There’s an anti trans person in the grays complimenting you. Maybe that’s a sign you’re not on the right side here.

It depends on the procedure. Some boys lose their entire penis to circumcision. Probably a not too dissimilar equivalent number to all FGM procedures performed in the US. Penial circumcision has many negative side effects that people just don’t want to look into. This isn’t the oppression or suffering Olympics. This…

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. I didn’t even think about this until I got to the comments and saw it was another round of “Cutting of parts of dicks is totally cool guys”. No…

Funny how a cis woman decided to bring this argument here and distract from FGM, isn’t it?

Or, you know, she could have not commented on it and not brought the argument here or tried to dismiss the rights of others. You don’t want to have an argument then don’t start one.

Exactly. Modifying an infant’s genitals is wrong. I think there are a lot of people in these comments that would have to admit to being complicit in a horrible and barbaric practice if they admitted penial circumcision is wrong and damaging.

Trans women are born women. Get out of here with that TERF bullshit. You think I haven’t done a fuck more homework on how genitals work? Really? Have fun using the bathroom without being screamed at, jackass.

I am female and my genitals were mutilated. I didn’t start the equivalency discussion, but you’d better believe I’m not leaving cis centrist views of what constitutes FGM is to stand unchallenged. Simple solution: DON’T BRING IT UP FIRST. I didn’t come here to have this discussion but someone else wanted an unearned…

Because the comments felt the need to make this about how circumcision is no big deal. I’m telling people to NOT bring that bullshit up. I didn’t start it, but you better believe I’m the kind of person who will fight for equality in the face of every kind of bigot and asshole. I don’t care if you voted for Clinton.…

How many of each are preformed on children in the US each year. How about intersexed children whose genitals are mutilated until their parents are satisfied? Picking one and ignoring the others is the same BS infighting that has kept oppressed people down since Jerusalem was burned by the Romans.

Not to mention the fact that nearly every intersexed child has their genitals modified without their consent. This is a serious issue for the trans community and I’m tired of cis women who think that equality is a zero sum game. No one deserves this. They are morally equivalent, even in cases where they are not…

It destroys half the nerve endings in the penis. Who the fuck appointed you queen of genital mutilation? I am a woman. Parts of my genitals were cut off. What the fuck logic are you using? Is the fact that this article is about a woman doing this to women not enough to make you realize that people do terrible things…

Maybe it’s simpler to be against both. How much of your penis was cut off when you were a baby? Hood removal is directly analogous to circumcision. It’s literally the same tissue in a slightly different configuration.

I’m a woman. I’m also trans. I was circumcised. That’s by definition female genital mutilation. GTFOH if you want to pretend they’re apples and oranges. Stopping people from slicing up children’s genitals isn’t a zero sum game.

Both men and women perpetuate elements of the patriarchy which directly harm them. 

Speaking as a circumcised trans woman, it’s still super fucked up and damaging. Pretending non consensual circumcision is cool isn’t helping anyone. If the clit has been removed, I agree. If the labia and hood have been removed? That’s kinda close. Both can be wrong. It doesn’t have to be a contest.

Let’s not fall into the crab bucket trap. Advancing rights for anyone advances rights for everyone in the long run. Women are members of almost every minority group but gay men.

So it is easier for Republican women to vomit back up.

So if a pregnant woman gets salmonella at Mar-a-Lago and loses her baby can we withhold Trump from public office?

I can top that. Ketchup on salmon. Seriously.