paleocapa89
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This may sound like a paradox. This is a thought experiment. I think people generally understand how devastating can it be when someone's appearance (and hair) is destroyed by a burn injury or an acid attack or even alopecia areata. I think it is because those conditions are rare and so out of the "norm" that people can easily understand that they are devastating to the victim.
But when it comes to male pattern baldness people (who are not suffering from hair loss) can't take it seriously and maybe just think of it as a part of aging. I can't help but wonder, would people take male pattern baldness more seriously if it wasn't so common?
Or is it because we see it as a phenotype of people's genetics. If I see a short person (even though I'm not tall myself) I just think of it as the cards dealt to him by his genetics and can't really empathize with him over his shortness even though it may bother him to a great extent. I am just grateful, that I am not that short. Is it hardwired to think about less genetically fortunate people as less "threat" to yourself?
But when it comes to male pattern baldness people (who are not suffering from hair loss) can't take it seriously and maybe just think of it as a part of aging. I can't help but wonder, would people take male pattern baldness more seriously if it wasn't so common?
Or is it because we see it as a phenotype of people's genetics. If I see a short person (even though I'm not tall myself) I just think of it as the cards dealt to him by his genetics and can't really empathize with him over his shortness even though it may bother him to a great extent. I am just grateful, that I am not that short. Is it hardwired to think about less genetically fortunate people as less "threat" to yourself?