I spent a pretty good deal of time researching the topic a few years back.

humor me?

Just the timestamp you have it on?

yeah

Yeah the list seems on the money.

Was there something about it in particular?

the western part after

here

https://youtu.be/8izzCSRhKXs?t=611

that part starts right here

lemme get my headphones on, kids asleep

Yeah it's exactly the same argument.

"Yeah she screams and fights but we hold her down and cut her and then she calms down"

That's called shock and learned helplessness, asshole

Ugh. It's not even these people's fault, it's just frustrating.

I believe there have also been studies that show lack of connection with mothers when their sons have been mutilated

People do what they are taught 99% of the time.

lack of willingness to breastfeed i believe

Yes I have read about that as well. Is it surprising? Our psychology expects to be protected by our mothers when we're born.

Almost every time I have brought this issue up I have met resistance, because "MGM" isn't the same as FGM!

notice the one in quotes

Yeah.

It's a cultural taboo.

I'm breaking the cycle in my family and when it comes up I give my firm opinion on the matter.

That's about all I can do.

(I'm less vociferous in person)

(Still adamant though)

If in your family you're the father, your sons' genetic integrity is not something you should be mocked for caring about.

Oh no question in my family, nobody is coming near any of my children with surgical scalpels unless there's a damn good reason.

The sickest part of the whole debate is that there are a lot of mothers who openly say they want their sons penis to look like their own personal preference for penis

That sounds absurd, but it isn't

I mean, that people think that way

Like I said, it is fundamentally weird to me.

But I remember a time when I didn't think it was weird because "that's just the way it is"

Which is why I really try not to get mad about it.

Sometimes I fail. But I try.

I just think back to the births of my son and daughter and I can't even imagine thinking "you know what this perfect scene of peaceful postpartum mother-infant bonding needs? A LITTLE GENITAL CUTTING AMIRITE?"

I believe this is the one I meant

http://www.cirp.org/library/birth/

Yeah that is just reminding me that I was also not breastfed...

Sigh