• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Anecdote time!

    My spouse and I are both trans, although we bother were in the closet and while I wouldn’t say I’ve ever been “conservative” I have definitely had some weird holdovers from growing up in a religious household.

    I used to be very “Nobody else is allowed to see your nipples” in thought although I would never tell them to “cover up” no matter what I thought, as it’s their own body, not mine. Once they settled on NB, I was like “oh yeah then it’s fine… Wait why is it fine now but not yesterday” which was a fun bit of self-reflection lmao

    Personally I think it shouldn’t matter and people need to get over the fact that, gasp most people have nipples, and gasp most of them are shaped differently, some more than others.

    Free the nips.

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    I remember reading about a trans woman who uploaded a daily topless pic to Twitter Instagram during her transition, and celebrated when it was deleted for the first time.

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          Aw of course all we get is a long article full of words with a couple cryptic photos instead of a quick pictorial slideshow.

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          Thanks, this is such an interesting read. I’m currently 1 year and 2 months on E (so one month short of her benchmark), but I don’t feel like I’ve progressed enough. Maybe I’m gaslighting myself and in denial of my progress (because my hormone levels were 4x as low as what they should’ve been, due to using spray), but oh well.

          The story reminds me of those trans women protesting in the UK where some taped off their boobs and others went topless. Some newspapers censored them, others didn’t.

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    The way things are going, it’s starting to look like:

    1. Man nips allowed
    2. Woman nips not allowed
    3. Nonbinary not allowed
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      Nah it’s even dumber than that. For us nonbinary peeps it often just depends on if you look “enough like a woman” for whoever is doing the review. Yet another place where nonbinary gets treated as just “woman-lite” by people.

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      Suggested Addendum: nonbinary not allowed *so long as the NB currently has a-cup+ breasts and pronounced nipples.

      The people who tend to have issues with nips are usually the kind to not care about flat chests, regardless of why that chest is flat (natural flatness or top surgery)

      I say free them all. Stop getting hung up on who has boobs, nipples, flat, pronounced, who cares everyone has them and we all know what boobs look like. If you want to go topless, you should be allowed.

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      But what if one woman nipple makes someone too horny and the horny police come knocking on someone’s door? This is why we have laws! /s

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    Throw a d6, if it scores below 4 you may show, but only on even days, otherwise not. If it scores 4 or higher, you may not show unless if your roommate(s) bang with you. Socks must be kept on.

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    Well, women’s actually work. Men’s are just decorative.

    Also men’s also used to be banned. I think it was 1937 they could first go topless.

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      Men’s are just decorative.

      Nonsense. You’ll have to take some prolactin supplements, but then those babies will work right as rain.

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        You tellin’ me that just being on estrogen won’t make me milk myself?? Fuck, there go my plans for a self-milk factory.

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              Suck/pump. Starting with 5 minutes three times a day if I recount correctly.

              What happens during pregnancy seems to be high levels of estrogen and progesterone, which increase prolactin levels and inhibit lactation. Followed by a drop of estrogen and progesterone levels, but prolactin staying high for some time and lactation starts. The baby sucking then results in more prolactin being released.

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        But does it? I actually wondered recently.

        It sounded like lactation would be blocked by other hormones. Or was that just about increasing prolactin production?

        Taking it continuously might work, but inducing it sounded hopeless.

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      Well, women’s actually work. Men’s are just decorative.

      What does that have to do with censoring? Should we censor their eyes and legs, too?

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      And there were probably glorious days long before 1937 when everyone could walk around naked in suitable climates & weather with no problem.

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    Non-binary? Then it’s nip-nope’s for you - that is, you need to proceed to window 19G and hand over your nipples. Refusal will be met with swift law enforcement action.

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      tbh, I’ve been tempted to have a nipple-ectomy. They’re just annoying to deal with.

      Then my chest will be socially acceptable viewing material no matter my cup size and gender presentation, right?