The Brittany Simon Podcast

How ‘Anti-Surgery’ Content Ends Up Hurting Autistic Women The Most - The BSP - Ep. 156

Brittany Simon Season 4 Episode 56

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💉 Does ‘anti-surgery’ content actually empower women—or does it just reinforce the patriarchy? The conversation around beauty standards and plastic surgery is more complicated than people think. While many believe rejecting cosmetic procedures is a form of empowerment, shaming women for their choices only upholds the very systems we’re trying to dismantle. Autistic women, who often use beauty as a survival tool to navigate social and professional spaces, are impacted the most by this rhetoric. In this deep dive, we’ll unpack how anti-surgery discourse often polices women’s bodies, reinforces neurotypical beauty standards, and ultimately harms the most vulnerable.

🔹 Why ‘anti-surgery’ messaging doesn’t free women—it controls them
🔹 How beauty masking affects autistic women in a world of impossible standards
🔹 The hypocrisy of ‘body positivity’ that still shames certain choices
🔹 Why true empowerment means respecting ALL women’s autonomy

💬 What do you think—does criticizing plastic surgery actually challenge beauty standards, or does it just create new rules for women to follow? Let’s talk in the comments!

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