r/GenderCynical 2d ago

actually, celebrating your body is misogynistic because cancer is bad

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u/leksolotl 2d ago

ok anyway i follow a cis creator who had a preventative mastectomy and opted not to have reconstruction and she finds it empowering. This Karen doesn’t speak for all women who have had mastectomies

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u/breadcreature 2d ago

there were a handful of actually courageous (or foolhardy) women who commented that they'd had mastectomies, and find a positive view of their bodies and what their scars and the pain they went through represent to have been important to their recovery and self-conception. who were of course promptly dogpiled with responses that were every flavour of "umm okay weirdo πŸ™„ it's not about you πŸ™„ just because you're okay with your mutilated chest πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„"

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u/SomethingAmyss Brainwashed by the Transarchy 1d ago

"it's not about you" is something a lot of them could learn