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Home Front: Culture Wars
Breast Binding by Trans 'Boys' Is Causing Irreparable Damage to Organs and Bones
2018-12-31
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[PJ] What should have stayed in ancient, backward cultures has come to America under the guise of "tolerance" and "acceptance" when it comes to people suffering with the mental illness that is gender dysphoria. Instead of treating the illness with medication or therapy, American doctors are allowing people to mutilate themselves in order to achieve a false sense of identity. The negative effects of such drastic action are always hidden from the public at large, but can be found with diligent searching.

One of the ways that girls who want to be boys are told to begin "transitioning" is the very dangerous and stupid practice of "chest binding." Similar to the binding of little girls' feet, the girl who thinks she's a boy will wrap her chest tightly in bandages or buy a special binder to compress the chest and alter the growth of natural breast tissue. Transgender "information" sites advertise this as "an effective way for someone to make a gradual female-to-male (FTM) transition." This doesn't sound too bad until you get to the complications.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  a sport's bra which binds the chest

That was the first generation design, lord garth. And honestly, it’s still fine for small-breasted females. But for the rest of us an encapsulation design with non-stretchy cups and strong underwires to control tissue movement without squishing is both considerably more comfortable and more effective. See more here for more detail.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-12-31 21:24  

#5  This stuff is mental illness. Something is wrong when you feel you must essentially destroy your body to try and appease it. And the dirty secret is, it doesn't, because it's illness. Suicide rates are the same after if not higher and many decide to try and switch back.

But I refuse to change my culture to please the mentally ill 0.3% of the population.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2018-12-31 18:21  

#4  girls in sports wear a sport's bra which binds the chest and protects the chest from injury so at first the binding probably feels ok

but girls in sports don't wear them 16 hours a day
Posted by: lord garth   2018-12-31 16:32  

#3  Japanese used to bind their breasts because small breasts were considered more attractive. I don't think its the same ballpark as foot binding.
Posted by: ruprecht   2018-12-31 12:35  

#2  Nah, Glen, those useless articles just get cut off.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2018-12-31 12:17  

#1  P*nis & t*sticle binding too, I presume.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-12-31 09:44  

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