Can someone explain to me how this is different?

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Surgeon jailed after amputation of own legs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvpx20le2o

Hopper had suffered body dysphoria since childhood and his feet were an "unwelcome extra" and a "persisting never-ending discomfort" to him, said Mr Langdon.

No

Only just read this on the DM.
It says to me just more evidence that mental illness is getting way out of hand. Instead of treating mental issues society has somehow been perverted into celebrating it. Insurance fraud on top. He should go to prison ( a man's prison ).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15065801/Surgeon-ADMITS-having-legs-amputated-purpose-lying-sepsis-claim-466-000-insurance-payout.html

Men's sexual urges know no bounds.

Why some women can't see it is beyond me.

It's so fooking obvious, you can see it from space.

Different to what? Where is the comparison?

I know . It's all crackers.

Different to a man saying he's a woman and having surgery.

So, a surgeon known for amputations turns out to have an amputation fetish? If I had been one of his patients I would feel very violated, and would have some big questions about whether all measures were taken to avoid amputation.

I wouldn't want to be treated by a man with such obvious MH problems, you need real trust in your Dr and knowing he was mentally ill would take that trust away.

Well apparently saying your a woman doesn't have a sexual element to it allegedly

There's a chapter in Oliver Sacks book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat about a man who wakes up every morning with a strange leg in bed with him. He throws the leg out of bed and the rest of him follows, because it's his leg. He doesn't recognise it at his, and I think he wanted it amputated, I can't remember how it went, how he was treated, whether he was reconciled with his leg etc, (and I can't find the book, naturally), but it demonstrates there's nothing new about people rejecting their bodies.
As for the fetish, is there nothing that men can't turn into a bluddy fetish? This one reminded me of Crash by J G Ballard, of which I have but the most basic of knowledge because I have the nous to not engage with things that will haunt me forever. But the most basic is quite enough.

it's like endless reinventing of the wheel, whilst being adamant that it's not a wheel.

There's another thread. Apparently Dr Hopper cross dressed in his sister's clothes and....well you can guess the rest.

Sacks actually later experienced the phenomenon himself after breaking his leg very badly. In his case it resolved rather than being a permanent condition. The brain's map.of the body is a fascinating thing (see also phantom limbs as the other side of the coin).

But neither of those cases were fetish related. Or involved the self-absorption of making it into their persona and chasing media attention for it.

And on top of that he made a fraudulent insurance claim, he's proven himself to be a revolting human being. Yuk. 🤮