Cú Chulainn

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. :-(

Yes, and 30 years later, when I, the one they did it to, said it was "the worst thing that has ever been done to me, and likely would be until the day I die" they wouldn't accept my words, when they were about myself, my body. Their belief doesn't matter when I am the one harmed.

Confronting one's parents about this subject is one of the most stressful experiences I've been through. I'm sympathetic to their situation - they had little information, did what they thought was right, can't fix it now - but I needed them to acknowledge it was wrong.

they only thought it was right because the doctors lied to them--about a matter of crucial importance to them, but not to him #Doctorsaredickheads #witchdoctors