Circumcision drama rears its head in /r/gaybros (np.reddit.com)
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136 comments submitted at 18:43:46 on Apr 13, 2014 by ct_lurker
Circumcision drama rears its head in /r/gaybros (np.reddit.com)
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58 ups - 34 downs = 24 votes
136 comments submitted at 18:43:46 on Apr 13, 2014 by ct_lurker
For context, the majority of /r/gaybros users are opposed to involuntary nontherapeutic circumcision (foreskin amputation).
This informal survey was performed in January. There were around 800 respondants. It found that while many people hadn't considered the matter much, about 2 in 5 men who were circumcised wished they had not had their foreskins amputated, while 1 in 3 was glad to be circumcised. In contrast, 2 in 3 intact men were glad to have intact foreskin.
It would be nice if someone could acknowledge the fact that men with tighter circumcisions, which are more extensive amputations of the sensitive flesh of the penis, tend to have the most reason to be displeased.
It's worth noting most of the world's medical organizations oppose involuntary nontherapeutic amputation of foreskin (circumcision). There's a partial list in /r/intactivists/wiki.
why not just call it circumcision?
It's meant to make it sound worse, to make them feel bad about themselves in hope that they would change.
Full Definition of AMPUTATE: to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (as a limb) from the body.
Surgically removing the foreskin is amputating it. Circumcision advocates and activists prefer to use the word "remove" because it makes it sound like the foreskin is not a part of the penis, but "amputate" is more appropriate because the foreskin is a part of the human penis.
It's not an inaccurate phrase, it's just more words than circumcision.
The same reason people call themselves pro choice instead of pro abortion or why people called the Affordable Care Act "Obamacare" and the estate tax the "death tax". People do this on every issue. People in Africa and the Middle East who cut girls don't call female genital mutilation by its accepted name here, over there the one's who do it surely call it something more benign sounding like "female circumcision".
Like castration, circumcision is a specially named amputation of genital tissue. It's worth remembering the fact that circumcision is a variety of amputation, which is the removal of a part of the body, because too many people seem to think foreskin is not a part of the body. If a significant number of people did not know that the testicles are a normal part of male genitalia, I would call castration testicle amputation to emphasize that fact.
I don't really mind being cirumcised, but I see where some people get mad. More power to you though
If it wasn't obvious, I wouldn't want you or anyone to feel bad about being circumcised. I just wouldn't want you to feel so good about it that you support cutting others without their consent.
If you wondered, I speak against circumcision because my boyfriend is among a number of men I know who are very displeased with their non-consensual circumcisions.
A huge problem the anti circumcision crowd has is they use language that makes cut guys feel worse. It isn't that difficult to argue to someone they don't need to circumcise their child without telling them they have mutilated genitals. I'd never have my children circumcised, but I still get pissed when people start talking like my dick is ruined.