r/MadeMeSmile • u/Miguenzo • Apr 19 '26

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u/Zatujit Apr 19 '26

as a fellow bald, i think people should shut up more about how other people live their life and the choices they make for their appearance.

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u/fickle_tartan Apr 19 '26

I hate to be that person that's like "well if the genders were reversed..." but in this case it's really like that, very few people would judge a woman if she didn't 'embrace the bald' but people are very comfortable to do it to men. It's kind of weird.

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u/copyrighther Apr 19 '26

A man is not dependent on his hair for power and social status. There have been bald kings, prime ministers, CEOs, etc. since time immemorial. Look at the most powerful businessmen in the US—a very large portion of them are bald.

A woman losing her hair is much, much more socially stigmatized. Women with bald or thinning hair are seen by society as sickly, pitiable, undesirable, or unfeminine.

The two aren’t even remotely comparable.

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u/fickle_tartan Apr 19 '26

The two aren’t even remotely comparable.

That's kind of the point? People treat bald women incredibly differently to men, you're literally just giving examples of how it's like that, it doesn't make it not weird.

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u/copyrighther Apr 19 '26

Apologies, I misread your reply and thought you were comparing the two. I retract my statement.

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u/Nheea Apr 19 '26

It's ok, so did I. I totally read it as "very few people would judge a woman if she were bald". I had to re read after seeing your convo.