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takeawaygirl: to compare female genital mutilation to male circumcision is to loudly proclaim to...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:06:02 -0400

to compare female genital mutilation to male circumcision is to loudly proclaim to the world “i have absolutely no clue about female anatomy and i am a whiny, entitled pile of shit with a victim complex”

This post is a perfect example of irony.

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“but they won’t remember it!!!”
“it doesn’t hurt that bad!!!”
“but uncut dicks are ugly!!!”

:(

Graphic but I’m so firmly against this practice that reblogging was almost a reflex.

I was thinking of getting circumcised, but this may have changed my mind. OUCH.

And in case anyone wondered, nope. lol

Nope still not changing my mind…

What are the benefits of circumcision?

There is some evidence that circumcision has health benefits, including:

A decreased risk of urinary tract infections.

A reduced risk of sexually transmitted diseases in men.

Protection against penile cancer and a reduced risk of cervical cancer in female sex partners.

Prevention of balanitis (inflammation of the glans) and balanoposthitis (inflammation of the glans and foreskin).

Prevention of phimosis (the inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (the inability to return the foreskin to its original location).

And if I have a son he will be circumcised as well, just like all the men in my family, and faith are.

On top of that I have met many girls who said they have rejected a guy just by seeing or knowing they are uncircumcised…

Confirmation bias and one can be reduced by washing your dick (cuz thats so hard) and the std thing? Fucking DEBUNKED BABY. Look at europe and look at the U.S. And a majority of the people in europe are UNCUT. In fact the skin protects the penis.

http://m.voices.yahoo.com/ten-bad-reasons-circumcise-son-319451.html
http://www.luckystiff.org/
http://www.stopthecut.org/arguments_against_circumcision.php

Oh and fuck what those women think. Know what I think? Cut dicks disgust me and look gross and naked and I prefer uncut dicks. Did you know ribbed condoms exist to replace the feeling of foreskin during intercorse? The fact you think cutting up baby penis is perfectly okay shows what kind of sick disgusting cunt you are and I hope your son grows up to hate you for imposing something on him he had no choice in.

I mean why do YOU care how your son’s dick looks or what other women think? Are you going to be sucking him off or something or regularly looking at his penis?

I can cut off my breasts and reduce my risk of breast cancer greatly but that doesn’t mean I am going to fucking do it or force it on other women.

https://www.google.com/url?url=http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dhttp://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1014%2526context%253Dgreg_boyle%26sa%3DX%26scisig%3DAAGBfm3gbn1KkVKQT2NzmnkhNGeqJgrkpA%26oi%3Dscholarr&rct=j&sa=X&ei=2c67Ub0Si8r1BK3ugJgL&ved=0CDAQgAMoATAA&q=circumcision+reduces+sdt+myth&usg=AFQjCNEy0eEzOf3AcyNWUTnIKc12GmL8FQ

I think forcing circumcision on newborn boys is a bit cruel.

“A bit cruel” is putting it mildly.

Okay, here we go with more ridiculous crap. If you don’t want to be circumcised, that’s your business. But I don’t even remember being circumcised as a newborn. And I’ll probably have my son, if I have one, undergo the same procedure. It’s a practice that’s been observed for thousands of years. I think it quite merited.

But no, you people see just a little bit of blood and freak out using shock words like “mutilation” and “cruel” to describe a perfectly acceptable medical procedure.

oh look who just became the voice for all men in the world considering one person who reblogged this was cut and very pissed off about being cut.

bye bye dumbass

How am I not surprised that my opening lines were disregarded…

First off. Circumcision is a choice. You might not like it so guess what? Your son doesn’t have to be cut if you and your partner so choose. Second, circumcision isa thing. It’s not new, its not some controversial experimental practice. It’ been around for a while. Lastly, just because there’s a cite-able paper out there, doesn’t mean a topic is conclusive. Anyone who’s taken some kind of research class knows this.

PS. The fact you can’t be bothered to respond in a rational manner only serves to undermine your credibility in a debate.

