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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Someone on reddit did make an interesting point about this in terms of " harm reduction." Basically if you assume the children are using "unsafe" binding methods already then supplying them with a device to do it more safely is a way to reduce harm.

I'm sure mermaids will use that argument but I'm not sure how they will prove the children were already binding as opposed to them just advertising binders in order to CREATE a dysphoria problem which didn't exist beforehand.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well supposedly Mermaids is also advising recipients of a 97% chance of harm with any type of binding:

Before it offers to send a binder, Mermaids staff alert children to a study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - which found that 97 per cent of adult users experienced health impacts from binding including pain, rib fractures, changes to the spine, headaches, respiratory and skin infections and muscle wasting.

So I'm inclined to think this "harm reduction" cloak is a rationalization. They're on a mission that is more about themselves than it is about these kids.