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‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2025
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I cant see anything that links this to feelings of gender discomfort or euphoria and it doesnt make sense that this would be gender related. Its body dysmorphia and the treatment is therapy.
Do you want me to try and explain this to you again with even smaller words?
Being taller = man being short = women. Yeah youve already given me your idiotic take.
Do you think men don't see being tall as being more masculine?
Yes. Height is not a primary sex characteristic. People do not look at a 5'8 man as more feminine than a 5'10 man. If a man views himself as needing to be taller to be a man there is something else going on and its not gender dysphoira.
You seem to consider gender affirming care to be anything that increases confidence. Buying a cool jacket would be gender affirming care to you. I hate this because it waters down the topic to pointlessness. The world health organisation definition of the word includes "when it conflicts with the gender they were assigned at birth" which I agree is nessesary.
These men are conflating hight with masculinity.
These men are seeking medical care to affirm their gender.
You don't need to be trans to participate in gender affirming activities.
Gender is not a trans specific phenomenon.
Associating stuff with gender is not a trans specific phenomenon.
People doing the stuff they associate with their gender, to feel more confident and comfortable within their gender, is gender affirming activity.