Raising awareness for any social, political, or just cause is perfectly fine, and in fact, encouraged. I am sure that the FB status thing did its part – it attracted the attention of people, endorsed participation, and as you say, maybe even just caused someone to think about it, which is a good thing at the end of the day.

But was the manner in which it was done, the initial attraction, a “modest” thing? Does pasting the colour of a woman's bra (which no doubt sparks male imagination), conform to Islamic conditions of haya, or just respect or uphold the dignity of women?

I think not.

Doing something simpler like stating a fact about breast cancer would have been a more positive and direct approach to raise awareness as opposed to posting something sexual and private, which is what I am trying to say in this article.

I also agree with you when you say that men are made into sexual objects too, but in comparison to women – it's no where near as close!

And as for your last statement, I couldn't have said it better myself :-)

I do not see the FB status thing as sexual. I participated and did not even once think of it as sexual. My thoughts were mainly with other women who participated and those who responded. It felt like we were in it together. But also, I don't see it as pointless. It seems like a silly thing, but once people found out what it was about, didn't that mean they AT LEAST thought about breast cancer today? What, that's not enough to spur on the right amount of action, activism or donations? No, but nevertheless it was something. Who knows that even if each lady who participated didn't do something straight away, they might have done something more indirect. They might have looked it up on the internet. They might have remembered a charity they once gave a donation to. They might start looking out for news items regarding breast cancer. They might have mentioned it to a friend, who DID go and give a more direct contribution to a breast cancer charity. Not all calls for charity hit the mark.

Though this doesn't mean the intention wasn't made with some cheekiness in mind. I just want to state my opinion. If you do not agree, please state your stance reasonably and don't flame me please. Thank you.

I do agree that advertising banks too much on sexuality and that women are still being seen as sexual objects. I also agree that many children are learning about sexuality at inappropriate ages. No dispute there.

I would like to point out that women are also prone to seeing men as sexual objects. Perhaps not as much as men, but just to set the balance. How many teenage girls collect posters of their dream celebrities? How many ladies swoon over the image of their fave sports celebrity without his shirt on?

Lastly, we don't have to subscribe to the media's image of “today's ideal woman”. We can make and promote our own ideal woman to our families and our communities. Let's keep looking forward. :)

man the world is going crasy!! Astagfirullah, just recently, when i was in the library , a guy was telling a girl about this status bra thing astagfirullah… i cant go into details cause its gross.

yes the media is the biggest promoter of sex, the media is obscene, it has no limits, its a secular world out there….. man im not going to have tv in my house when i have kids inshaAllah.. even cartoons arouse such feelings in kids…

i dont want my kids to become victims of such crap inshaAllah. i pray that nobodys kids do ameen.

jazakAllah.
hugs MG <3

But it's APALLINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!

May Allah SWT protect us all, Ameen.

And believe it or not, but the stories you mentioned, as horrible as they were, EVEN WORSE is happening to YOUNGER kids. My friend told me that in her elementary school, kids are having anal sex ….. that kills me.

Nikhat, Absolutely true! Allah (SWT) knows us better than we know ourselves, which is why he knows what's best for us BETTER than we know what's best for ourselves!