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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I don't know if it is going to encourage women to do the same thing any more than the potential of death from cancer would have already done. What it has done though is made people much more aware of the risk factors associated with breast cancer, in particular the BRCA1 Gene and has likely promoted increased screening.
Honest question, what did you think a mastectomy was?
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Oh it will certainly give women a big confidence boost that they can do the same thing and do so willingly.
This is more than a major cosmetic change for a woman. This is parrt of their body that forms a large part of their life from being a mother to being a lover. It isn't a trivial thing and even when faced with death it is a exceptionally tough decision for many women (if not every woman). To have brave individuals with the conduits to the media helping pave the way it helps and it helps a lot. Other than cosmetic change you can say the same thing about hysterectomies. (This opinion was provided to me by an important woman in my life who, thankfully, only had a breast cancer scare at 22 and not the real thing)
Men don't really have much of a comparable to these things to be honest. Losing a ball is tough but your identity as a father or lover isn't intimately tied to that ball.