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.
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.