Every guy I know who has had circumcision done to them at a young age talk of how it was a good thing and totally healthy and safe and even told me to go for it. I feel bad for them because the brainwashing is really deep for the victims. I’m thankful I never went through it
I guess in the US it is hard to admit that you have been mutilated because it is so common. For me it was only a matter of time until I realized what has been stolen because it is so uncommon here. Made me furious. I am fine now because transwoman.
so many of us, men & women, are socialized not to recognize our own abuse when its “traditional”, and instead conditioned to see trauma as strength building.
furthur, violence that targets male genitalia (which i would call explicitly sexual violence) is coded as humorous across so much media. man gets hit in gonads: “lol”
any objective assessment around this crap reveals its connection and interdependence with toxic masculinity, but for whatever reason, it’s an uphill battle to get many to recognize that mutilating male genitalia in infancy is “actually, kind of fucked up and barbaric” and its ubiquity (like intimate partner/familial violence) or tenuous connection to ancient religious practices (like stoning people to death for infidelity or saying bad words) is not a justification of the continued practice.
the older i get, the less accomodating i am of the lazy justifications and dismissals of concern. and the painting of activists as cranks.
Every guy I know who has had circumcision done to them at a young age talk of how it was a good thing and totally healthy and safe and even told me to go for it. I feel bad for them because the brainwashing is really deep for the victims. I’m thankful I never went through it
I guess in the US it is hard to admit that you have been mutilated because it is so common. For me it was only a matter of time until I realized what has been stolen because it is so uncommon here. Made me furious. I am fine now because transwoman.
so many of us, men & women, are socialized not to recognize our own abuse when its “traditional”, and instead conditioned to see trauma as strength building.
furthur, violence that targets male genitalia (which i would call explicitly sexual violence) is coded as humorous across so much media. man gets hit in gonads: “lol”
any objective assessment around this crap reveals its connection and interdependence with toxic masculinity, but for whatever reason, it’s an uphill battle to get many to recognize that mutilating male genitalia in infancy is “actually, kind of fucked up and barbaric” and its ubiquity (like intimate partner/familial violence) or tenuous connection to ancient religious practices (like stoning people to death for infidelity or saying bad words) is not a justification of the continued practice.
the older i get, the less accomodating i am of the lazy justifications and dismissals of concern. and the painting of activists as cranks.