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Reminds me of this: https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181 https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181 Author's brother died from
by knolax 7y ago
Reminds me of this:
https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181 https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181
Author's brother died from am embolism resulting from height extension surgery.
- commandlinefan 7y agoMind-blowing that she tries to blame that on _men_.
- knolax 7y agoI don't see any of that. There's some overwrought navel-gazing about masculinity but I just posted the link because it showed that apparently you can get an embolism from leg extension surgery.
- rudiv 7y agoSeems to me she blames that on > patriarchy and white supremacy not on men.
- swebs 7y agoNot surprising. Jezebel is an internet tabloid for social justice warriors.
- rsynnott 7y agoShe blamed it on ‘the patriarchy’, that is, essentially, traditional gender roles and expectations. Those absolutely harm both women and men. Why was the brother insecure over his height in the first place? Almost certainly because society says that men _should_ be taller.
- BurningFrog 7y agoThis is about the fact that women strongly prefer a man that is considerably taller than themselves. If this is a cultural norm or an inherent part of human nature is both debatable and researchable. To me, it has all the marks of a builtin preference of our species.
- rudiv 7y agoThat's actually referred to in the third section of what people refer to as 'TFA'.