Silicone Awareness Bracelets
October 31st, 2008
There has been a fad going on for about a few years now involving these colorful items made of silicone that teens wear nowadays. They’re commonly known as “Jelly Bracelets” or “Gel Bracelets”. These bracelets are available in different colors and various designs. But, along with these cute designs that teens like so much,come rumors and Urban Legends that parents, Educators and other conservative adults fear. These rumors revolving around the colorful bracelets made of silicone have become so controversial to the point that it was banned from many schools within the United States.
The legend revolves around a game called “snap”. When someone snaps your silicone bracelet, you will have to do sexual favors for that person. The favor ranges from kissing to lap dances to sexual intercourse depending on the color of the siliconebracelet that snapped.
These are the common intepretations and counterparts of sexual acts in relation to the color that snapped:
Yellow: Hugging
Purple: Kissing
Red: Lap Dance
Blue: Oral Sex
Black: Intercourse
It is no wonder that parents and educators from different parts of North America expressed their serious concern over an inexpensive piece of accessory.
But what parents don’t realize is that teens wear silicon bracelets not because they have any intention of expressing any interest in sexual activities but rather just because they’re cute. Teens nowadays are smart enough to know that they don’t have to do anything just because their silicon bracelet snapped or they are too innocent that they don’t know anything about sex at all.
Teens wear SiliconBracelets because they are fashionable an not because thay have any sexual meaning.
On the other hand, there are those who use these items for a special cause. Lance Armstrong for example wears silione bracelet not simply for fashion statement and definitely not for any sexual equivalent to its color. He wears them for a higher purpose and that is for his Foundation that supports Cancer victims and Cancer survivors.
In 2004, Lance Armstron wore his yellow Silicone Bracelet to promote LiveStrong, The Lance Armstrong Foundation. Through these SiliconBracelets, Livestrong has been able to raise funds for Cancer research and spread awareness about the disease it’s battling.
Ever since that time, more and more organizations and charities have utilized the popularity of this fashion item. With different colors of Silicone Bracelets, you could identify what charity or what disease one person is fighting against or promoting about. It ranges from calamities such as hurricanes and floods to diseases like diabetes and epilepsy.
In time, perhaps the urban legends revolving around these bracelets would be totally forgotten to give way to the more noble use of silicone Awareness Bracelets.
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