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I received this comment with an order.
Calendar Girl wonders what you think?
Calendar Girl
Tags: Calendar Girl Blog, calendar girl blog, Breast of Canada Calendar, Sue Richards, middle of normal. Guelph, education.
This year I have decided to order a calendar for me, as well as the 6 most important women in my life, which is my 5 sisters and my mother. Although, thankfully no one in my family has had breast cancer, I feel it is a very worthy cause. Women should be respected more than they are.
I will admit the first time I ordered a calendar, I was buying it for the nudity; however I am now buying to support the cause and to enjoy the incredible photography used in the calendars. You bring out the true beauty of all women in your pictures. A big congrats to the photographers.
Calendar Girl wonders what you think?
Calendar Girl
Tags: Calendar Girl Blog, calendar girl blog, Breast of Canada Calendar, Sue Richards, middle of normal. Guelph, education.
posted by Sue Richards at 1:05 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Sue,
what are you fishing for?
(Calender Girl wants to know what you think?...)
The first paragraph is very honourable -someone buying 6 calenders (great money raising), for the sisters and mother (promoting positive body images, and all of the education and words of wisdom that are sprinkled throughout). Not to mention 6 more calenders to be viewed by ?? further changing or at least challenging social norms, and demystifying the breast/desensitizing the public.
The second paragraph starts with with the self-disclosure that the calender was initially purchased 'for the nudity'. We still don't know the gender or sexual orientation of the author. Does it matter?
The breast is a very beautiful thing -esthetically, functionally, through what it can represent, through its role as a nurturer, comforter, soft place to rest as one gets the loving comfort and reassurance from a loved friend, sister, mother, aunt...etc.
And you know that I could write pages on the benefits of breastfeeding. An infant/toddler at their mothers breast is one of the most beautiful sites in the world.
With all of this in mind, I've heard men and women alike make comments on the beauty of the breast.
There are those that will put it in the 'porn' category...but I think hiding it away only perpetuates this. Ignorance also feeds this fetish.
The 'checkoutmybreast' site was probably accessed by some for this reason, but those people couldn't help but educated 'by accident'. Your calender does the same thing. Does it matter what the driving force is to initially view? In fact, perhaps those with less-than-honourable intentions are the ones that you want to see, learn, grow, change the most!
Sean
I wasn't fishing 'for' anything. Purely interested in any reaction the comment brought up.
I purposely did not expose the gender of the commentor.
As the publisher, I am pleased that the calendar owner experienced a change of thinking then behavior with the calendar. It suggests to me that it doesn't matter why someone buys it because the calendar is strong enough to firmly hold its intented purpose and motivate others to see past their perhaps limited perspective.
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