• @Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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    68 days ago

    Chemical castration isn’t mutilating the body. It’s typically forcing them to take a medication that stops sexual function.

      • @Djehngo@lemmy.world
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        57 days ago

        The difference is that chemical castration is typically a course of drugs that alter the body’s hormone production while it’s being taken to reduce sexual desire/function, when the subject stops taking the drugs the body returns to its natural hormone balance.

        Physical mutilation is a one off, permenant, irreversible operation.

        The problem is that the term chemical castration is wildly misleading in its attempt to describe the process.

        • @funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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          7 days ago

          it also causes loss in bone density causing osteoporosis, debilitates fat absorbson causing heart disease, causes men to grow breasts and women to lose them, and can cause anemia, infertility, depression and diabetes.

          These side effects can be permanent after stopping the medication