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Symbology

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Um, while I'm sure this article covers the most notable symbology, I've seen plenty of lists that included "abstinence" and "bone cancer research" as other common meanings for the white awareness ribbon. Why do these not get a mention? Runa27 22:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because "abstinence" and "bone cancer research" don't want anything to do with a misandrist movement that somehow evades Canada's rather thorough hate-crime laws? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.77.66.165 (talk) 10:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
abstinence falls under the useage of the WCTU. The WCTU has used the white ribbon to signify abstinence since 1873. I have made that the FIRST and MOST PROMINENT use. -- Further, the article fails to cite the white ribbon against pornography campaign, and I'll try to fix that later. Rick Boatright (talk) 14:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who's the Oldest Non-Sectarian?

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"The WCTU claims to be the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization worldwide. However the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization is the LDS Relief Society founded in 1842." This kinda reads like '... but they're totally wrong - so there![citation unnecessary]'. Also the LDS Relief Society is hardly non-sectarian, they're a direct arm of the LDS church and claim all women in the LDS church as members. Refer to their website. 2601:603:4202:DF0:94B7:45F2:E2A8:D459 (talk) 00:20, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Other Use: Belgian pro-capital punishment symbol

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I removed "In Belgium, white ribbon is a pro-capital punishment symbol." from the Other uses section. Being Belgian myself and never having heard of such a thing as well as finding no basis whatsoever for this unsourced statement, this does not belong in the article unless a valid source is given. - Vadigor (talk) 23:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"The anti-violence against women movement"

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Does such a movement really exist? Is there a "pro-violence against women movement"? 75.118.170.35 (talk) 19:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Forgiveness

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The symbol of Forgiveness is the yellow ribbon: Thomas S. Monson, current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints cites the story as the precursor to the tradition of the yellow ribbon for welcome home and forgiveness. (see the sources).

So Forgiveness is a part of the article about Yellow ribbon and must be deleted from this atricle.--Vladimir Shelyapin 05:50, 26 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Владимир Шеляпин (talk • contribs)

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Is the white ribbon racist?

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I.e. "The white ribbon bow was selected to symbolize purity" sounds racist. Equating "white to purity" is the premise of white supremacy? It's a stereotype that black women are not pure? Is this a coincidence? It seems strong that "white [...] to symbolize purity". Couldn't find any source about this but it seems too strong to be a coincidence. Ybllaw (talk) 10:32, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The White Ribbon has been the badge of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union" doesn't help in that "Christian ideology" says "white (light, sky) is good and black (darkness, underground) is evil". Ybllaw (talk) 10:34, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I have to ask if you are trolling us or if you really are this clueless. "White" has been the color of purity in Western cultures for centuries. It has nothing to do with racial groups. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:30, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know who you mean by "us" given that you seem to be one person. Loaded language such as "clueless" is not constructive, and also not an assumption of good faith. You didn't "have to ask", you chose to, and you chose the manner in which to do so.
I don't know the origin of the "purity and whiteness" association. Your anecdote "It has nothing to do with racial groups" doesn't answer my question. If you could provide me where the association "whiteness and purity" comes from, that might provide an objective answer.
Right now I cannot rule out whether racism is any factor. I'd expect that people "centuries" ago would probably be much less educated and therefore racism being much more common because people didn't have access to a lot of information. Ybllaw (talk) 12:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Don't lecture me about "assuming good faith" when you are the one jumping from the color white directly to racism. And you must not have tried very hard to find sources, because our own article on the color white includes the statement that "In Western culture, white is the color most often associated with innocence, or purity" complete with a citation. I honestly cannot believe that anyone would be familiar enough with western culture to be able to use this site and still have no idea that white symbolized purity, innocence, sinlessness, etc. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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