Suburban Princess

Cutting off a large chunk of a child’s penis because YOU think it looks “nasty” is insane. Most men in Europe are intact and I don’t see a very large percentage of them going to get their foreskins removed later in life because it “looks nasty.” In fact, the only reason why so many Americans seem to hold this silly idea is because we were taught to. In Africa, girls are infibulated because the people there think a normal vulva looks gross and is unclean, and men don’t want to marry a girl who hasn’t been mutilated in this way. Do you agree with this, too? What would you say to a man who demanded you have your labia removed because he thought they were gross? PLEASE think about what you are saying just for a moment. PLEASE forget what you have been told about circumcision and approach it from an objective place. PLEASE think about someone other than yourself and your personal preferences for just one, tiny moment.

Removing a healthy part from a healthy infant is a human rights violation. How is it that people cannot see this? It’s so simple. Just as someone doesn’t have the right to forcibly strap YOU down and cut off bits of your body without your consent, neither should someone have the right to do the same thing to a baby. Also, just because someone doesn’t remember pain, that doesn’t make it any less wrong, or any less painful. Following that train of thought, it should be okay to rape someone as long as you drug them first so they don’t remember anything.

Lastly, if a man wants to have cosmetic surgery on his penis when he is old enough to make that decision, good for him. He will be put to sleep for the procedure and have adequate pain management while he heals. But if you make that decision for someone, it can never be erased. An example? I like tattoos. Would it have been better if my parents got me tattooed as a baby so I wouldn’t have to remember the pain because I *may* have wanted them when I was older?

PLEASE educate yourself. You can start by watching a circumcision video, with the sound on.