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Proof

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This is a link to an NSFW post. Not my best pics, but they’ll do as proof :3
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  • Nila7229@pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    i’m some kind of freak of nature because i’m not on hrt or anything and i lactate sometimes

    (i have some sort of bizzare hormonal imbalance)

    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      just psa, if you lactate w/o much stimulation, and have a testosterone-dominant body, it might be worth to check out the doctor

      but i presume you already did, if that were the case

      • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        That’s on your government, not on Imgur 🙃

        Edit: But here you go, hope catbox is allowed by your government:

        I also want to add that it is on the populace of your country to keep your web access free. UK and Australia are really bad regarding this, but seemingly the populace did not care enough to really fight it.

  • procrastitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    12 hours ago

    Even new born (nursing) babies can lactate.

    Transphobes have an absolutely shitty understanding of biology and are over confident about it because they don’t even realize how much they don’t know.

  • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
    45·
    15 hours ago

    Cis men can lactate. Did everyone forget about the man who nursed his sun after the wife passed in labor.

    • M137@lemmy.todayEnglish
      13·
      7 hours ago

      “the man who nursed his sun”

      Dang, how’d he do that without burning up?

    • stopforgettingit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      15 hours ago

      Cis men can lactate and get ductal breast cancer, which is cancer of the milk ducts.

      Its just much much rarer than cis women.

      • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
        1·
        9 minutes ago

        I agree with you completely, but I’d just like to say that it’s generally rarer than in all women. The risks of this type of cancer in cis and trans women are comparable.
        Sure, with smaller lifelong estradiol exposure, the risk may not be exactly equal, but it’s up there. Having boobs increases risk of breast cancer, surprise.

    • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      1114·
      15 hours ago

      Emphasis on can. It’s rare since men have way less breast tissue (and, by extension, a much lower chance for breast cancer) and underdeveloped milk ducts. Not saying it can’t happen, just that it’s not usually the case.

      Also, why do you feel the need to defend cis men’s ability to lactate? That seems…odd, to be honest

    • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      12·
      15 hours ago

      How do people not know estrogen makes boobs? 😭 /s

      I totally get it. This isn’t something the average person has to worry about in the slightest, so I get that it might be a shock or news to them.

      Just know that sex hormones, like during puberty, have certain effects on people’s bodies. And for the most part, those effects manifest when trans people take HRT later in life, post puberty.
      Mainly breast growth, skin and fat changes on estrogen and facial hair growth, body hair growth, muscle mass increase and also fat changes for testosterone.

      Who asked me about this? Nobody. I’m really sorry, this is my hyperfixation 😭

      • [object Object]@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        15 hours ago

        I didn’t mean that in a “why would you tell me this?!?” way, truly in a “I never thought about that, that is neat!” Way

        I just simply never thought about it

        Also Catholic school made me think milk came from pregnancy. It wasn’t a great education.

        • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          7·
          14 hours ago

          Also, another fun fact;

          All people have estrogen and testosterone. The rates just differ (and there’s variation too in what that affects more).

          Puberty is triggered by a certain amount of fat reserves being present, due to estrogen and testosterone being made from cholesterol.

          If estrogen dominates, fat is burnt slower, breasts develop and hips get wider, while hair is preserved and doesn’t grow thicker.

          With testosterone dominance, more body hair develops (but for some, head hair may fall out later), the vocal cords descend, and the body generally burns fat more quickly in exchange for more (visible) muscle.

          Some people have it inbetween, whether through HRT or naturally (eg. some intersex people). Same with body parts.