Surveys have shown that the main reason people choose to circumcise in America is because the father had it done to him, and he wants the son to be like him. That’s vanity. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including:

Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban)

Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a “strong policy of deterrence.” this policy has been endorsed by several other organizations:

The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners,

The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians,

The Netherlands Association of Paediatric Surgeons,

The Netherlands Association of Plastic Surgeons,

The Netherlands Association for Paediatric Medicine,

The Netherlands Urology Association, and

The Netherlands Surgeons’ Association.

College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

This procedure should be delayed to a later date when the child can make his own informed decision. Parental preference alone does not justify a non‐therapeutic procedure…. Advise parents that the current medical consensus is that routine infant male circumcision is not a recommended procedure; it is non‐therapeutic and has no medical prophylactic basis; current evidence indicates that previously‐thought prophylactic public health benefits do not out‐weigh the potential risks.…. Routine infant male circumcision does cause pain and permanent loss of healthy tissue. |

Australian Federation of Aids organizations They state that circumcision has “no role” in the HIV epidemic. TheGerman Association of Pediatricians called for a ban recently.

The German Association of Child and Youth Doctors recently Attacked the AAP’s claims, saying the benefits they claim, including HIV reduction, are “questionable,” and that “Seen from the outside, cultural bias reflecting the normality of non-therapeutic male circumcision in the US seems obvious, and the report’s conclusions are different from those reached by doctors in other parts of the Western world, including Europe, Canada, and Australia.” (scroll to page 7 for the English translation.)

The AAP was recently attacked by the President of the British Association of Paediatric Urologists because the evidence of benefit is weak, and they are promoting “Irreversible mutilating surgery.”

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan has taken a position against it, saying it is harmful and will likely be considered illegal in the future, given the number of men who are angry that it was done to them and are becoming activists against it.

The President of the Saskatchewan Medical Association has said the same (link above).

The Central Union for Child Welfare “considers that circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness. The basis for the measures of a society must be an unconditional respect for the bodily integrity of an under-aged person… Circumcision can only be allowed to independent major persons, both women and men, after it has been ascertained that the person in question wants it of his or her own free will and he or she has not been subjected to pressure.”

Royal College of Surgeons of England

“The one absolute indication for circumcision is scarring of the opening of the foreskin making it non- retractable (pathological phimosis). This is unusual before five years of age.”…”The parents and, when competent, the child, must be made fully aware of the implications of this operation as it is a non-reversible procedure.” |

British Medical Association

it is now widely accepted, including by the BMA, that this surgical procedure has medical and psychological risks. …. very similar arguments are also used to try and justify very harmful cultural procedures, such as female genital mutilation or ritual scarification. Furthermore, the harm of denying a person the opportunity to choose not to be circumcised must also be taken into account, together with the damage that can be done to the individual’s relationship with his parents and the medical profession if he feels harmed by the procedure. …. parental preference alone is not sufficient justification for performing a surgical procedure on a child. …. The BMA considers that the evidence concerning health benefit from non-therapeutic circumcision is insufficient for this alone to be a justification for doing it. |

Australian Medical Association Has a policy of discouraging it, ad says “The Australian College of Paediatrics should continue to discourage the practice of circumcision in newborns.”

Australian College of Paediatrics:

“The possibility that routine circumcision may contravene human rights has been raised because circumcision is performed on a minor and is without proven medical benefit. Whether these legal concerns are valid will probably only be known if the matter is determined in a court of law …..Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal and healthy prepuce.”|

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Some men strongly resent having been circumcised as infants. There has been increasing interest in this problem, evidenced by the number of surgical and non-surgical techniques for recreation of the foreskin.|

ON that note, 74% of Australian doctors overall believe circumcision should not be offered, and 51% consider it abuse. Circumcision used to be common in Australia, but the movement against it spread faster there than America, where rates continue to drop.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons I like this one especially. It’s a detailed evaluation of the arguments in favor of circumcision, They note that during one of the recent trials in Africa, the researchers claimed there was no loss of sexual satisfaction, when in fact there was. But the RACS called them out:

“Despite uncircumcised men reporting greater sexual satisfaction, which was statistically significant,Kigozi et al (2008) concluded that adult male circumcision does not adversely affect sexual satisfaction or clinically significant function in men.” In general, they discuss how there’s no evidence to support it.

