Should I get myself castrated?

[theclaud]

It's a voluntary procedure though. At least, as much as any other act of conforming to society's expectations of what you should look like is voluntary...

Yes, but as @winjim points out, the critique is not aimed at the women who consent to this stuff, but at the industry and ideology pushing it.

 

[Drago]

Isn't that painfull ?


.......

Not to the person holding the bricks.

 

[raleighnut]

Isn't that painfull ?


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Only if you get your thumbs caught in between the bricks.

 

[Profpointy]

Only if you get your thumbs caught in between the bricks.

Boom tschchch !

 

[slowmotion]

Yes, but as @winjim points out, the critique is not aimed at the women who consent to this stuff, but at the industry and ideology pushing it.

Hang about. If I opt for a course of steroids, penis enhancement surgery, chin implants and buttock-firming, am I a victim of a wicked venal body shaming industry cynically pandering to unrealistic expectations.........


.......or actually, just a bit of a prat?

 

[Drago]

Hang about. If I opt for a course of steroids, penis enhancement surgery, chin implants and buttock-firming, am I a victim of a wicked venal body shaming industry cynically pandering to unrealistic expectations.........


.......or a Drago wannabe?

FTFY

 

[Tommy2]

A work colleague showed me a video of a man removing his own testicle with kitchen scissors, I'm not one for physical retching at gross videos but I had to fight my breakfast back down after that, in fact I feel a bit queasy thinking about it now.

 

[winjim]

Yes, but as @winjim points out, the critique is not aimed at the women who consent to this stuff, but at the industry and ideology pushing it.

@smutchin makes what appear to be some valid points about professional female cyclists (full disclosure, I am neither a professional cyclist nor female). Even under the best of circumstances, professional athletes push their bodies to endure things the rest of us couldn't bear, and as professional cyclists I imagine they will have been through a long process of bike fitting, saddle choice, shorts material etc etc, under the supervision of people who know about these things, and might consider surgery as a last resort.

This is a world away from pushing labiaplasty as a first resort for women experiencing discomfort from the occasional spin class.

 

[theclaud]

@smutchin makes what appear to be some valid points about professional female cyclists (full disclosure, I am neither a professional cyclist nor female). Even under the best of circumstances, professional athletes push their bodies to endure things the rest of us couldn't bear, and as professional cyclists I imagine they will have been through a long process of bike fitting, saddle choice, shorts material etc etc, under the supervision of people who know about these things, and might consider surgery as a last resort.

This is a world away from pushing labiaplasty as a first resort for women experiencing discomfort from the occasional spin class.

Yes - I don't think we're really in disagreement, and in the last instance I stand by people's right to do whatever they like with their own bodies, whether it's for reasons of 'performance' or aesthetics. But that doesn't preclude a structural understanding of what's going on - which means that, in my view, people like Dr Ghozland should be struck off.

 

[smutchin]

In an ideal world, there would be no demand for his 'services' anyway.

 

[mickle]

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[slowmotion]

A work colleague showed me a video of a man removing his own testicle with kitchen scissors, I'm not one for physical retching at gross videos but I had to fight my breakfast back down after that, in fact I feel a bit queasy thinking about it now.

Singular testicle?

Are we talking Hitler here?

 

[Tommy2]

I couldn't see the other one so assumed it wasn't the first time

 

[gaijintendo]

 

[Drago]

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