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Breathing well is essential for regulating the autonomic nervous system and emotions. Breast binding severely impairs the ability to breathe freely. Breast binding is clearly directly bad for mental health for this reason alone. Not to mention the pain, skin rashes, the ribs can pop out of place and cause horrible pain, the heat, can cause permanent changes and damage to breast tissue and bones. :-(

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Great stuff, keep up this important mahi. We are gaining traction.

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some men revile womens breasts whilst some covet women for daring to own em

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There is no way at all, ever to "safely" bind your chest or your breasts. This can cause permanent, irreversible harms to girls and women: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/chest-binding-a-modern-day-version

And there are numerous examples of social contagion throughout history. Gender distress is the latest example of this, which thanks to the incredibly wide exposure afforded through the internet and the enormous number of profits to be made, has expanded exponentially. "There were no witches in Salem. Rock and roll music does not turn teenagers into sex fiends. Satanists did not use childcare centres for their rituals." https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/mass-hysteria-and-moral-panic

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