The Norwegian Council of Medical Ethics states that ritual circumcision of boys is not consistent with important principles of medical ethics, that it is without medical value, and should not be paid for with public funds.

The Norwegian Children’s Ombudsman is opposed as well.

The Denmark National Council for Children is also opposed.

And recently, the politically appointed Health minister of Norway opposed a ban on circumcision, yet the ban was supported by the Norwegian Medical Association, the Norwegian Nurses Organization, the Norwegian Ombudsman for Children, and the University of Oslo.

Swedish Association for Sexuality Education published this guide that talks about circumcision, in a pretty negative way. not an official advocacy policy but it makes it fairly clear. it also mentions the frenulum is sexually sensitive, and helps prevent infection by blocking fluid from the urethra; the frenulum is often removed in an infant circumcision, yet easier to leave intact if an adult is circumcised.

this study shows significant harms to men’s sexual ability and satisfaction after circumcision.

And here’s a list of medical literature proving the dangers.

Circumcision decreases penile sensitivity

Circumcision associated with sexual difficulties

Circumcision linked to alexithymia

The exaggeration of the benefits of circumcision in regards to HIV/AIDS transmission

Circumcision/HIV claims are based on insufficient evidence

There is no case for the widespread implementation of circumcision as a preventative measure to stop transmission of AIDS/HIV

Circumcision decreases sexual pleasure

Circumcision decreases efficiency of nerve response in the glans of the penis

Circumcision policy is influenced by psychosocial factors rather than alleged health benefits

Circumcision linked to pain, trauma, and psychosexual sequelae

Circumcision results in significant loss of erogenous tissue

Circumcision has negligible benefit

Neonatal circumcision linked to pain and trauma

Circumcision may lead to need for increased care and medical attention in the first 3 years of life

Circumcision linked to psychological trauma

Circumcision may lead to abnormal brain development and subsequent deviations in behavior

Anyone who supports this rather despicable practice is directly and justifying the mutilation of infant boys (which kills roughly 117 every year). And they have the gall to say that we are contrived in our outrage, because it can’t possibly be as bad for men as it is for women.

The fact that they can go on calling the foreskin “just skin”, and ignore the countless articles and studies proving that it is far more than that, is mind boggling to me.

I’m willing to concede to the fact that there are cited medical precedents to not go through with a circumcision. However, I will not agree with this hyped notion that circumcision is a form of mutilation and that it should be despised. Even if it is nothing more than a social ideology, it’s still justifiable. As someone who was circumcised at birth, I neither regret nor resent my parents for having that procedure carried out. I will probably have my son circumcised as well and I’m fairly certain he will not resent me for it either.

Do you feel the same way about female circumcision? Because what you have said is eerily similar to what women in Africa say about their circumcisions and why they circumcise their daughters.

I cannot form an opinion of that as I have no knowledge on the subject. I’d imagine the same principles apply though.

Would you really frown upon a culture that views a practice as normal and in some cases tradition? I can’t help but believe that you already do. Who are you that you should have the right to judge?

You need to learn to be more tolerant of cultural ideologies. Whether you agree or not, whether there are facts to support your claim or not. This debate comes down to morals and no amount of empirical evidence is going to make your viewpoint “right.”

It’s clear that there are differing opinions, but no one side is absolute or correct. It’s a matter of socially acceptable behavior/practice.

Depends on what that tradition is. Scarification? Nope, have no issues with it even though I am not interested in having it done. Cutting off 20,000-40,000 erogenous nerve endings from the penis? Yeah. There are serious health risks involved and 117 infants die each year due to it, more than the number of infants who die from SIDS each yeah.

But, hey, lets leave cultures to do their traditions without judging. Lets let cultures practice cannibalism, tear apart albinos for “medicine”, bring rhinoceros to extinction for their horns (same with elephants and their tusks), have 7 year old girls marry 40 year old men, and so on and so forth. Because that is what you are arguing.

