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It's literally something that helps maintain a physical aspect associated with a person's gender. Granted, hairloss can happen to anybody, but baldness is highl
by ocular-rockular 1y ago
It's literally something that helps maintain a physical aspect associated with a person's gender. Granted, hairloss can happen to anybody, but baldness is highly predominant towards the male population.
- maximus-decimus 1y agoI don't understand, is your argument that curing baldness is mostly for trans because it help men get rid of male pattern baldness?
- cschmittiey 1y agoMany men aren’t happy about balding, especially earlier in life. They feel distress at their body not presenting the way they want it to (with hair!). hence, gender affirming care.
- stackyfunger 1y agoBut male pattern baldness is a male trait. So to affirm, wouldn't it be more of this? Men getting their hair follicles removed to emphasise this male condition. It doesn't really make any sense to say that preventing a natural feature of men from progressing is being done to affirm men.
- THroaway225 1y agoBaldness IS a male trait. preventing baldness is about looking attractive, not about "being a man."
- maximus-decimus 1y agoI've never heard anyone argue that men with no hair loss are less manly so no I don't think it counts as gender affirming care. I have man boobs, I guess fixing that would technically be gender affirming care because I'm embarrassed of having female features, but balding is really a stretch.
- croisillon 1y agoAnd among those men notably both the current President of the USA and Donald J Trump
- ocular-rockular 1y agoWhat? I never said that. I was explaining gender affirming care. It's not a trans exclusive thing necessarily.
- WithinReason 1y agoIt's baldness that's associated with gender, not the lack of it.