I love Boobies

Rains are thrashing New York City once again. A brunette in red finally enters the boardroom, drenched, and late on the very first day of her new job. She can feel the piercing stab of a hundred eyes. 

Men are checking her out. So are the women. She takes a seat next to a young man with big glasses who shies from even making an eye contact with her. 

They fall in love. 

Ten years later, sitting by her side, as she awaits the sweet kiss of death, he wonders, ”Why didn't I? How could I?” What could he have done to help her evade this terrible fate meted by Breast Cancer.

We all think about sex, some to a degree that might actually be disturbing! Still, we all do. I can speak for men at least.

Men, or rather, heterosexual men, obsess over the breasts; their shape, size, symmetry, feel, aesthetics and so on.  We love to play with them, fall asleep on them or simple stare at them.

Yet, only about a quarter of the breast cancer cases are ever brought to notice by a man. Jennifer Aniston movies have made me realize that men don't pay attention, but this is breasts we are talking about! 

Am I to believe that the same men who at times talk to women's breasts and not their faces, don't notice a full bosom?  Or are they simply unequipped to detect lumps?

If at all they do. Has our societal treatment of body image taken us to a point where, the thought of broaching the topic with their significant other is downright mortifying? 

"Hey Honey, I know society tells that women's bodies have to be perfect! But, I think there is something wrong with your breasts." I can only imagine how pleasant that experience would be.

The sexual education training in most of our schools deals with either abstinence or when actually talking about sex, about avoiding STDs. Does it not make sense to introduce men to women biology.

I know we will lose a lot of the PMS jokes, but can it serve to aid our communication with the fairer sex?

What are we to lose, if there are more people educated and ready to raise the red flag that can save lives.

As a guy I know, never to comment on a woman's body, unless I am complimenting. But is it time to tear down the communication wall and be honest?

For us to conquer breast cancer, not only is it essential to alter our lifestyles to prevent it, but also to ensure that we detect these at early enough stages to reduce mortality to being with.

By the way...Men can get breast cancer too!!!