The Dangers of Plastibell Circumcisions (VERY Graphic)

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:15:20 -0400

The Dangers of Plastibell Circumcisions (VERY Graphic):

intact101:

viewsfromamommy:

***WARNING: this article contains very graphic material that is not intended to be viewed by children. Some adults may be offended by it, as well. Viewer discretion is advised.*** It is often said…

It is often said that a “Plastibell” circumcision is painless and doesn’t involve any cutting or blood. Many people say that it is a more “gentle” circumcision without any risks. All of these statements are false. No circumcision is painless.

***WARNING: this article contains very graphic material that is not intended to be viewed by children. Some adults may be offended by it, as well. Viewer discretion is advised.***

This method is promoted as bloodless because of a technique called “crushing”. It involves using pliers type tools to squeeze the tissue so hard that the blood is forced out of it for a short while so there is less bleeding when it is cut. Horrible! There is no such thing as bloodless removal of living tissue.

Compilation of major posts

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:45:13 -0400

uncutting:

Circumcision:

-Why I’m against infant circumcision

-Ways my penis has been altered/damaged as a result of being circumcised

-How much sexual sensation is lost due to circumcision?

-An explanation of the differences between loose and tight circumcisions

-Inner and outer foreskin

-What can we do about it?

-Solutions for adult phimosis that don’t involve circumcision

-My response to ‘Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths About Circumcision, Part 1 (part 2 here; I have yet to do part 3)

-Genital Integrity Awareness Week

Foreskin restoration:

-Introductory post on how and why I got started

-An explanation of how foreskin restoration works

-Common misconceptions about foreskin restoration

-Some methods and devices for foreskin restoration

-A summary of my restoration progress so far

-Retaining

-A history of foreskin restoration

-Ten things I’ve learned from foreskin restoration

-The monetary price of foreskin restoration

-What restoration devices look like underneath clothing (hint: you can’t see ‘em!)

The penis in general:

-A guide on giving handjobs to penises of varying levels of circumcision

-A similar guide for oral sex

-Keeping a penis (particularly one with foreskin) clean

-Link to a lesson on penile anatomy, and my thoughts

Other:

-My FAQ

-My progress photos/demonstration videos

-Follower survey

-What I hope to achieve with this blog

-The clitoral hood chart

-Genitals of the Day

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:16:03 -0400

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I’m curious about where this message is being published/displayed. I think it’s a strong message.

Views from a mommy: “MY HUSBAND CAN DECIDE ABOUT CIRCUMCISING. HE’S BETTER QUALIFIED.”

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:15:44 -0400

Views from a mommy: “MY HUSBAND CAN DECIDE ABOUT CIRCUMCISING. HE’S BETTER QUALIFIED.”:

viewsfromamommy:

I have heard so many stories from mothers who felt as though, because they did not have a penis, it was not their place to “have a say” in the circumcision discussion.

Let’s analyze this belief.

Mothers do not know what it is like to have a penis, so they should have no say in the circumcision…

oratorasaurus: June is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (though...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:00:26 -0400

oratorasaurus:

June is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (though I doubt you will see major sports teams wearing blue in support of this disease, even though it is the second most common cancer among males in the US).

What’s the first most common? Cancer.gov lists it as number one overall.

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restoringtally: The WHOLE Network: Infant’s Brush with Death...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:30:28 -0400

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The WHOLE Network: Infant’s Brush with Death After Routine Circumcision

A mother writes about her son’s ill-fated circumcision. She and her husband took their son to a urologist for a circumcision. They thought they were doing the right thing and that it was only a routine procedure. They were wrong. The boy was cut and they were sent on their way. Unfortunately, the urologist botched the circumcision and the baby started bleeding. The frantic parents finally made it to the ER. The baby boy had to be transferred to another hospital where the urologist stitched up the cut blood vessel. They were sent home, only to have another ambulance trip to the hospital because the baby boy had lost so much blood. All because the parents went with the flow and did not question the need for an infant circumcision.

Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a...

