Thread by @Oneiorosgrip

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 Male circumcision is an entirely male issue, and it is unique from female circumcision in 2 ways.
First, there is a huge gap in compassion for cut individuals who regret or resent their caregivers' decision to have that done to them during their youth.
Second...

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 Second... female circumcision was never widely popularized as a secular practice for any reason, even when a US doctor tried.
Male circumcision was, and the reason given was an attack on male sexuality.
As a result, the incidence of female genital cutting has been reduced...

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 ...throughout most of the world and is limited to areas where religious beliefs and traditions override all logic on the subject. During that time male genital not only spread, but has been the subject of a concerted effort complete with junk science to accelerate its spread.

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 To this day there are people who wrongly believe cutting some of the skin off of a guy's genitals can protect him from HIV, despite research and criticisms that discredited that claim & even evidence that the myth itself might increase risky behavior & therefore all STI risk.

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 Part of the reason there is such a big push to keep the male genital cutting industry going is that neonatal foreskin fibroblasts are quite profitable. Among the things they are used for: Women's anti-wrinkle creams.
So IMO it's quite ludicrous to equate FGM to MGM.

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 If an industry had been built around harvesting girls' clitoral hoods (the female foreskin) to extract fibroblasts used to make any product, especially for the cosmetic benefit of men, protesting feminists would explode from rage, raining blood, bone, and guts in the streets.

@StoneyGuardian @Transigence @INTPhilosopher @MSS3RosaFerreum @JazhuStreaming @TrueNekketsu @discordspies @Dante_Al_noe @eldritchmother @Shark3ozero @PhilMitchell83 When men complain, pro-circ advocates try to shame them for wanting the fullness of their natural sexual experiences, as if that makes them obsessed with sex or perverse in some way.
And what is feminists' biggest complaint about FGM?
Exactly the same as men's re: MGM.