In nowadays, the percentage of women who have or had breast cancer is too high. This is the second common type of cancer after lung cancer. From the data that we have during 2005 breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths world wide. While reading the articles about Lourde, I was surprised by the faith of this woman. She had the incredible ability to overwhelm her own tragedy. I am pretty sure that it was not an easy process for her, but nevertheless she succeed to preserve herself and be ready to fight for her survival.
Women's role in our society was and continues to be the role of the mother and the housewife. Most of the women were defined as sexual objects and only their appearance was valued. I think that this concept of admiring women only for their good looks continues through the centuries. Today, if a woman does not fall short of society's expectations, she will be ignored and outcasted from it. For example, the case of Lourde was the same and when she decided not to have a live biopsy she did not receive an understanding from her own doctor. This is really sad, because doctors should be the people who have to try comprehend their patients and give them confidence in order to endure their sickness. From this point of view we can conclude what will be society's opinion about the victims of breast cancer and their "horrible" consequences for it. Even all negativism which this woman went trough, she overcame her disease and society's views and continue to be loyal to her believes. I admire Lourde's strong spirit and the motivation which she had.
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