Facebook Sorry for Calling Mastectomy Pix 'Sexual and Abusive'

Yes they would, but its pretty safe to say if she had pictures of her CERVICAL cancer they'd take those down as well. A chest is not grotesque or vulgar unless promoted with that intention unlike someone's naked genetalia. Infact, anyone ever heard of cleavage?? that's more sexual than a picture of the space where a breasted USED to be. sicko.

FaceBook is ridiculous. They boot you off their site, do not give any reason why, and keep you off for Lord knows how long. They do not offer you any explanation, they are like a freaking dictator. They do not post any specific rules, and expect you to know what they are, then the only way you get any response from them is from a robot, go figure.. They need to be monitored very closely. Also, I have seen porn pics and women talking very sexually explicit, but do they get banned??? Hell no.

ah the magic of internet, the power to downvote a cancer survivor. no wonder i keep this crap to myself. bye bye!

Rediculous! if you're so worried about your children seeing the pictures, it's called MONITORING. that's what parents do. Otherwise, they're probably already looking at the loads of women of pornography anyway! it's all over the net! MASTECTOMY PICTURES are not sexual or inappropriate in any way. infact, i'm sure there are children of women who have had mastectomies that use the net. get over it, grow up loser.

She was covering one breast and showing the scar on the removed breast so women will get themselves checked. Facebook has a policy that you must be at least 13 to join the site. Sure, some 13-year-olds aren't mature enough to view that content, but why are those kids checking out breast cancer in the first place? As a parent, it's your job to monitor what your child does online. I'm sure your browser has parental controls; figure out how to use them if you're so worried. You might want to check out your kids' biology textbooks while you're at it; when I was 13, there were pictures of male and female reproductive organs.

Craig: USA Is the only country that women wear bathing suit tops. Almost all countries women swim topless. Cows have tits, Female dogs have tits, and so on and so forth. Then keep all National Geographic books out of libraries???

First off, you have to be someones friend to view their pictures, so little kids aren't able to see then unless they know the person. Secondly, when is a womans chest vulgar? Grow up, and get off your high horse you prude!

@Craig
It is ridiculous for you to argue about children seeing these pictures. These pictures are not sexual in nature, at all. These are pictures of a human body and what kind of effects something like breast cancer has on it. If your child (i'm assuming that you have one, since that is the basis of your argument) does not know what the human body looks like then I feel you are not doing your job as a parent. There is absolutely nothing wrong with educating kids about their bodies, maybe we will be able to get people to notice when something isn't right with their body if they know what it's supposed to be like? Just a thought, maybe i'm insane.
I feel that we are too occupied in "protecting" everyone that we forgot that they need to learn for themselves, or else what do they do about it when "we" aren't around to tell them the answer?
Oh yeah, I remember why I started this now. I meant to tell you that if you don't know about the privacy settings available on facebook, then you should look into them if you are that worried about "kids" seeing these pictures. There is an option that does not allow people under 18 to view your profile. I think as adults it is our responsibility to make sure that option is set to the right choice for each of our profiles. Mine doesn't allow kids to access it. I know some of the things I write might not be appropriate for all ages, so I chose to exclude them. It was easy.

If she had a mastectomy, there is no breast you jerk! Men can show there chest anytime they want and it's not an issue, would you have felt better if it was a man who had breast cancer and was showing off his mastectomy scar?. Leave her alone she's been thru enough!
I have seen way worse things on the internet, disturbing things, but a woman who is showing her scars from a hard fought battle is not among those disturbing things, your comments...disturbing!

Yeah, because bare breasts are so unnatural and an evil thing, that will corrupt a childs soul and make them bleed out of their ears.

If your a parent, don't let society do the parenting for you, because that makes you a lazy bastard.

You sound very immature. Most children I know would see that picture and ask their mothers about the scar. Only adults seem to have an issue with this. Children are open to learning about many things. Our hang-ups imprint on them and close the door to their desire to learn.

Breasts are not a dirty thing. If you see them that way, your parents raised you to be uncomfortable with the human body. Don't project your issues on all children. They have a greater capacity to accept circumstances than you believe.