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:18:44 -0400

Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark.
Frisch M, Lindholm M, Grønbæk M.
Source
Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. mfr@ssi.dk
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
One-third of the world’s men are circumcised, but little is known about possible sexual consequences of male circumcision. In Denmark (~5% circumcised), we examined associations of male circumcision with a range of sexual measures in both sexes.
METHODS:
Participants in a national health survey (n=5552) provided information about their own (men) or their spouse’s (women) circumcision status and details about their sex lives. Logistic regression-derived odds ratios (ORs) measured associations of circumcision status with sexual experiences and current difficulties with sexual desire, sexual needs fulfilment and sexual functioning.
RESULTS:
Age at first intercourse, perceived importance of a good sex life and current sexual activity differed little between circumcised and uncircumcised men or between women with circumcised and uncircumcised spouses. However, circumcised men reported more partners and were more likely to report frequent orgasm difficulties after adjustment for potential confounding factors [11 vs 4%, OR(adj)=3.26; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.42-7.47], and women with circumcised spouses more often reported incomplete sexual needs fulfilment (38 vs 28%, OR(adj)=2.09; 95% CI 1.05-4.16) and frequent sexual function difficulties overall (31 vs 22%, OR(adj)=3.26; 95% CI 1.15-9.27), notably orgasm difficulties (19 vs 14%, OR(adj)=2.66; 95% CI 1.07-6.66) and dyspareunia (12 vs 3%, OR(adj)=8.45; 95% CI 3.01-23.74). Findings were stable in several robustness analyses, including one restricted to non-Jews and non-Moslems.
CONCLUSIONS:
Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment. Thorough examination of these matters in areas where male circumcision is more common is warranted.

Comment in
Does sexual function survey in Denmark offer any support for male circumcision having an adverse effect? [Int J Epidemiol. 2012]
PMID: 21672947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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(Circumcision Protest Attracts Bizarre Counterprotest via...

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:02:19 -0400

(Circumcision Protest Attracts Bizarre Counterprotest via facebook)

"The forced amputation of a healthy part of an infant’s or child’s genitals without his consent,..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:45:31 -0400

“The forced amputation of a healthy part of an infant’s or child’s genitals without his consent, whether in the name of medicine, religion or social custom, is a violation of his human rights.”

- Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., M.P.H. (via uncutting)

"I was born and raised on a farm in South Dakota, and when I was three years old, my mother who was..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:58:26 -0400

“I was born and raised on a farm in South Dakota, and when I was three years old, my mother who was concerned about the fact that I was masturbating took me to a doctor in a clinic in North Dakota, who took me to a hospital in Minnesota and removed my clitoris. My mother was at the end of the table. I remember the pain, and I also remember knowing that I couldn’t trust her any more.”

- (via uncutting)

“BUT BUT BUT BUT THEY DON’T REMEMBER IT!!11” fuck you
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Another Godless Goddess: Couple sues over adopted son's unnecessary infant gender assignment surgery

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:45:51 -0400

Another Godless Goddess: Couple sues over adopted son's unnecessary infant gender assignment surgery:

A South Carolina couple sued doctors and state social workers on Tuesday for subjecting a 16-month-old child born with both male and female genitalia to what they say was medically unnecessary and irreversible sex-assignment surgery while the toddler was in foster care.

The state and federal…

This is what the potential HIV prevention benefits of child...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:59:00 -0400

This is what the potential HIV prevention benefits of child circumcision would sound like in any other context. How many parents do you think would say yes?

tsunderrorist: you know i typed out a huge response to freebrocolli and then i got so fucking...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:44:47 -0400

tsunderrorist:

you know i typed out a huge response to freebrocolli and then i got so fucking frustrated about being sucked into yet another USA-centric discussion like you know what dude MGM is actually unlawful in most regions outside the USA and can be considered grievous bodily harm or child assault
abortion is illegal unless the mother’s life is essentially at stake and if a man cannot pay child support there are many avenues out of it and very few legal repercussions seriously dudes seem to think that we’re just having abortions willy-nilly
the NCFM began legal proceedings against your government in early april to remove the exemption clause for women and the selective service itself has actually said they’d happily draft women if they were asked to
while many MRAs talk about custody and family court it seems that when a man actually actively seeks custody that imbalance disappears

While MGM has been legally challenged in a few nations (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, not sure about Finland), I’m not aware of any place where it’s actually prohibited. It’s also far from being a US-centric issue, as it affects somewhere around a 1/3 of the global male population. Just to give you an example, a couple of summers ago I saw a video uploaded to tumblr showing group of teenage boys performing self-circumcisions with a machette in the Philippines.

