancer not only being a woman's disease.

Hi @June1952, good question. I will certainly pass onto the pink bun committee members.

Hey @Mez_BCNA - will there be a blue bun thrown in with the pink buns for sale on pink bun days ???
Just a thought .....

Thanks for sharing your fabulous interview @traveltext.

Also take on board the feedback of the continued need for awareness through BCNA and will feed this back to the rest of the team.

Yep, @arpie you've nailed it.

Sorry to hear this @Blossom196. I really wish the charities made more effort is raising awareness of the genderless nature of breast cancer.

My sister in laws brother also died due to lack of diagnosis. He kept going back to the doctor with the lump in his breast and the dr refused to consider bc. His also metastasised before they found it. sadly, he also died.

If it was his testicles or prostate - I am sure they would have taken it further - but as it was his 'upper chest/breast' .... He was told his lump was nothing to worry about, so he didn't.  No ultrasound, biopsy or nothing, til it was too late & it had already metastasised ... 

We definitely need some blue on the logo ..... someone put up a suggestion for a logo a while back - that incorporated blue trousers as well as the skirt - it was quite clever.  Not sure where I saw it tho!

Here was one suggestion .... 


Keep up the good work, Rod