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Glorification of Mastectomy

The glorifying, euphemising and commercialising of irreversible surgery

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Mar 14, 2022
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“Gender confirmation procedure”.

To most, this vague and ambiguous set of words does not sound particularly worrying or scary. It certainly does not sound like the serious and invasive medical procedure that it relates to – surgery which is potentially beset with significant physical and emotional risks – the double mastectomy.

Over recent years, there ha…

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