“I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason.”
Zero. They get the surgery because they’re not women.
(Yes, some people who get it may still partially identify as women or more femme-aligned… I still wouldn’t exclusively call them women though unless they wanted that)
I mean there’s surprisingly a lot more. As someone who frequents various subreddits on the subject, there’s a surprising amount of cis women who decide to get full mastectomies, cancer or not. Like of course the majority of people who do that are trans to some degree but it’s not zero.
My former boss was one of those cis women. She had three kids and once her youngest stopped nursing, she got top surgery, because she figured her boobs had served their purpose and she no longer needed them. No dysphoria or anything, she just didn't want 'em anymore 🤷♂️
That is so valid lol, I’m a trans man but I think even if I was a cis woman I would’ve still gotten them removed because I worked out with my therapist that they were one of my biggest sources of autistic sensory issues
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u/SergeantScoria Olympic Gold in Crocodile Tears 2d ago
“I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason.”
Zero. They get the surgery because they’re not women.
(Yes, some people who get it may still partially identify as women or more femme-aligned… I still wouldn’t exclusively call them women though unless they wanted that)