I've apparently overstated the impact that circumcision has on men and my understanding of women's bodies seems, at best, ill informed...

BlindPelican · 2014-07-25T19:36:46+00:00

Pretty typical imputation of ignorance/bail from the discussion tactic.

Loosely translated: "I hold an untenable position and won't agree to your more reasonable middle-ground, so I will call you dumb and exit the conversation".

IgnatiusBSamson · 2014-07-25T19:42:59+00:00

You made an excellent argument. Thank you.

HankSought · 2014-07-25T19:54:52+00:00

The poster mentions ELI5, but they typically do a terrible job of explaining circumcision in comparison to FGM. One commenter purports it's equal to cutting off the entire head of the penis. Another suggests that FGM is equal to amutating the entire penis.

Ransom_Stoddard · 2014-07-25T20:30:43+00:00

To be fair, indoctrination and conditioning have a lot to do with these people who refuse to even go research history and use basic common sense.

That poster has most likely been attacked by religious dogma, feminist ideology and societal standards all his or her life, stating that circumcision for boys = not bad and female genital mutilation = bad are as ingrained and normalized as death, taxes, breathing, eating, shitting and pissing. Yes, I know they stated that it's barbaric, but they made that meaningless by amending that women have it worse.

What bothers me more is the cognitive dissonance, lack of any empathy for baby boys pain and inability to see how circumcision hurts boys just as much as girls and is much worse for men later in life, not that I wanted it to be a contest. I simply wanted recognition for baby boys and men, but compared to a woman, ours is meaningless.

I only hope that a fraction of what I typed flips a switch in readers minds, so they will go do some further research.

Title	I've apparently overstated the impact that circumcision has on men and my understanding of women's bodies seems, at best, ill informed...
Author	Ransom_Stoddard
Upvotes	0
Comments	7
Date	July 25, 2014 7:29 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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