Like the song suggests, many people consider “raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens” a few of their favorite things. For me, I have some year-round favorites (my family, friends and 2-year-old golden retriever, Butterbear), but many of my favorite things are almost always associated with October: the autumn season, changing leaves, pumpkin-everything, cool crisp weather, a favorite sweatshirt, football games and of course, men wearing pink. I have seen some criticism on the overuse of the color pink for breast cancer awareness. But as a cancer genetic counselor who primarily sees patients for personal and family histories of breast cancer, when I see the pink socks, pink ties, pink shoelaces and pink football jerseys take center stage in support of breast cancer awareness, research and support, it truly gives me the same warm fuzzy feeling that I get when I break out my favorite sweatshirt for the first time that season. However, seeing more men wearing pink every October also leads me to ask, “Is that really enough? What else can men do to help support the cause that women (and men) fight every day?” While I personally don’t have the solution on how to end breast cancer, there…
