I feel the fetishizing of a real disease within this post is a bit sick, but I also feel everyone responding to this is ignoring the main point: A man doesn't regularily get mammograms because breast cancer is predominant within women, but men can also get breast cancer. MEN can get BREAST cancer.
I have always been a huge advocate for breast cancer awareness, as I have family members and friends who have had/experienced breast cancer. I know people who have had a single/double mastectomy, I have seen the scars and the loss of both hair and pride.
I understand it is hurtful that a man is using the very real risk of disease that his wife faces to justify his dissatisfaction with his body, but can we educate ourselves and this person that it isn't funny to joke about cancer, but men also have a risk of breast cancer.
Although breast cancer is much more common in women, men can develop breast cancer. In the United States, less than 1% of all breast cancers
Please don't ignore the fact that breast cancer is real and it can affect ANYONE. Women may have a larger risk of breast cancer, but men still have a chance of suffering from this horrific disease. Educate yourselves, so you can educate others, before you shame them and possibly make them ignorant to their own health.
This is a reminder to also do weekly breast checks.