Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms
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Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maada Bio, who denies supporting the practice
    • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Based on the number of men I’ve encountered who say, I was circumcised and I’m fine so you’re lying about it not being fine for you, there are indeed a lot of fuckwits in the world.

      • applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 months ago

        i feel like people who say that are most often almost completely lacking empathy and compassion. like they cant even imagine how they themselves would feel if they still had their foreskin, even if they know that uncircumcised penises are much more sensitive and the foreskin has tons of nerve endings that they dont have anymore. just talking about it makes me sad :'(

        • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          I figure some of them just don’t want to admit that they’re missing a part of their “manhood.” Maybe there’s hidden resentment, maybe they don’t want to admit their parents made a mistake, but at the end of the day they’re hearing that others’ penises are “more intact” than theirs, and that might be tough to accept.

          I’m speculating to an extent - I don’t have a penis, but it’s not difficult to imagine the complicated feelings some circumcised men go through upon learning of what they’ve lost had taken from them, and that there’s nothing they can do about it.

          I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing happens to some women who’ve experienced FGM. They went through a horrific practice and can’t come to terms that they might “have less” than others, so they double-down on the idea that what they went through must be okay.

  • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Everyone’s freaking out about this but still supports the religious (or non-religious) right to medically unnecessary circumcision.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        Are you the entire world?

        For women we call it mutilation, which is a correct description

        For men we call it a circumcision

        Granted, with women it’s usually much much worse, but still, the average opinion of nnale genital mutilation is “but of course, and you mean circumcision!”