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Sometimes I get all tin-foil and think the machinery of society is just out to make as many people feel bad about themselves as possible. All throughout my tee
by soganess 7y ago
Sometimes I get all tin-foil and think the machinery of society is just out to make as many people feel bad about themselves as possible.
All throughout my teens and even twenties, I would regularly have people poking fun at how thick my hair was / the amount of correlated body hair I had. People weren't being super mean, but it was a low key constant; just enough to get under my skin. I did my best to play it cool, but it really affected me and shaped my body image in ways I'm still working through.
Now that I'm in my mid thirties and things have thinned to more "normal" levels, the rolls are flipped. People almost _expect_ me to make fun of balding men. When I balk at those sorts of comments as being unacceptable, I get some really bewildered responses.
I just can't get over the flashbacks and wondering if said people have never experienced some version that treatment.