• @[email protected]
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    302 years ago

    Maybe I’m being cynical but I think humans would find a way to exploit this market and make women suffer, just like we can do with cattle.

    Inject women with hormones to make them produce more milk is an example I can think of.

    • qyron
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      92 years ago

      To my knowledge, the use of hormones in milk cattle is banned. And hormones in humans have severe life lasting side effects.

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        2 years ago

        And hormones in humans have severe life lasting side effects.

        Not having hormones has pretty severe effects. Women who’ve gone through menopause (or had ovaries removed) and don’t produce hormones often get prescribed hormones to prevent things like osteoporosis. Men with low testosterone get prescribed it. Children who don’t produce hormones don’t go through puberty–in the past, they castrated boys with pretty voices so they’d never have their voice break, and that had severe health consequences on the boys turned into eunuchs.

        I’m saying all of this because when it comes to “hormones”, you kinda have to be specific. You can’t just throw it out there like, “oOooOO! Hormones! Scary!” Otherwise you get into a realm similar to how people hear “dihydrogen monoxide” and don’t make the connection between the “scary science word” and the fact that dihydrogen monoxide is water and is necessary for life.

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          32 years ago

          Sometimes I really hate the english language…

          Back there, when I mention hormones, it is implied it is non necessary for the normal functioning of the organism.

          In my language, using the word “hormones” in a conversation immediatly carries the meaning it is something artificially added, like hormone therapy for menopausal women or hormone therapy for transgender individuals or even for people with thyroid problems.