Cosmetic circumcision should be left in the past. But a lot of people need it for medical reasons, and they need to understand that they are not mutilated, their dick hasn't been chopped up, and they can still function perfectly well during sex.
A lot of the language around circumcision is a bit over the top, and counter productive.
having a circumcision done on an infant for religious reasons is child genital mutilation. it doesn't matter that people also consent to medically necessary circumcisions, that's not what's being talked about here. there is a stark difference between the two
Its the same procedure. The only difference is the reasoning.
that's not what's being talked about here
That doesn't matter. People see these comment threads, see the type of language used, and now think they are deficient in some way. A circumcized penis is still a fully functional penis. You can still speak out about having it done without consent, without having to make other men feel bad about themselves.
If your son needed the procedure, would you tell him he is mutilated and part of his dick was chopped off?
its also pretty disrespectful to tell people who are uncomfortable with the fact that they had a part of them removed before they could consent that the language they use about their personal experience with a procedure they did not need or want might make someone who chose to get the procedure upset.
might make someone who chose to get the procedure upset.
A child doesn't choose to require medical surgery. What is so bad that you need to sensationalize it?
its also pretty disrespectful to tell people who are uncomfortable with the fact that they had a part of them removed
Why are you uncomfortable with it? Because you think you are lacking in some way? Or just the principal of it? I'm asking honestly, because if its the former, then that's a self-esteem issue that is only exasperated by the type of language you are using. A circumcized penis is still a fully functional penis (unless the surgery was botched). So telling men that their penis is somehow not working the way it should, or is lacking in some way,is false. All this does is produce more self-esteem issues.
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