You’ll see pink ribbons, pink t-shirts, pink clothing of all types worn by both women and men.
In fact, this year of 2010, the professional football teams of the National Football League have included pink in their football uniforms.
How did the pink ribbon movement start? And most importantly, does it really help women who already have breast cancer? Or make them feel worse?
Most of us are familiar with cancer and the devastation that it can cause in a family and a life. It is one of the most devastating of all diseases, robbing us of families and of friends at an alarming rate. Various causes have been found. As many, quite literally, as their are leaves on the trees, but so far, no cures have been found, although treatment has advanced in many different areas. We support getting a cure as quickly as we can achieve one and many of us wear the ribbon to help draw attention to the cause that we support.
That pink ribbon isn’t the only one available for those who want to show their solidarity and their support for finding a cure. The pink ribbon it most often associated with breast cancer in particular.
How Pink Got Into the Cancer Business
Ribbons have been used to express solidarity on the part of the wearer with the identified cause since the early to late 20th Century. Yellow ribbons are used for troops at war. Red ribbons for those with AIDS.
In the fall of 1991, Alexandra Penney, editor-in-chief of Self, a woman health magazine and Evelyn Lauder, of the cosmetic company Estée Lauder, got the idea to create a ribbon. The cosmetics giant distributed those ribbons stores in New York City.
These ribbons are targeted to show support for various types of the disease.
Charlotte Hayley, who battled the disease, produced peach colored ribbons.
The various types denote your support for those in that community. They come in various colors, with each symbolize a different form of the disease. They are worn to support those who have been lost.
Does Pink Really Help Women Who Have Breast Cancer?
There are loud voices of criticism about “Pink Month” and its long term effects for battling breast cancer.
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