The McGill University newspaper just posted this article about Movember. "what once started out as a harmless campaign has become sexist, racist, transphobic, and misinformed"

SporkTornado · 2013-11-19T06:33:38+00:00

always figured the mustach was a more creative symbol then just using a colored ribbon.

I feel that saying movenber is exclusionary against trans men who cant grow mustaches would be like saying a breast cancer walk and run is exclusionary against paraplegics who can't walk or run.

you don't need a mustache to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Its just a logo for the campaign. besides you can always wear a fake mustache if you feel the need to have a mustache. movenber does not discriminate between fake and real mustaches. there were some woman at my collage wearing fake Groucho Marx mustaches.

in my city there are so many breast cancer fundraisers through out the year. its like every month is breast cancer month. can't we just have a single month out of the year to focus on prostate cancer.

tacobell42 · 2013-11-19T07:43:34+00:00

1) I go to McGill

2) This is NOT the universities' newspaper. just a random one that nobody really likes...

3) Seriously. 99% of us are tired of their shit and stuff

blueoak9 · 2013-11-19T03:19:14+00:00

http://np.reddit.com/r/sjsucks/comments/1pmqcy/movember_was_clearly_designed_with_a_hairy_white/

First, Movember is gender essentialist.

Almost like prostate cancer . . .

Sorry if we're taking a few minutes away from the 24/7 pink ribbon campaigns (seriously, do those ever stop?).

A campaign like Movember, which raises money and awareness for men’s cancers by reifying the idea that facial hair is something that is synonymous with cisgender manhood,

Well trans men don't get prostate cancer. They don't have a prostate.

Sorry. But we can celebrate 364 days of breast cancer awareness for them. So it kinda works out.

JaydenPope · 2013-11-19T07:40:53+00:00

Geez can we have a month to deal with men's issues without one feminist bitching about it.

Capitalsman · 2013-11-19T07:07:03+00:00

Mean while. At the pink ribbon campaign headquarters, they keep 90% of the money meant for the research they are fundraising for.

JoshtheAspie · 2013-11-19T08:41:22+00:00

wait wait wait...

saying "but you don't have to be a man to get prostate cancer" is a legit criticism but saying "you don't have to be a woman to get breast cancer" is omigawdwhatabootehmenz derailing?

levelate · 2013-11-19T02:58:29+00:00

if it isn't woman centric then groups like this (or arguably, any group) will find fault in it.

this is proof that our society elevates women...anything that excludes women is derided.

women are the standard in our society.

JoshtheAspie · 2013-11-19T07:05:28+00:00

Of course it's "sexist", it helps men. That's the most "sexist" thing EVER.

CanadaMRA · 2013-11-19T16:40:36+00:00

Comment in the comments section:

"I don't like this so I am going to find some way of making it about racism, sexism, and homophobia so everyone will agree with me and those who don't will be too uncomfortable to really state their opinion out of fear of being labelled a bigot" - People who write these articles.

Nailed it.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2013-11-19T06:59:37+00:00

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raptorrage · 2013-11-19T03:36:55+00:00

No Shave November is definitely more common than Movember where I'm at. I'm currently trying to write a layman's guide to men's health. I guess I'm transphobic for mentioning that prostatitis is a thing.

The PSA definitely can have false positives, and that's problematic. But the doctor that gave you the test will be able to discuss that with you. Men should get it annually after the age of 40, and Movember is the perfect time to discuss it with a guy you love. It appears that Medicare does cover the test, but only at the age of 50.

2013-11-19T07:28:03+00:00

conflating No Shave November (a frat tradition in the US), with Movember (an Australian based charity)

LOL

SchalaZeal01 · 2013-11-19T08:53:02+00:00

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Aaod · 2013-11-19T16:41:55+00:00

Black males are also twice as likely to develop, and die with or from, prostate cancer than white males. This begs the question: who are all these white cisgender men fundraising and growing moustaches for?

.... if I had to guess people with prostate cancer? Or since black men are twice as likely to develop it they are raising for people of another race despite not being the same race? This is literally you telling someone they are racist for raising money for something that only somewhat affects them and majorly affects another race. My mind boggles at what kind of mental gymnastics the author had to perform to come to this conclusion.

calvingarner · 2013-11-19T11:39:40+00:00

The guy who wrote this is clearly working very hard in his quest to fuck a feminist.

giegerwasright · 2013-11-19T10:55:19+00:00

This is why we can't get along with feminists. No matter what they say, unless we do things in a 100% feminist approved way, they will always hate us. It simply doesn't matter what else we are, we are men -- and many of them truly hate men. And the rest of them are more interesting in hiding this fact from the general public than in dealing with the misandry itself.

blueoak9 · 2013-11-19T15:26:19+00:00

Oh good. I am glad somebody is addressing this. As a woman of color, I can't tell you how distressingly racist and sexist it is to see a man grow out his mustache. Seriously I can feel the hatred and privilege oozing out from those folicles.../s

Seriously, there are actual racist, sexist, and transphobic things to take a stand against. And the "racism" argument here is incredibly weak. It is probably fair to say that Movember is a little trite, but it it any less so than a pink ribbon decal?

livesinatreehouse · 2013-11-19T16:09:51+00:00

Oh, just...duh.

2013-11-19T05:25:28+00:00

So glad I never attended a Canadian university and went to college here instead. I don't know how young men can handling being part of an "educational" institute that perpetuates this bullshit.

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