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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR Songs |
| Honey69 |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:27 pm
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Worst Article I have read in a long time |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2024, 11:11 am
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| https://humanprogress.org/autism-can-be-reversed-scientists-discover/ “Severe autism can be reversed and symptoms reduced to an indistinguishable level, scientists have discovered. Two non-identical twin girls in the US were found to have a level of autism at 20 months old that required ‘very substa... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR Songs |
| Honey69 |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2024, 8:24 am
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 10:51 am
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Replies: 68
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| Societal pressure plays a large role in how women feel about their bodies. As I mentioned in the other thread, “threads regarding topics related to women go better when members listen to women, validate their experience, and avoid posting sexist commentary or content.” I think that women ought to b... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
| Honey69 |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 10:49 am
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MaxE wrote: I don't really think it's possible to be divorced from society. Even Ted Kaczynski really wasn't.
Why not? It is very liberating. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 10:29 am
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| If you really don't know what the word society means, which I don't believe, it can be summed up in a rough way as the collective shared ideas, beliefs, and moral and cultural attitudes that shape the whole of a given nation or other broad group of humans. Individuals create the whole, but some are... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 10:21 am
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| Perhaps since you aren’t a woman, you struggle to appreciate the societal pressures that women experience. Concerning their bodies and appearance, women do face a lot of pressure in society. It’s not about “ducking personal agency” which should be especially clear if it’s something you hear often. ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 10:02 am
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| and society says they should not consider themselves -- good enough. What exactly is "society", and how does "society" go about telling women how they should consider themselves? I think you already know the answer to both those questions and are just being argumentative. (And i... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 9:49 am
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bee33 wrote: and society says they should not consider themselves -- good enough.
What exactly is "society", and how does "society" go about telling women how they should consider themselves? |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 9:46 am
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I think that a lot of Asian women go in for surgery to remove the epicanthic fold. And, in a lot of countries where people have a naturally dark complexion, women go in for skin-lightening products.
Speaking of implants--I have three myself. Dental implants, that is. I'm happy with the result. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 8:38 am
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 8:11 am
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2024, 7:57 am
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Replies: 68
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| Why Are We Obsessed With Breasts? After her own mastectomy, sociologist Sarah Thornton sought to answer the question. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/well/live/sarah-thornton-tits-up-interview-breasts.html#:~:text=The%20whole%20notion%20that%20big,it's%20absolutely%20related%20to%20nursing. ... ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2024, 7:22 pm
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| But, to try to revert to the original topic https://www.salon.com/2016/03/24/breasts_2_partner/ Why Americans are so much more obsessed with big breasts than the rest of the world n 1995, cultural anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler wrote a book called "Breastfeeding: Bicultural Perspectives.&qu... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2024, 6:09 pm
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TwilightPrincess wrote: Honey69 wrote: TwilightPrincess wrote: That doesn’t sound at all relatable to having an obsession about breasts. You could end up worse. That’s extremely unlikely.
How do you know? |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Documentary film: Boobs: An American Obsession |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2024, 6:07 pm
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TwilightPrincess wrote: That doesn’t sound at all relatable to having an obsession about breasts.
I did not go to a psychologist over a breast obsession. Someone who did go to a psychologist for treatment for a breast obsession might or might not be cured. You could end up worse. |
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