hair loss is now a disability

according to feminists and so on twitter. Hair loss is now a disability.
Jada Smith is disabled and you should not make jokes about it and if you do, you deserve to be assaulted..

So with that info out in the world. I am applying for disability and those who have mentioned my perfectly shaped masculine bald head in the past is going to get a good slap.
What a time to be alive 🤣

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HootyTheNightOwl

Okay... even I can see that, hair loss, by itself is not a disability - but, where the ice can get really thin is over the cause of the hair loss.

Hair loss can be age related, a symptom of an illness like alopecia, a symptom of progeria or a result of medical treatment like chemotherapy. For some of these people, "hair loss" does need to be seen as a symptom of a disability.

Some of these people won't live to see their legal age of majority... others may find it impossible to work while getting treatment for their cancer. While some people can work through chemotherapy, it makes other people feel really ill in the way that it upsets their stomach and makes them feel cold all the time.

I also feel that the "stand up" era of comedy is well and truly over by now, too. For the most part, we understand that it's inappropriate to be poking fun at people who are black or have very noticeable disabilities... so, maybe we shouldn't be poking fun at anyone based on their appearance. The guy obviously didn't know that Jada had alopecia - and there may have been more than a slap given if she had cancer or something that tends to have a bad prognosis.

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HootyTheNightOwl

@Torsten Read what I said again... I said that hair loss is not a disability by itself, however, it can be a symptom of an illness that is a disability.

If you have cancer, and you're constantly exhausted, throwing up and feeling cold 24/7 I'm sure that your first thought wouldn't be "Well, I gotta get to work now".

Equally, I can understand in this case why alopecia has been lumped in as a "disability" - despite the fact that it clearly isn't a disability. The world is starting accept that racism is wrong and that bullying the disabled is wrong... but, women with alopecia have no reference point for the fact that cracking jokes about their bald head is also wrong.

Jayda is only the second A list celebrity that I know who has actually walked the alopecia walk openly - the other being Gail Porter. She needs support in making her voice heard "It's wrong to 'joke' about other people's appearance".

It's also wrong for her husband to be going over and slapping people, too... but I doubt that would have happened if Jayda hadn't felt bullied by the "joke".

Torsten · 36-40, M

@HootyTheNightOwl you dont lose hair from cancer by the way. That comes from chemo.

Alopecia is not a disability. Men go through male pattern baldness all the time and people crack jokes about it and we dont consider it a disability. Sure Alopecia sucks buts its just hair loss.

fuck what Jada felt to be honest. It was a tame joke. Big deal. If her ego is that fragile, what the hell was she even doing there in the first place? They know they get roasted a tad by comedians there,it is part of the event.
Its just celebrities thinking they are untouchable