Hmmm...I’ve not insulted anyone and wondered why the OP is on a derail-fest all over this thread they created.

A lot of this could have been avoided if your first comment had been a rep,y to whoever said circumcision is NBD. As I think stans, it looks like you read the article and decided to make it about yourself.

Would you mind explaining to me how the penis is female genitalia on a woman’s body? Is there some school of gender theory I haven’t heard about that has ditched the distinction between gender and biological sex, and re-sexes organs based on gender identity?

I’m confused here, because (correct me if I’m wrong) I’m pretty sure that there’s an important distinction between “female” and “woman,” i.e. the same distinction there is between “sex” and “gender.” Trans women are women, yes, but not biologically female. Similarly, “female genital mutilation” is the mutilation of a…

It doesn’t merit discussion. Because this article isn’t about male circumcision. Articles about cancer don’t merit discussion about AIDS, because the article isn’t about that. It’s not dismissing AIDS, it’s just not discussing it.

This. Isn’t. About. You.

Goddamn, beets, this is perfect. Thank you.

Literally nobody here is disagreeing with the point that circumcising babies’ penises is problematic at best, since babies are incapable of giving consent. What people are disagreeing with is your insistence that there is no difference between circumcising a penis and “FGM,” a term that includes clitoridectomy, not…

People have been coming at me my entire life.

You don’t agree that men often swamp discussions of FGM with their concerns about MGM, drowning out the women’s voices trying to discuss FGM? I’m just a casual reader and I’ve seen that at least a few times now. It’s really infuriating, and it happens on both liberal and conservatives sites.

Honestly, you just read as thirsty for validation. You’re asserting something that is at best highly debatable (“The foreskin on my penis was removed when I was a child but because I identify as female that makes me a victim of FGM”) just so you can accuse people who disagree of denying your womanhood and call them…

I’m looking.

I wish I was surprised that one of the first comments on a FGM article was about the damage done to penises, but I’m not.

I’m not misunderstanding you at all. I’ve read all your responses. They ebb and flow between raging anger to trying to convince others that you aren’t continuing the argument. You’re screaming that it’s all mutilation. But there’s a huge difference between the two and you’re not differentiating at this point. That…

Trans men’s genitals are mutilated. Trans women’s genitals are mutilated.

I feel like you need a good joint and maybe a spoonful or two of Nutella? Life is too short. Nobody is coming at you.

No, a cis woman came in and sprayed her privilege all over this article and made it about how right she is to view FGM as being far worse than all other genital mutilation.

Look at you assuming who is cis! Be against circumcision by all means but it is not the same as removing the clitoris to prevent sexual pleasure. To be comparable it would mean removing the penis or testes in boys so they don’t become big old sluts when they grow up. /s

I’mthinking in the insufferable category you have us all beat in the terrible person category. So insufferable I wonder if you are an MRA troll.

Becausegod forbid CIA women be able to discuss issues about CIA women when that is the topic. Jesus, talk about a circle jerk.