Some short men are so insecure about their heights that they are paying doctors to break their bones during surgical leg-lengthening procedures.
  • noodlejetski@beehaw.org
    7·
    2 years ago

    Some short men are so insecure about their heights"

    more like “the society’s ridiculous standards made some men insecure about their heights”. I wish we could already do away with stereotyping traits that people don’t have influence over, outside of surgical intervention.

    • gyrfalcon@beehaw.orgM
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’ve posted about this on similar topics elsewhere online, but I was an early pandemic hire at my (soon to be former) employer, so I completed the entire interview and worked for quite some time remotely before being able (and required) to go into the office. As a 5’ 6" man, I am solidly the shortest person in the office, even including the few (because RIP gender equality in STEM) women. There are a few people who I would estimate at over 6 feet tall, from a smallish group. I have often wondered if I would have gotten a job here if I had been able to do an onsite interview, and if my choice to switch to more remote work in the future will benefit my career because no one knows my height.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM
      3·
      2 years ago

      more like “the society’s ridiculous standards made some men insecure about their heights”.

      yeah this is a thing which is more or less directly caused by conventional beauty standards, it’s not a thing that happens in a vacuum! phrasing it like that is a weird choice.

  • GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org
    31·
    2 years ago

    Seriously it is better in the mind to be able to accept a bit of height disability, hair loss, hearing impairment, etc than to get medical procedures for cosmetic reasons. I know of two women dying after complications from medical surgeries for cosmetic reasons - it’s not worth it.

    Some other aspects can be “cured” by serious lifestyle changes, eg. Type 2 diabetes and cutting out all added sugar and processed foods. Maybe not always, but it is better to try that than popping a pill and thinking all is good.

    • regalia@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      two women dying after complications from medical surgeries for cosmetic reasons

      Elaborate on this? Brest implants gone wrong?

      • GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 years ago

        One was liposuction done by a military hospital with complications a week later, can’t recall exactly what the details of the other one was now. But neither went in for some life-saving requirement.