Cú Chulainn

The picture you paint is totally horrific. And you're absolutely right. No one, not even a parent, has the right to surgically interfere with anyone for religious or other nebulous reasons. I hope you speak out about this at every opportunity to change these views.

And a parent in particular, they have a duty to protect their children, this is a betrayal of that duty of care they owe, to say nothing of the duty owed by the doctors "Primum non nocere" That may be a good hastag for this too #PrimumNonNocere first do no harm.

I personally felt betrayed and violated when I finally understood what the difference was, how much different it should be, and it was made worse when I confronted them, my parents, and told them it was the wrong choice, that it was my body and me that had to live with the >>

2> consequences, and they defended it, they outright refused to even apologize, instead I got this: "everyone did it, except the jews because they did it later" "it's cleaner" "It looks better" "Your father had it done" "All my brothers were done" >>

3> "How can you know the difference, you never had sex with a foreskin" "You only know from what other people tell you" "If you weren't gay you'd never know" I am an openly gay man, I have a penis myself and have interacted with more than most people do in their lifetime in >>

4> the last year alone, it wasn't until fairly recently that I started having partners that were intact, only the last few years honestly, when I started seeing the difference on their faces, in how their bodies reacted, and hearing it when they reacted to even the lightest touch

It took me over a month, barely speaking to either of them, sending them an email every day with research papers they probably didn't understand, with images, with quotes from the 1800s where circumcision was a cure for masturbation and sexual pleasure and that was seen as good.

Your parents just unquestioningly did what everyone else did. :-(