Breast Cancer Charity Uses ‘Man Boobs’ for Awareness Video

An Argentinian charity have replaced the female breasts with man boobs to demonstrate how women should be checking their breasts for cancer.

MACMA breast cancer awareness video

by Amy Denman |
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The campaign video says “women's boobs, particularly their nipples, are censored in certain social networks even when showing how to perform breast self-examination to detect early breast cancer.”

With 27 per cent of cases of breast cancer being preventable, the #ManBoobs4Boobsvideo gives an uncensored look into how to properly examine your breasts to check for signs of cancer.

MACMA breast cancer awareness video
MACMA breast cancer awareness video ©MACMA

Monica Asturizaga from MACMA says: “The breasts of women, [particularly] nipples, are censored on some social networks, even if what they are doing is to show a breast self-examination to reduce the risk of breast cancer,”

The video criticises social media sites for censoring women’s breasts and nipples and allowing ‘moobs’ to be on show, so are using male model to help women check out for the warning signs of the illness.

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