As far as the question of US-centricity of social advocacy, it’s in some ways a problem and in some ways an imperative. The latter is true because we have a greater moral resonsibility to engage with problems we’re already complicit in, and have the biggest influence over. This is why male circumcision in the United States (and Canada & England & Australia) is a more relevant concern than a similar problem happening in a part of the world we’re isolated from.

I don't need to explain my art to you, Warren: The whole anti-circumcision thing makes me uncomfortable for a bunch of reasons.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:48 -0400

I don't need to explain my art to you, Warren: The whole anti-circumcision thing makes me uncomfortable for a bunch of reasons.:

sithempire:

godfuckingshitfuckdamn:

brainstatic:

1. People are calling me an amputee, which doesn’t make me uncomfortable per se, it’s just kinda funny. Can I park in the handicapped spot?

2. They constantly compare it with female genital mutilation, which is such a false equivalence it makes me…

Yes, some people in the movement. Emphasis on ‘some’. Those people go fuck themselves. I myself am far from anti-Semitic. Hell, I might try to convert to Judaism one day.

I’m not anti-circumcision, I’m against neonatal circumcision due to lack of consent. Pro-bodily autonomy.

If its for religious reasons, it also violates individuals freedom of religion. Who says that said infant will be follow in their parents footsteps and be Christian/Muslim/Jewism?

If someone’s satisfied with their circumcision, that’s great. But I think everyone should should have the chance to choose for themselves.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 16:30:18 -0400

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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS NOT THE SAME THING AS REMOVING THE FORESKIN OF A LITTLE BOYS PENIS. IT’S NOT. THESE GIRLS HAVE THEIR CLITORISES REMOVED AND THEIR VAGINAL HOLES SEWN UP. THEY DIE. PLEASE STOP TRIVIALIZING THIS TUMBLR. THE MILLIONS OF BOYS WHO HAVE THEIR FORESKIN REMOVED ARE NOT IN PERIL OR DANGER. STOP IT. PLEASE. (Edited to add: “They can and often times DO die.) BUT AGAIN SAY IT WITH ME FEMALE “CIRCUMCISION” AND MALE CIRCUMCISION ARE IN NO WAY COMPARABLE AT ALL, HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO BLIND? MY BAD.

You are aware that most female circumcisions are in fact comparable to male circumcisions ? They often remove parts of the labia or clitoral hood (same tissue as the foreskin) and are often propagated for the same dubious reasons we propagate male circumcision in the United States (hygiene, beauty, disease). What you described is actually a large minority of female circumcisions , in fact many times it’s a small pinprick to the clit and many if these women are alive and thriving mentioning they feel no lack of sensation and promote it to other women. Please calm down and realize that you are the one who is wrong (well permissors of male and female mutilation are wrong).

Everything armaknee said is accurate. The main female circumcision performed in the US (before it became illegal in 1996) was a hoodectomy anyway. Which is the removal of the clitoral hood - the EXACT same body part as the man’s foreskin. In the womb it’s literally formed into one part or the other. Obviously FGM where the woman is sewn up and has the clitoris removed is just horrible and appalling. BUT forcefully removing a body part from anyone - especially a newborn’s genitals is just disgusting no matter what degree of harm is done. It’s a violation of human rights and bodily autonomy. The fact that you can say “Boys often times do die from circumcision, but it’s in no way comparable to female circumcision” is awful and makes no sense. If a child dies from something you elect to force upon them it’s horrible and barbaric no matter what gender or body part is being removed.

I don’t get when a person can be against FGM but not MGM, like men don’t deserve the rights women do. Saying one is worse than the other is like comparing one baby whom was touched sexually and a baby whom was raped - actually penetrated by someone. Which baby had it worse? IT DOESN’T MATTER! Because they were both abused and it was horrible!

i-am-disfigured: Nickolas Kusturis and His Body - His Choice shared Boys Deserve Better’s...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:17:48 -0400

i-am-disfigured:

Nickolas Kusturis and His Body - His Choice shared Boys Deserve Better’s photo.

True story.

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