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Letter: Possibilities lost to race restriction

The Columbian
Published: October 17, 2014, 5:00pm

I found it interesting to read in the Oct. 13 article about the “Girlfriends Run for a Cure: Survivor races to inspire,” that the only way a male could participate in the run is if he raised $500. Per the article there were 1,500 runners and only 50 were men. The men raised $25,000 and the women raised $275,000, so the average raised was only $189.66 per woman. If women would have been held to the same requirement as men, the total raised could have been $750,000, not just $300,000.

I can hear it now — “it was a race for girlfriends.” News flash, men also get breast cancer and need the research as much as women. Men are as likely to suffer from cancer as women, or is the only cancer that is important the one only “women” get?

Many of us have lost family to cancer and some are men yet they are restricted in the run for the cure. The $500 requirement should apply to both genders. Because of discrimination, the race failed to raise a potential additional $425,000 for research. It would seem an advantage to have as many participants as possible to raise as much money as possible.

Cancer is not just a woman’s issue, research is not just for women. Cancer attacks all of us and the fight against cancer is a fight for all of us.

Ray Mongrain

Camas

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