Confessions of a Circumcised Woman (xpost from /Intactivists)

kanuk876 · 2011-08-19T01:44:57+00:00

The author writes in the comments:

V Burns said...

There is NO difference between MGM and FGM and I can only imagine the grief of a man who was violated in this way as an infant or child must be as intense as the grief I feel. The only difference between myself and all of those violated boys is the fact that it is socially unacceptable ( for the most part ) to circumcise a girl.

Am I brave ? I do not necessarily think so. To avoid backlash in the event my family were to read this I used my middle name instead of my last...hopefully one day I will not be so afraid to use my full name. But one thing I am not and never will be afraid to do is to stand up for the right of baby boys to remain intact and free from harm by the knife. Every person ( irregardless of whether they have a penis or not) has not only the right but the responsibility to stand up for survivors of MGM just as well as survivors of FGM

kanuk876 · 2011-08-19T01:26:33+00:00

Notice how the men and women against child abuse and mutilation all stand together against circumcision. The victims of circumcision able to understand and accept their loss all stand together in agreement. In line with common sense and simple biology.

And on the other side are a bunch of psychosexual sadists who enjoy mutilating penises and inflicting pain, a bunch of men in denial, idiots claiming "FGM is different!!!" and a boatload of ignorant fools. Kicking out lie after lie to justify the continuation of this grotesque mistreatment.

There. There is your circumcision debate in a nutshell.

kanuk876 · 2011-08-19T01:46:31+00:00

From the comments:

I was pro-MGM. Had I not miscarried in 2007, my son would have been mutilated.

One day I came across the "peaceful parenting" Facebook page and met an onslaught of intactivist resources and information that one simply cannot ignore. I tried. I tried to justify why I thought circumcision was normal, why all infant boys should have it done. I argued endlessly with members of the page and wasted lots of time talking to a brick wall. (A very smart brick wall, however.)

But the more I read, the more I couldn't justify it. I felt horrible at meeting harassment for being pro-MGM. I felt wronged and fought tooth and nail to get people to realize that "it's a parental choice".

But after reading this, I realize that it's not fair, and it is these infants subjected to sexual abuse that were wronged. And that I was lying to myself the whole time, trying to rationalize something so evil that no child should have to endure.

I think this entry has officially made me an intactivist. I read this and I bawled my eyes out, thought of all these infants who were circumcised in the name of "cleanliness" or "to look like Dad" or even in the name of religion, and now I cannot see it as anything but unnecessary abuse that no child should ever have to endure.

hopeless_case · 2011-08-19T02:49:46+00:00

that was a great article. Thanks for posting it. I have noticed that women who were circumcised and speak out about it are quick say that.mgm is just as bad. Hirsan ali and the former health minister of egypt (also a world famous feminist) have both done this, for example.

It would be interesting to compile a list of women like that to display the next time someone comments on how different mgm and fgm are. We could say,"interesting that the activists who have experienced fgm first hand and been riskin their lives to end fgm don't agree with you"

hopeless_case · 2011-08-20T02:13:25+00:00

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born in somalia) was the first activist I mentioned in my other comment, who was circumcised herself and has said that MGM is just as bad, as practiced around the world and in the US.

Nawal El Saadawi is the egyptian feminist, physician, and former public health minister of Egypt whose name I couldn't remember. She was being interviewed on all many of the MSM news shows for a few weeks in the aftermath of the uprising. She was a political prisoner in Egypt for 13 years. Her credentials are unimpeachable.

While she had everyone's attention, she of course mentioned FGM and, in the same breath, railed against MGM as well.

So the next time some asshole, whilst talking about how horrible FGM is, gives you a funny look for daring to mention MGM, tell them that Nawal El Saadawi and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, two women who suffered FGM, and have risked their lives many times speaking out against GM, think MGM is just as bad.

Cat-Hax · 2011-08-19T04:22:03+00:00

I don't want to say outlaw it but something has to be done about circumcisions for both sexes. It's fucking wrong.

Title	Confessions of a Circumcised Woman (xpost from /Intactivists)
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Date	August 19, 2011 12:09 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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