i have come to realize that women are truly brave! and how differently they operate than their male counterparts...
women, when diagnosed with breast cancer, have a palette of choices they must confront and act upon. it is generally their (and their physician's) primary concern that they stay well and healthy - tumorous tissue is removed either by lumpectomy or mastectomy. the patient may then be required to undergo a regimen of treatment to continue to live cancer free.
i think it would be hard to imagine that men could be so brave. notoriously known for crying imminent death when the common cold strikes, could one reasonably expect that men would relinquish any part of their lower halves?
it is a sad truism that many men, including lance armstrong, are struck with testicular cancer annually. these men do, in fact, take the necessary steps involved in securing their health - testicles are removed and treatments follow. bravo to them, they are inspirational in both guarding their well being as well as removing the stigma from such surgery.
but as i watch a french news report on the thai women and the revenge they exact on their unfaithful male counterparts, i ponder whether or not men would be able to willingly relinquish their penises if their own health were at stake. in thailand, there is a new and frightening trend - women who traditionally use their sharp knives for hacking away at lemongrass are now turning their blades on their husbands who stray. ouccchhh!
perhaps i am selling men short, no pun intended. but it does seem to me as if men are very overly 'attached' to their organs. despite being (erroneously) described as 'more rational' than women, men would probably have a very difficult time emotionally, and physically, detaching themselves (so to speak). one must be reminded that even circumcision is almost universally an entirely involuntary process - there is a reason that it happens just after birth!
how would men react, if confronted with the same dire choices that millions of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year face?
women, when diagnosed with breast cancer, have a palette of choices they must confront and act upon. it is generally their (and their physician's) primary concern that they stay well and healthy - tumorous tissue is removed either by lumpectomy or mastectomy. the patient may then be required to undergo a regimen of treatment to continue to live cancer free.
i think it would be hard to imagine that men could be so brave. notoriously known for crying imminent death when the common cold strikes, could one reasonably expect that men would relinquish any part of their lower halves?
it is a sad truism that many men, including lance armstrong, are struck with testicular cancer annually. these men do, in fact, take the necessary steps involved in securing their health - testicles are removed and treatments follow. bravo to them, they are inspirational in both guarding their well being as well as removing the stigma from such surgery.
but as i watch a french news report on the thai women and the revenge they exact on their unfaithful male counterparts, i ponder whether or not men would be able to willingly relinquish their penises if their own health were at stake. in thailand, there is a new and frightening trend - women who traditionally use their sharp knives for hacking away at lemongrass are now turning their blades on their husbands who stray. ouccchhh!
perhaps i am selling men short, no pun intended. but it does seem to me as if men are very overly 'attached' to their organs. despite being (erroneously) described as 'more rational' than women, men would probably have a very difficult time emotionally, and physically, detaching themselves (so to speak). one must be reminded that even circumcision is almost universally an entirely involuntary process - there is a reason that it happens just after birth!
how would men react, if confronted with the same dire choices that millions of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year face?
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