FUCK YEAH!!!Mermaids might finally receive some comeuppance...

submitted by wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. from self.LGBDropTheT

Two things:

  1. The Telegraph investigated them recently about their sneaky provision of chest binders w/o parental consent: https://archive.ph/Jj5J9 (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/26/trans-charity-faces-watchdog-scrutiny-amid-child-chest-binding/)

  2. Today it comes out that law enforcement are interested in this information: https://archive.ph/2022.09.27-180608/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/27/breast-ironing-could-child-abuse-say-police-amid-mounting-horror/ (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/27/breast-ironing-could-child-abuse-say-police-amid-mounting-horror/)

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[–]JulienMayfair 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Susie Green, chief executive of Mermaids. A Telegraph investigation found that the charity has been discreetly sending binders to children as young as 13 and 14

Revelations like this really show why we need to distance ourselves visibly from trans organizations like Mermaids and be seen to be condemning them, lest we be seen as tacitly supporting them.

Trying to do an end-run around parents to get at 13-14 year-old kids is how you bring down parental wrath on you, and rightfully so.

[–]JoeyJoeJoe 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Susie Green belongs in jail for what she did to her son.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Someone on reddit did make an interesting point about this in terms of " harm reduction." Basically if you assume the children are using "unsafe" binding methods already then supplying them with a device to do it more safely is a way to reduce harm.

I'm sure mermaids will use that argument but I'm not sure how they will prove the children were already binding as opposed to them just advertising binders in order to CREATE a dysphoria problem which didn't exist beforehand.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well supposedly Mermaids is also advising recipients of a 97% chance of harm with any type of binding:

Before it offers to send a binder, Mermaids staff alert children to a study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - which found that 97 per cent of adult users experienced health impacts from binding including pain, rib fractures, changes to the spine, headaches, respiratory and skin infections and muscle wasting.

So I'm inclined to think this "harm reduction" cloak is a rationalization. They're on a mission that is more about themselves than it is about these kids.

[–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We all know women used to wear corsets that destroyed their health and this is another version of that.

Teach kids to be ok with their bodies, not to hate them so much they physically harm themselves.

These days you have to accept and celebrate being fat but you can also choose be a boy or girl on a whim 🤡

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh god you just reminded me that celebrity feminist Emma Watson refused to wear a corset for Beauty and the Beast but has publicly promoted, donated to, and encouraged donations to Mermaids. Surely she has an empty platitude to clarify her stance. Probably that breast binders, corsets, burqas, etc. can be empowering.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Investigation commencing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/29/exclusive-trans-charity-mermaids-investigated-charity-commission/ (https://archive.ph/zXBmO)

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Time to change the world, not girls’ bodies

Rather than a charity that pushes insecure teens towards breast surgery we need a movement celebrating young women

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fba8aeca-40f3-11ed-b24d-96120f17513d?shareToken=9c44fc2895a42d45ffa9c4f82924d653

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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