Fundraiser For "White Male" Illness Dropped

gubachwa writes "The student association at Carleton University in Canada recently voted that Cystic Fibrosis was a charity unworthy of receiving money raised during orientation week fund-raising activities. The reason behind the decision, as given in the motion on which the student association voted, is that Cystic Fibrosis 'has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men.'" I'm speechless.

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Re:Update

[Anonymous Coward]

Cystic Fibrosis affects women, it's just that women tend to die faster than men who have it. Thus, more men appear to have it.

Someone must have looked up a bunch of statistics, and drew their own conclusions without actually putting them into context.

Yay for critical thinking.

Re:what's sadder here?

[qbzzt]

What's sad is male-oriented products, e.g. razor blades, with packaging touting their contribution to womyn's diseases like breast cancer.

My wife handles most of our shopping. They need to convince her which brand to buy, even if I'm the ultimate user.