tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post8202013602188935875..comments2024-03-28T03:20:20.956-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: Mom, Why Was I Circumcised?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-89689818938089882972015-03-27T08:05:44.026-04:002015-03-27T08:05:44.026-04:00My 3 sons are 15, 13 and 17mo, and all 3 are uncir...My 3 sons are 15, 13 and 17mo, and all 3 are uncircumcised. I chose at just 18 years old that my son's would remain intact just like their father is. My parents tried to talk me out of it but I had made up my mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-27895468392317625272013-02-14T09:33:33.459-05:002013-02-14T09:33:33.459-05:00And parents.And parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-30761012338608037822012-05-17T20:48:46.080-04:002012-05-17T20:48:46.080-04:00IMO sexual gratification and sexual sadism are par...IMO sexual gratification and sexual sadism are part of the motivations for all too many doctors and nurses. - Locuta de BjorgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-83410925223241494982011-01-29T14:07:48.022-05:002011-01-29T14:07:48.022-05:00To those of you who have revealed above that you w...To those of you who have revealed above that you were abused as children.<br /><br />Some years ago, I was very shocked and revolted to read in the local newspaper that social workers and child psychologists have concluded that for a woman to molest a boy in her care is not vanishingly rare. Until then, I had thought that child sexual abuse was always perpetrated by male perverts. If I recall roger desmoulinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-79905479816561326342011-01-29T13:53:06.081-05:002011-01-29T13:53:06.081-05:00Circumcision can persist only under one of two thr...Circumcision can persist only under one of two threats: (1) God rejects uncircumcised men, or (2) by the customs of your tribe, a grown man who has the the pointed penis he was born with will not be accepted as a marriage partner, may not partake in combat, and cannot participate in tribal decision making.<br /><br />Absent such threats, and if circumcision is a free choice of parents, some roger desmoulinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-48928203211961626242010-09-12T06:13:43.961-04:002010-09-12T06:13:43.961-04:00@Todd, thank you, too, for being open. We almost n...@Todd, thank you, too, for being open. We almost need a group hug, though after the doctor's sexual abuse at birth, for me it was only the beatings, with the doctor ironically calling the Sheriff at one point. I will never stop fighting to end all abuse of children.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-81011131955611583762010-09-12T06:13:28.930-04:002010-09-12T06:13:28.930-04:00Rule No. 1 about child sexual abuse; it's alwa...Rule No. 1 about child sexual abuse; it's always someone close... usually the one you would least suspect...Joseph Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-65987558270105866712010-09-12T06:13:12.216-04:002010-09-12T06:13:12.216-04:00@Joseph: Sexual abuse is something we share in com...@Joseph: Sexual abuse is something we share in common (my perpetrator was my own grandmother). :-( Thank you for being open about your experience.Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-62473172699807385022010-09-12T06:11:33.649-04:002010-09-12T06:11:33.649-04:00I'm going to come out about something here tha...I'm going to come out about something here that I don't talk about too often;<br /><br />I am a survivor of child sexual abuse.<br /><br />Recovery was lengthy, and hard, but I think I'm over it... there is still a mental scar that will accompany me 'till death however...<br /><br />Did you know that up until relatively recently male survivors of abuse were not even recognized?<brJoseph Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-10586492892079993932010-09-11T05:52:08.100-04:002010-09-11T05:52:08.100-04:00On the Facebook thread of this video, Kim said: &q...On the Facebook thread of this video, Kim said: "...my in-laws are not comparable to rapists because they had him circumcised...Surely you don't think the majority of parents are going around circumcising their sons because they WANT to harm them, do you?! ...rapists and parents are not synonymous!"<br /><br /><br />And this is part of the problem in pointing out circumcision for Joseph Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-20610338977835784522010-09-11T05:50:11.014-04:002010-09-11T05:50:11.014-04:00The difference between sex and rape is consent.
...The difference between sex and rape is consent. <br /><br />If a man chooses to be circumcised, that is a whole different ballgame than with children, especially healthy children, who do not.<br /><br />One of the biggest problems with circumcision is that doctors and lawyers refuse to see it for the mutilation that it is.<br /><br />Imagine a world, where obvious rape is ignored. (If I'm Joseph Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-65969438748743847762010-09-11T05:47:05.249-04:002010-09-11T05:47:05.249-04:00For me, the reason to compare MGM to rape is to re...For me, the reason to compare MGM to rape is to remind people that MGM is a sexual assault and not something to be casual about. This is not to diminish the horror of rape but to raise the awareness of what MGM/FGM really are.<br /><br />When a neonate is getting genitally mutilated, all they know is their mother isn't protecting them and they lose hope - the infant isn't thinking it'Dave Savingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-9345475791334744522010-09-11T05:46:00.246-04:002010-09-11T05:46:00.246-04:00Oh, Dave, I am so very, very sorry. While I've...Oh, Dave, I am so very, very sorry. While I've experienced one, I have not experienced the other, and cannot imagine the brutal pain that comes from the daily reminder of the scar. :( And MGM/FGM against one's will most certainly is rape. I am broken to hear you've endured it twice, but I thank you for speaking up and for all you are doing to prevent it from happening again to others.Danellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-40552918624551850872010-09-11T05:45:25.391-04:002010-09-11T05:45:25.391-04:00Having been both raped and circumcised, I have dea...Having been both raped and circumcised, I have dealt with the rape, as best as I can, through therapy. Having been sexually mutilated and then having part of me physically removed, was worse for me. The physical scar is a daily reminder of what happened.Dave Savingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-57718676618282231912010-09-11T05:43:39.883-04:002010-09-11T05:43:39.883-04:00Let me guess, easy income for the medical professi...Let me guess, easy income for the medical profession? Always good to cut out all those erotic nerve cells? Minimize masturbation? It's really hard to keep the penis clean? God over built? Best way to minimize pogroms?Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-54397687611955994602010-09-10T18:35:57.968-04:002010-09-10T18:35:57.968-04:00Parents who are considering infant circumcision fo...Parents who are considering infant circumcision for their sons would do well to consider this question. Many men are questioning why they were circumcised when there was so little, if any, true benefit to the surgery. They are questioning why their parents consented to the surgery when there was all sorts of information available about how circumcision is primarily a cosmetic surgery performed Restoring Tallyhttp://www.RestoringForeskin.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-12532681010624973412010-09-09T20:37:12.139-04:002010-09-09T20:37:12.139-04:00I am SO glad I'll never be asked this question...I am SO glad I'll never be asked this question by my son. Because I learned what happens before hand and would never let them do that to my baby. No matter what 'reasons' there may be, they're ALL WRONG reasons! And many lies too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com