Should women who have had a double mastectomy due to cancer be granted the same rights as men to go topfree?

by Dave The Canuck Posted 2012/08/30 05:30:58

Related Topics: Cancer, Survivor, Rights

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	Yes	37 votes	51%
	No	14 votes	19%
	Undecided	22 votes	30%

Question inspired by the story of cancer survivor Jodi Jaecks.

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Jan 2012/08/30 11:53:57

Yes

+5
I've survived breast cancer (20 months ago it was diagnosed) though I don't want to go top free, it isn't in my nature to do so. For those women who do I wish them all well and every bit of luck in the woerld. If they want to go topless where's the harm? In fact I believe that all women should be allowed to if they want to.
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endthefed.soundmoney 2012/08/30 17:17:46

Undecided

don`t care

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Undecided

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gocar 2012/08/30 15:34:05

Undecided

I say undecided because I don't really care. I myself would never ever go topless but if you are young and have a couple of bee stings for boobs then I would say there are plenty of men out there who need a bra more. But the question is silly because women who have mastectomy surgery these days have breast augmentation at the same time to replace the tissue that was removed.

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Walter ... to gocar 2012/08/30 17:31:41

in seattle washington women already can

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Golden Panther 2012/08/30 15:23:09

Undecided

As Rhett Butler would say, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". But, a word of caution to those favoring this concept...you better be voting for Romney/Ryan because under obumbo, there soon will be Sharia law and women will have no rights or say about anything. Do the math lemmings..

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morris44 to Golden ... 2012/08/30 18:29:35

Lemmings are animals who are incapable of math.

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Golden ... to morris44 2012/09/02 18:36:43

I stand corrected...but, are they capable of any thought process?

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Ray the Dog! 2012/08/30 15:20:58

Yes

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Of course they should "have the same right"-that should go without saying.Personally, however, I doubt very much that many women who had the misfortune to find themselves in that situation would choose to exercise that right...

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Fredrick House 2012/08/30 15:18:44

Yes

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This would have to be "a woman's choice". Let her own discretion decide. To me it would take a very brave woman.

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Ray the... to Fredric... 2012/08/30 15:23:07

+1
My opinion,exactly, my friend..

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pdt_ski 2012/08/30 14:25:15

Undecided

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I can't decide on this. It seems in our culture the vast majority of women decided showing bare breasts in public is not practical, especially when you grow older, and immodest. That holds whether the woman has breasts any more. If the women in this culture change their minds (unlikely), I'll change mine.

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Moonage 2012/08/30 14:17:13

No

+3
Assuming a woman is no longer a woman because she has no breasts is really pathetic.

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edifyguy 2012/08/30 14:12:11

Undecided

+1
I don't think men should do it either! I think it's gross. It's just TMI.

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elvira 2012/08/30 13:57:32

No

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My grandmother was an unfortunate victim of breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy. Trust me, it's not pretty.

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Keith 2012/08/30 13:38:53

No

+1
There are nudist groups around if they feel the need to go topless.

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Walter ... to Keith 2012/08/30 17:33:47

+1
why are breast so taboo????????

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Keith to Walter ... 2012/08/30 19:36:07

This is a breast obsessed society already. They aren't tabooed. They're everywhere.

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Dave Th... to Keith 2012/08/30 19:37:06

Women with mastectomies don't have breasts.

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Keith to Dave Th... 2012/08/30 19:48:14

They are still women and I don't think they should be topless in public. Its just my opinion.

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Elaine Magliacane 2012/08/30 12:42:50

No

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Sorry... as a cancer survivor... all I can say is... this is WRONG on so many levels and even IF I were given this option... I WILL NOT ever do it.

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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/08/30 12:28:37

Undecided

+1
Why??

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saturdayschild 2012/08/30 11:57:36

Undecided

+2
Now what woman in her right mind would want to go topless after having a mastectomy????????????????

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Jan 2012/08/30 11:53:57

Yes

+5
I've survived breast cancer (20 months ago it was diagnosed) though I don't want to go top free, it isn't in my nature to do so. For those women who do I wish them all well and every bit of luck in the woerld. If they want to go topless where's the harm? In fact I believe that all women should be allowed to if they want to.

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blindfaith 2012/08/30 11:50:27

Yes

+2
They should have any rights, but i daresay they have too much self respect !!!!

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charles nelson 2012/08/30 10:44:29

Yes

+2
If that's their desire. Should an amputee be allowed to be in public without their prosthetic?

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Tastentier 2012/08/30 10:18:58

Undecided

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How about this new law: Nobody is allowed go topless in public anymore. I bet that would satisfy the activists, because it's all about "equality", isn't it? The right to go topless or bottomless, or to masturbate at a street corner, has nothing to do with it.

Suppose we allow women to go topless. How many will make use of their newly acquired right? How many topless men have you seen in the streets lately, for that matter? It's only about the principle. "Men have something that we don't have. We need to take it from them". Some feminist extremists won't be satisfied until every woman has a surgically attached penis.

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Anonymo... to Tastentier 2012/08/30 17:54:48

Those types of feminists are after segregated men and women... The lesbian radicals...

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senvestoj to Tastentier 2012/09/02 06:41:07

Why is it when faced with a choice to allow more freedom for one group or less freedom for another we are so quick to go with less freedom?

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Christian 2012/08/30 09:40:34

Yes

If she wants more power to her, she has been through enough, she can do what she wants.

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Joe Blow 2012/08/30 08:54:22

No

Why would a woman who just had a mastectomy WANT to walk around topless (or TITless lol) in the first place?!? .

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Jan to Joe Blow 2012/09/02 10:50:05

What a cruel thing to laugh about. Why do you find a lady who's had to have a mastectomy so funny? How would you feel if you'd had Cancer and life saving surgery made you look different?

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Joe Blow to Jan 2012/09/02 17:42:05

TOPless vs TITless, that was just a play on words. By the way, if the vast majority of Internet forums were inhabited by actual HUMAN posters, as opposed to a CHATTERBOT program, I might be more conscious about political correctness :)

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Alexander T Steward 2012/08/30 06:47:13

No

"Hey, World, check out my unsightly surgical scars!" No, I don't think women have that kind of mentality.

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sjalan 2012/08/30 06:35:51

No

+4
This is one of the more disgusting questions I've seen here on SH.

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Dave Th... to sjalan 2012/08/30 06:45:48

You know what's disgusting? Cancer. It should be wiped from this planet!

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edifyguy to Dave Th... 2012/08/30 14:14:35

+1
It would have been long ago except that "modern medicine" is no longer about making people well, but rather about making money. There are several cures for cancer that are already known to a few, but they are kept very quiet by powerful lobbies.

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bob h. to edifyguy 2012/08/30 15:31:48

+1
The AMA doesn't want to jeopardize our standing at 37pl in health care.

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Swampdog to bob h. 2012/08/30 17:23:03

We may not agree on much Bob but sometimes you come up with some real winners! swampy.

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Anonymo... to edifyguy 2012/08/30 17:55:48

Marijuana, for one...

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sjalan to Dave Th... 2012/08/31 03:56:57

yes and they have a cure, they just want to make money off the treatment system they have set up.

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