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[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It is a bit callous. I’m old enough to have seen this pop up a dozen or so times.

Every time the depression, weight gain, acne and libido changes are deemed too severe for approval and women are sitting here like… yeah, it’s all that plus increased occurrence of stroke and heart attack for us, but ok.

[–] xodoh74984@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I actually interpreted it as callous to the suffering women endure at first read for some reason. But yeah, there's very much an element of, "The stakes are higher for women, so they can deal with the side effects," which is awful.