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But what is the actual number, and how big is it, relatively speaking? Do we know? Like I say, I agree it's tragic no matter if it's a dozen or a million victims, but I think the danger of spending time in threads like this or on social media in general is you start to grossly over-estimate how big an issue something actually is.I don't know dude, the sheer amount of tit-chopping that is going on suggests otherwise. And most of these teenage girls are autists, but they probably still could have lived somewhat normal lives, since female autists tend to be less severe than males. They probably wouldn't have lived the American dream but plenty of autistic women have relationships, kids, jobs.
It's like if you based all your beliefs about aliens on what you heard at a UFO convention; obviously when you're dwelling in the eye of the storm you're going to get a warped perception of the scale these crazy beliefs or actions actually manifest out in the real world; but in real life out of the hundreds of people I know, even tangentially, I know of one chick who got her tits chopped off.
ETA: Just to be clear, I still think we should do everything we possibly can to prevent any kids or vulnerable adults from doing this to themselves.