then I wouldn't worry about it. I suspect really it's a case of someone she knew was suffering and maybe she thought she could help and knew some of the symptoms. because menstrual issues are often dismissed
and having been in the position of dealing with ...stuff, it is annoying how little is known about it or discussed. I'm sorry she rubbed you wrong, but I do think she meant well
Oh, I absolutely know she meant well. And I agree it isn't discussed enough. I have co-workers who deal with that kind of stuff, too, and they've vented about there not being enough info on it
okay, lol, I changed "weird" to "unexpected" in my TL. because
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is right, the context wasn't inappropriate or strange. It mainly just caught me off guard
if you've got dark body hair in general, it makes sense that the hair that's naturally on women's faces would be dark too, especially if it's not any thicker/coarser than most of your other body hair. the hair on women's lips/chins also darkens as we get older.
i've got dark hair all over, including some on my chest and shoulders, and some of it was from taking testosterone for a while, but also is just because my family has dark body hair in general, and it took a long time for me to be like "whatever i can be hairy"
yeah sarah's blonde and so no one notices if she doesn't shave for a good while, but back when i still shaved, people would notice within a day or so if i skipped it and people always commented way more frequently because of it
while i agree the beautician was definitely just trying to be helpful, i think it's really unfortunate that we as a society can't tell the difference between hair that is natural on a lot of women, and hair that may be from a medical issue, because my friends with PCOS definitely have very differently textured facial hair than my friends without
Especially this part: i think it's really unfortunate that we as a society can't tell the difference between hair that is natural on a lot of women, and hair that may be from a medical issue
that's the thing, the beautician was even like, "Your hair isn't textured the same as my clients with PCOS, but you still might want to get evaluated because there's so much of it, and it's dark."
yeeeah that's definitely kind of border lining on being appropriate if she could acknowledge that it's different than her PCOS clients. it's ultimately saying "women having this isn't normal" when it absolutely is.
we all have light colored hair on our faces in youth and as we get older, it definitely darkens, some of it more than others, but it's totally normal on people with darker hair especially
yeah, she mentioned that she has a much harder time waxing her clients with PCOS. and that my hair was easier to remove in comparison, so maybe it's nothing, but
yeah, that makes sense. there's always that awkward period where the edges of your brows have little tiny hair that clashes with the rest of your look, but you don't wanna get waxed again
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: it is definitely a pain! I still do it sometimes just because I like how it feels. but yeah, the lack of body hair is definitely tied to infantilism, and I am not here for that
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: she was notorious for put-downs like that. one time she was like "Oh, I noticed you didn't get invited to the Saturday lunch between me and <other co-worker>. She must not want to hang out with you."
yeah I know she meant well but I wish people realized that genetics are just a thing too. my cousin gets a lot of shit bc even though she doesn't have pcos, her and her mother are both tall, broad shouldered, and hairy.
i think it's really unfortunate that we as a society can't tell the difference between hair that is natural on a lot of women, and hair that may be from a medical issuedef used to tweeze my eyebrows in college