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I think it is a bit stupid how pride events or similar events have such a focus on safe binding, meanwhile I have yet to find any event that even mentions safe tucking. Like transmisogyny is so normalized and it pisses me off
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Anonymous 1w

Not trying to say get rid of safe tucking stuff, obvs that’s important. But like damn why does it have to be one or the other?

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Anonymous 1w

Isn’t most tucking safe aside from using non skin safe adhesive?

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Anonymous 1w

Ive never heard my trans fem friends talk about tucking while me and my trans masc friends talk quite a bit about binding, maybe it’s less transmisogyny and more no one talking about it? If you want it discussed be the one who goes out and does that, I agree it should be talked about more if it’s dangerous, I just never hear it said. And maybe that because I’m not having to deal with it but still. If it needs to be said, be the one to say it

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Anonymous 1w

wouldn’t packing be more comparable to tucking? I’d ask if “stuffing a bra” practices would be more equivalent to binding, but stuffing has never been dangerous (in my experience) and altogether less common than binding from what I’ve seen

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Anonymous replying to -> gipsum 1w

Like from my experience, and I’m probably wrong, binding wrong is a lot more common and dangerous than tucking wrong. Though idk, I haven’t heard many stories about tucking going wrong so maybe I’m just uninformed

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Anonymous replying to -> gipsum 1w

Hernias, infections, severe skin irritation, and other stuff can all come out of poor tucking practices

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

So needless to say it’s important to tuck right too lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

there aren’t really studies on how common these practices are (yay understudied population) but, from my experience, binding is altogether the most common practice and the one with the most immediate and common risks. I agree that tucking, packing, and stuffing practices should be discussed more (if necessary), but offhandedly calling it transmisogyny seems reductive at best.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Packing isn’t really risky in the way that binding and tucking are

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

good to know, thank you. I still don’t see binding and tucking as truly comparable situations, though I wouldn’t mind being convinced otherwise.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

tbh i’m not sure all of the focus on binding as dangerous necessarily comes from purely good things. it sometimes leans too much into fearmongering and the whole “be careful with your precious beautiful AFAB body 🤢” thing, spreading misinfo like improper binding means you can never get top surgery later. It can affect your results and even what surgery you qualify for if you lose tons of skin elasticity, but they don’t just make you keep your tits forever.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1w

I’m not sure if you meant to reply to my comment or not. I was specifically talking about in my circle of people that are all trans, not the big picture of all trans people. In my circle, binding is an openly discussed topic, whereas tucking is something I have never heard discussed. This is the same group of people who have all gone panty/boxer/bra shopping together so that we could help each other pick out the right things.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Ah fair, I guess I lucked out. I watched one tutorial and can tuck for 8-16 hours straight with no real issues

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1w

All I’m saying is more transfems should talk about tucking if they want it talked about, they’re the ones who have to start the conversation. I’m sure it won’t go well at first and in some spaces it will never go well because I do understand that transfems have a worse “reputation” (for lack of better word) than transmascs.

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