Post 1964600 by khavermates@masto.jews.international
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 (DIR) Post #1964598 by cwebber@octodon.social
       2018-12-13T19:52:20Z
       
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       I heard a fairly brave and vulnerable song about a young man facing the body shame of early onset balding that was quite touching on some local student radio program and I wish I could find that again
       
 (DIR) Post #1964599 by cwebber@octodon.social
       2018-12-13T19:52:43Z
       
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       It's very strange how contemporary western culture treats balding as a kind of moral failure
       
 (DIR) Post #1964600 by khavermates@masto.jews.international
       2018-12-13T20:05:33Z
       
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       @cwebber It's not strange. Capitalism thrives on our insecurities: they make us overcompensate. Self-confidence is bad for consumption.
       
 (DIR) Post #1965301 by n8@mastodon.social
       2018-12-13T20:00:58Z
       
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       @cwebber I think it's part of treating aging as a failure, in general.
       
 (DIR) Post #1965302 by msh@coales.co
       2018-12-13T21:15:35Z
       
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       @n8 @cwebber I've lived with  Alopecia since my late teens (I cannot even grow a full beard; a goatee is all I can muster at this point) so I know it isn't *just* about ageing.There is a stigma around not looking sufficiently "normal" just like with other superficial factors like weight or height. It isn't normal for young people or ladies to be bald. People sometimes associate it with poor health I suppose, similar to ageing in that way.