• @aeronmelon
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    1988 months ago

    Religious mutilation: Not even once.

    • @Paddzr
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      418 months ago

      I had medical mutilation. I lost a lot of sensitivity down there. But it allows it to work and wife has been supportive in a country where it’s a rare thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        148 months ago

        I don’t think anyone is arguing against it being done for medical reasons and especially on someone willing.

        • @Paddzr
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          28 months ago

          But I feel like I’m a rare breed of someone experiencing it and having years with “both” types. There’s a lot of curiosity from both camps because realistically, there’s little chance of anyone ever finding out which one is “better”. Honestly, both have pros and cons. I hope my comment puts people a bit at ease for having it forced upon them when they couldn’t say no and those who still can choose, don’t feel pressured into it or mislead by misinformation.

        • @Paddzr
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          28 months ago

          Nope… In adulthood.

          • @[email protected]
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            18 months ago

            WOW. I can’t imagine the fear.

            I also feel like it’s impossible to learn about the lost sensitivity: in the half dozen posts I have seen over the years about non-babies being circumcised, they say the sensitivity lost isn’t as much as we circumcised suspect it was. I’m not doubting you. I just wish I knew what the proper amount of resentment about my parents having chosen this is.

            • @Paddzr
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              48 months ago

              I can tell you. It is a lot.

              But it’s not life altering and I do prefer it in a way, I’m not having issues finishing or anything like that. I had it done at a private hospital so it was done esthetically well. Very little scar tissue etc. But I wouldn’t make my son have one, that’s crazy. It happened and I had little choice in the matter. But it was conscious, body autonomy is important.

    • @[email protected]
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      288 months ago

      Yep. If an adult wants to do it, then it’s nobody else’s business. But parents shouldn’t be allowed to make a decision like that. An infant can’t be religious.

    • zea
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      208 months ago

      Neither of my parents are or were religious, yet I have a scar there (not hyperbole, actually hurts if touched too much). I don’t know if foreskin is useful for anything in GRS, but if it is I’m gonna be pissed I don’t have any.

        • zea
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          138 months ago

          I already have less to work with than average 😭

          • kora
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            -38 months ago

            Its not a death sentence though. Surgeons are quite adept these days.