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    Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.

    The thing is, growing up in an evangelical church they don’t want these people getting breast reduction surgery either. they firmly believe that any change to the body is going against God’s will regardless of the physical or mental harm it may cause.

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        Idk, the #1 thing people said behind Dolly Parton’s back and held against her was that she had fake tits.

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          People are awful. If there’s nothing that they can be mean about, they’ll make shit up. I suspect most of that was more because she was rich/famous/influential in her own right rather than being tied to a husband.

          (though she’s married. I looked it up outta curiosity. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page…

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        That one did oddly enough draw less of a stink, though it did still get whispered about when it suited one’s purpose.

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      Except male genital mutilation, aka circumcision. (Please don’t take this as me saying FGM and MGM are equally bad. FGM is much, much worse.)

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        There are other forms of MGM too. Fortunately most of them are rare these days. Castration, subincision, penectomy.

        And then there’s intersex people. That are routinely subject to “corrective surgery” in infancy. As adults they tend to be firmly of the opinion they should have been left alone and that the surgeries were harmful.

        IMO bodily integrity and autonomy is a fundamental human right that should be absolutely respected for every human being.

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        There are five grades of FGM; MGM is equivalent to hoodectomy, which is grade III.

        The worst FGM is much, much worse that MGM, but the least-worst FGM is much less-worse than MGM.

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      My mother (religious) once told me my tattoos make her sad. There are only two that are visible on a forearm (the third is under my shirt). I told her that they make me feel happy. She’s never brought it up again. But hers is less fervent, still rooted in the same origin.

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      This appears to be an issue with accurate reporting. Considerations like this would make the data make a lot more sense.

      The problem is the interpretation by those running the study.

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      Well except for giant fake titties, God wants those. If we can get those on some minors, I’m pretty sure Republicans would shut the fuck up for decades.