Online cancer support launched in Aus - ProstMate

Green_armour · 2013-11-29T04:35:30+00:00

I'm seeing more and more support creeping into Australia. This is a cool trend.

2013-11-29T15:31:48+00:00

We have an opportunity as men to not go down the silly road of catchy names and clever puns to attract attention to causes and issues.

I can't understate how much of a turn-off what feminist marketers efforts to try to make things like Breast or Ovarian Cancers stand out in a world gone imbecillic-- have done to my own acceptance of their messages and I feel it is because it serves to trivialize important issues with sloganistic piffle. And in many cases for no better reason than the continuation of whatever mindless support their petty fiefdoms are foolishly afforded. I always picture some douche patting the shit out of their back for the rest of their lives for having thought up their stupid name or a ribbon icon. And others joining in. I can't shake that perception no matter how hard I try.

My first reaction to 'ProstMate'? Come on, man. The men who have already succumbed to this disease deserve a tad more gravitas that that. Plain language serves to calm people from their increasingly stupid activities and lifestyles and allows a space in the public discourse that isn't driven by pop culture or manufactured influences. Catchy names are not respectful or sufficiently intelligent to draw much more of an informed crowd than a charismatic huckster might.

We as men can choose to afford issues of importance the respect they are due.

I suspect people will tell me I am missing the point and that it's just great that this exposure exists and you know what?-- maybe they're right (I mean this post got my upvote). Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe my concern would be better spent elsewhere and not on this thread. But playing to a media bent on sensationalizing and manipulating issues and extorting their actual informational value for profit or ratings shares or image management doesn't do much more than demand a meaningless dance.

I'm tiring of the glibness of our age. I pine for more information, not less. I speak in full sentences where it's most needed and I appreciate it when others do too. My two cents, for what it's worth. And now I will open my umbrella, lols.

CosmicKeys · 2013-11-29T10:31:29+00:00

That's great, a serious effort for a wide range of topics. Australia is doing a lot of things right.

Title	Online cancer support launched in Aus - ProstMate
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Date	November 28, 2013 9:30 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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