12 year old commits suicide after being bullied for alopecia

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73. Not a 12 yo, but 66

Bear with Me I'm on my phone.

Maybe it's really different for men vs women. So many men deal with hair loss, that it seems totally socially acceptable to have receding hairlines,, bald spots, etc. Some even shave their head by choice.

It's different for most women, of ANY age. Hair is looked upon as a beauty trait. Most women, as they age, begin to see their hair thinning, and that is devasting enough right there. If it weren't you wouldn't see so many hair regrowth ads targeted to women now.:】 if hair thinning can be so devastating to women, just imagine how a woman feels when her hair starts falling out in patched. Mine has started to thin, and tho I never counted myself as vain, it's hit me like a ton of bricks and most definitely affected my emotional wellbeing to the point where I just don't go any where at the drop of a hat any more.

JPS has probably done all kind of things to cope, including talking about it, or even making jokes. I'm not a PR person for her, but I felt for her being singled out for it. I'm sensitive to it because I have a very close friend with the disease. We in our group embrace her and her difference, and believe me if anyone ever made fun of my friend in my presence they'd get one lecture at the top of my voice, if I didn't go all WS on their ass too. I know what my friend has gone thru to let anyone be that disrespectful of her.

Maybe the answer to all this is stop the Don rickles type of humor. I detest jokes at people's expense. If u can't be funny without making fun of someone else, maybe you're just not funny. But then, the last comedian I really liked was Sinbad. I cant stand the comedians today... they're either making fun of someone, talking scat, or talking smack about sex.

But like I said, I'm an elder with thinning hair, with a best friend who has alopecia and both of us female. Our hubbies didn't have near the problems with their thin and balding hair that we did. So maybe the difference is demographics. But I can put myself in JPS place... dressed to the nines and maybe actually feeling pretty... there to support her husband. And then wham! She's the brunt of a loud mouthed comedian making fun of her. And is WS was grinning b4 seeing his wife's eyes, he no doubt felt backed into a corner on what to do. Not okaying it, but he probably didn't want to deal with the fallout at home? Who knows... testosterone makes one prone to violent out bursts. For me, just save me from his God and self serving patriarchy speech.